Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utcsrgv.UUCP Path: utzoo!utcsrgv!dave From: dave@utcsrgv.UUCP (Dave Sherman) Newsgroups: net.consumers Subject: Re: Credit Card protection Message-ID: <100@utcsrgv.UUCP> Date: Tue, 16-Oct-84 00:18:35 EDT Article-I.D.: utcsrgv.100 Posted: Tue Oct 16 00:18:35 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 16-Oct-84 00:42:18 EDT References: <254@sdchema.UUCP> Organization: The Law Society of Upper Canada, Toronto Lines: 19 In article <254@sdchema.UUCP> stuart@sdchema.UUCP (Stuart Oatley) writes: ~| Has anyone had experience with organizations like Credit Card Sentinel ~| and Credit Card Service Bureau? They take all your credit card numbers ~| and arrange for replacements in the event of loss, arrange for the ~| recording of your new address, provide emergency funds to get you home ~| if you lose your cards while you're away, etc etc. ~| For $20 a year, or whatever they charge, why not just write the numbers down on a piece of paper and leave it in your safety deposit box or in a safe place at work? If your wallet's stolen, it's not THAT hard to find the phone numbers to call. I've seen lots of these offers and consider them all to be a waste of money. As to emergency funds, there's always a way - you can call a friend of relative collect if necessary. Dave Sherman -- { allegra cornell decvax ihnp4 linus utzoo }!utcsrgv!dave