Angela Natividad's Live & Uncensored!

Showing posts with label credit cards. Show all posts
Showing posts with label credit cards. Show all posts

25 March 2008

...Why?

"Ms. Natividad, this is the bank. I just wanted to confirm a purchase with you. When was the last time you visited Home Depot?"

My heart skipped a beat. Something was clearly amiss. I hate Home Depot -- possibly more than KMart (can you say Big Bland?), but then again, Home Depot smells better. (I enjoy sawdust.)

"NEVER," I spat out, in probably the same tone I'd use if someone accused me of Communist sympathies during the Red Scare.

This is a really long way of saying somebody counterfeited my credit card and used it to buy goods at Home Depot in Florida. And I can't help wondering what they bought with it. Shears? Lumber? A set of French doors?

Because if I blew a few hours of my day to counterfeit a credit card, my thoughts wouldn't approach anything resembling, "HELL YES! Now I can fund all those repairs I need to make."

15 February 2008

It is Not Your Friend.


See Bank of America.

See Bank of America wig out in the face of economic meltdown.

See Bank of America punish credit card holders* while niggling for one more hard, fast hit of green. (Naughty, naughty green.)

I got my "Important Amendment" letter two weeks ago. The verdict: a brand-new APR of over 19 percent.

After 5 years of on-time payments and happily-indebted loyalty! Come on.

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* Via Candace.