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From: bccarty@whuts.UUCP (Brian C. Carty)
Newsgroups: net.consumers
Subject: Re: Amex card fees
Message-ID: <167@whuts.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 12-Jul-85 16:09:51 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jul 12 16:09:51 1985
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> The "green" card has a yearly fee of $45 and has a certain (reasonable)
> charge limit.  College students with an offer of a $15,000 job can get one.


I just graduated last month and I remember all the literature I saw
saying the offer only needed to be for $10,000.  This didn't help me any
since I'm continuing my studies elsewhere.  But much to my surprise,
three days after graduation, a letter from AmEx came to me stating that
I had been "pre-approved" for a green card regardless of whether I had a
job at the time or not.  There was something else about them knowing
that I would soon be a responsible employee somewhere.  Being the  
plastic-happy soul I am, I of course returned the completed form to see
if they were kidding or not.  Obviously, they weren't since yesterday I
found an envelope containing a hard, flat object with my name embossed on it.
This in spite of the fact that they know I won't be making a real salary
for at least four years.  Have any other recent grads received such?
-- 
					Brian C. Carty
					AT&T Bell Laboratories
					Piscataway, NJ