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

["Nick Zachariasen" <zacharin@pluto.dsu.edu>]

> 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 is true, but if the card DOES somehow get hijacked, you're
substantially more screwed with a debit card than a regular credit card.  I
don't think quite the same protections are applied to deibts cards as they
are to credit cards.

Nick Zachariasen