Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site pucc-h Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!CS-Mordred!Pucc-H:ags From: ags@pucc-h (Dave Seaman) Newsgroups: net.consumers Subject: Re: WARNING! "FREE" VISA Message-ID: <2117@pucc-h> Date: Tue, 2-Jul-85 14:48:23 EDT Article-I.D.: pucc-h.2117 Posted: Tue Jul 2 14:48:23 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 3-Jul-85 20:26:22 EDT References: <633@homxb.UUCP> <64800001@haddock.UUCP> Reply-To: ags@pucc-h.UUCP (Dave Seaman) Organization: Purdue University Computing Center Lines: 16 Summary: In article <64800001@haddock.UUCP> johna@haddock.UUCP writes: > >TANSTAAFL > R. Heinlein et al You think not? Consider the facts. My VISA and MASTERCARD have zero annual fees. I do not know what the finance charge is because I never pay any -- I just pay the full balance when I get my statement. The only place where there are hidden costs is with merchants who charge more for credit cards than for cash transactions (and who probably claim that they are actually giving a discount for cash, but we know better). Since no one forces me to use my credit card when it would cost me extra, there are no hidden charges that I can see. What am I missing? -- Dave Seaman ..!pur-ee!pucc-h:ags