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Re: [HOE] OT: Credit Cards: The Big News



Really? I was told that you should get overdraft protection - so you don't have
to deal with the problem of a bounced check (etc), just don't use it *as*
credit.

--- doyle erin west <westfam@the-i.net> wrote:
> if you do this, make sure to tell them NOT to give you overdraft protection.
> most debit cards have like 250 bucks protections, and they charge you an
> additional 25 bucks an overdraft.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Robert Holland" <robert@macauley.com>
> To: <hoe@gamerz.net>
> Sent: Friday, January 12, 2001 7:34 PM
> Subject: Re: [HOE] OT: Credit Cards: The Big News
> 
> 
> > >> I am all over this. But I don't have a credit card. Will there be
> > >> other ways to pay? There are many products I want and would love to
> > >> just help out my.
> > >
> > >There are now available (in some areas) pre-pay credit cards. You go in,
> > >buy a master card with $100 balance on it (for a little more $100) and
> > >charge until it's out. Then throw the card away (please recycle, and
> don't
> > >mix paper and plastics :)
> >
> > Ask your bank if you can get a debit card. These things are great. They're
> > basically a credit card that works like a check--anything that takes a
> credit
> > card will take a debit card, but the money comes immediately out of your
> bank
> > account, so you can't overdraw and you don't get bills or interest
> payments.
> > This does mean you have to have the money *now*, not next month, but I've
> always
> > thought that buying things you can't pay for is stupid.
> >
> > --Robert Holland
> >
> >
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