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

["doyle erin west" <westfam@the-i.net>]

depends on the bank.  some of them (farmers mutal for one, i believe) have
e-protection as well.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Nick Zachariasen" <zacharin@pluto.dsu.edu>
To: <hoe@gamerz.net>
Sent: Saturday, June 24, 2000 1:11 AM
Subject: Re: [HOE] OT: Credit Cards: The Big News


> > 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
>
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