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Cancel Recurring Charges, Even When They Won’t Let You
Recurring auto-biller won’t let you cancel your account online?
US Bank Is A Liar
Sick of paying annual fees, Steve wanted to get out his NWA WorldPerks Visa Signature Card he had going on with US Bank.
Cingular Switches to Rebates By Debit Card
Cingular has decided it prefers you spend your rebate than save it, so now they’re going to make you.
Blogobitchin’!
• It’s not just for Amy’s Ice Cream anymore, now the book Nazis are in on the fix. [Geek With the Family] “Public Library’s $10 Visa Minimum Ruins My Day”
The News; Impotent Indignation
• The news is not that a data breach at VISA had a data breach that caused consumer’s debit cards to get stolen, it’s that they’re actually finally formally announcing it. “Visa Says ATM Breach May Have Exposed Data” [CT]
New Chase Debit Card Still Lets Vonage Screw Customer on Old Card
You would think that after Chase goes through the trouble of reissuing new Visa debit cards to replace its MasterCards, they might also take the precaution of deactivating the old card when the new one is activated. Not so, Disappointed in NYC writes. When our reader tried to cancel Vonage, they wanted to charge a cancellation fee. He refused but they still charged his old Chase Mastercard. Chase CSR said the Vonage charge went through but nothing else would.
PIN Block Phish, Basted
Oh, this is just classic. Phishers are now trying to capitalize on the PIN block crisis.
New Debit Card, Same Balogna Baloney
We received our happy super fun awesome new Washington Mutual GOLD debit card today.
Washington Mutual Is Our Friend With Benefits (That We Couldn’t Care Less About)
We’ve just been the lucky recipient of exciting news; the PIN range our debit card belongs to has been hacked. To celebrate, Washington Mutual is “upgrading” our debit card “to gold status for free.”
UPDATE: Requiring Minimum Credit Card Purchases is a Violation
A day without ice cream is like a day without sunshine.
UPDATE: Getting Out of Credit Card Debt
T’is a pity for the flower of youth to be wrinkled by the radioactive belch of credit card debt. Yesterday, we asked the readers about how college boy L.S. should get out of his $2150 in credit card debt set at exorbitant rates and here’s what we think he should do.
UPDATE: Requiring Minimum Credit Card Purchases is a Violation
Amy’s Ice Cream has a new sign (right) that seems to say that the $10 minimum charge is suggested, not required. The sign we originally posted (left) was one a store manager had replaced the ‘official’ sign with, according to Steve.
UPDATE: Requiring Minimum Credit Card Purchases is a Violation
Our article on the minimum credit card fees charged at Amy’s Ice Cream generated quite a little uproar. Amy is pictured, left, helping award Lonnie Williams with the “Best Transition” small business award in Austin. It’s made from left-over toffee ice cream.
UPDATE: Requiring Minimum Credit Card Purchases is a Violation
My my, how the rocky road of customer service melts and leaves a sticky trail.
MEGA UPDATE: Requiring Minimum Credit Card Purchases is a Violation
Erik went ahead and consolidated the merchant policies of Discover, Mastercard and Visa, which leads to a startling conclusion.
UPDATE: Requiring Minimum Credit Card Purchases is a Violation
We’re scratching our heads and going in circles and starting to get dizzy.
