Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/3/84; site aluxe.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!aluxe!2141smh From: 2141smh@aluxe.UUCP (henning) Newsgroups: net.consumers Subject: Re: Credit Card protection Message-ID: <455@aluxe.UUCP> Date: Mon, 22-Oct-84 11:52:22 EDT Article-I.D.: aluxe.455 Posted: Mon Oct 22 11:52:22 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 23-Oct-84 02:02:04 EDT References: <61@unc.UUCP> <2394@sdcc3.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Allentown, PA Lines: 17 **** **** From the keys of Steve Henning, AT&T Bell Labs, Reading, PA aluxe!2141smh > Before you subscribe to one of the credit card services, check to see > what coverages your existing insurance policy gives you. My agent > mentioned that most homeowners/renter's policies do cover credit cards. My credit card service company (CCSB) only agrees to call the company to notify them of the loss. This is necessary to limit your liability to the amount under federal law and covered by home-owners insurance. This also insures prompt replacement of the lost card. I used the service once and got the new card in 2 days. I subscribed because I found it impossible to keep phone numbers for all of my credit cards. I tried for 2 years and never did get all of the phone numbers. If I lost say one gas card and couldn't contact the oil company in time, I could be liable for 1000's of dollars in charges.