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—>David paid his credit card one day late, one time, and Chase immediately jacked his interest rate from 12.24% to the default rate of 29.99%. He called customer service and was told he need to pay on-time for 6 months before he could get it reduced. 6 months later he calls back and now they tell him it's 12 to 24 months. A supervisor confirmed this. Say what? That's what he said, and so he wrote Chase a letter, and it got some serious results:  More »