Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site bunny.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!harvard!bunny!blz0 From: blz0@bunny.UUCP (Bonnie Zeigler) Newsgroups: net.consumers Subject: Re: Visa/Mastercard deals Message-ID: <252@bunny.UUCP> Date: Wed, 30-Oct-85 08:16:42 EST Article-I.D.: bunny.252 Posted: Wed Oct 30 08:16:42 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 1-Nov-85 02:23:12 EST References: <480@moncol.UUCP>, <941@uscvax.UUCP> <879@homxb.UUCP> Organization: GTE Laboratories, Waltham, MA Lines: 21 > > Watch out for the Wilmington, Delaware offer of > "free" credit cards.......... Yeah, no kidding. After I got turned down for their supposedly free Master Charge, I asked some questions. They never said in their application that what they really want is people who have lived and worked in a single location at least 5-7 years, and earn at least 35,000. In addition, if you own a house with someone else, they calculate your obligations using the entire mortgage on the house - which makes it pretty hard for a lot of people to apply for the card without applying jointly. Apparently, though, the credit limits are really high on those cards. (max 50,000, depending on your credentials) Bonnie Zeigler -- Bonnie L. Zeigler