Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 exptools 1/6/84; site ihldt.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!akgua!whuxle!spuxll!abnjh!u1100a!pyuxn!pyuxww!gamma!ulysses!mhuxj!ihnp4!ihldt!stewart From: stewart@ihldt.UUCP (R. J. Stewart) Newsgroups: net.consumers Subject: Re: Insider's Card Message-ID: <2523@ihldt.UUCP> Date: Fri, 28-Sep-84 10:13:02 EDT Article-I.D.: ihldt.2523 Posted: Fri Sep 28 10:13:02 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 29-Sep-84 10:32:37 EDT References: <237@sdchema.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville, IL Lines: 31 > I received a offer in the mail recently for a MasterCard called the > Insider's Card, which is linked to an organization called > Comp-u-Store. They run a database of the `cheapest' suppliers of > consumer goods. You call them up, get the price and make your order > if you wish, charging it to your Insider's Card. Does anyone have > any experience of these people? We had one of these cards for a couple of years, but discontinued it. While it seems to be legit, it was not economical for several reasons: 1) The card has a yearly fee, while my wife and I both have cards with no fee. (If your current MC/VISA has a fee, the economics may work out differently for you). 2) Their prices are good but not great. We found that we could always do as good or better by looking for sales or checking in discount stores. 3) Their selection is limited. While their list of suppliers is impressive, they don't always have every model of a particular product line available. Also, the people that you call to get their prices are not trained well and often can't tell you what you want to know. The real advantage to this service was the ability to call up and check prices to find out how much we could expect to pay for an item. After a while we decided that we could do just as well by looking in the Sears sale catalogs. Bob Stewart ihldt!stewart