Newsgroups: misc.consumers,news.answers,misc.answers Path: bloom-beacon.mit.edu!nic.hookup.net!usc!math.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!news.kei.com!news.oc.com!internet.spss.com!adams From: adams@spss.com (Steve Adams) Subject: misc.consumers FAQ on credit diff 3 of 4 Message-ID: Followup-To: misc.consumers Organization: SPSS Inc References: Distribution: usa Date: Sat, 19 Feb 1994 19:42:27 GMT Approved: news-answers-request@MIT.Edu Expires: Wed, 16 Mar 1994 19:42:27 GMT Lines: 39 Xref: bloom-beacon.mit.edu misc.consumers:29108 news.answers:15442 misc.answers:440 Archive-name: consumer-credit-faq/diff3 Last-modified: 19 Feb 1994 Please see part 1 for explanations. 12c12 < Last-modified: 21 Jun 1993 --- > Last-modified: 19 Feb 1994 330,335c330,335 < suite 120, Herndon VA 22070, or call (800) 553-8025 and ask for a < catalog. The card gives you something to show the merchant who < won't believe your unsupported word. The card has no legal force, < but at least you don't look like you're making things up. The < pamphlet does the same thing, but an 11"x17" piece of paper gets < kind of bulky folded in your wallet! --- > suite 120, Herndon VA 22070, or call (703) 481-1110 (their 800 number > is no longer in service) and ask for a catalog. The card gives you > something to show the merchant who won't believe your unsupported word. > The card has no legal force, but at least you don't look like you're > making things up. The pamphlet does the same thing, but an 11"x17" > piece of paper gets kind of bulky folded in your wallet! 726a727,735 > > Even when you place the call, to a bona fide merchant (such as a mail > order company) never give your credit card out over a portable phone. > Scanners that snoop on these conversations are available for a few > hundred dollars at Radio Shack, and your voice can be received by one > for a far greater distance than the maximum useful range of your > cordless phone. Often these lines are monitored to obtain your credit > card, or your vacation plans. (How do they know which house it is? > They listen so often, they probably know your voice!) -- The opinions expressed above are those of the author and not SPSS, Inc. ---NASCAR-#7-#28-#51--- adams@spss.com Soli Deo Gloria Phone: (312) 329-3522 Steve Adams "Space-age cybernomad" Fax: (312) 329-3558