OT: Credit Card Stupidity

Terry Pulliam Burd <[email hidden]> wrote in
news:[email hidden]:

Quoted message said:

This is just nuts.

http://www.cockeyed.com/citizen/creditcard/application.shtml

And I wondered if I was being paranoid when I bought a shredder...

Apparently not.

Rhonda Anderson
Cranebrook, NSW, Australia

Terry Pulliam Burd <[email hidden]> hitched up their panties and
posted news:[email hidden]:

Quoted message said:

This is just nuts.

http://www.cockeyed.com/citizen/creditcard/application.shtml

Yep... Pretty insane. We get credit card apps all the time. I scissor
them. I did like the Vodka-infusion.com site. Gawd, it's 3am. Ramsey
pounced on me and woke me up.

Michael

--
"The most remarkable thing about my mother is that for thirty years she
served the family nothing but leftovers. The original meal has never been
found."

--Calvin Trillin

Michael 'Dog3' Lonergan said:

Terry Pulliam Burd <[email hidden]> hitched up their panties and
posted news:[email hidden]:

Quoted message said:

This is just nuts.

http://www.cockeyed.com/citizen/creditcard/application.shtml

Yep... Pretty insane. We get credit card apps all the time. I scissor
them. I did like the Vodka-infusion.com site.

You can always have the credit bureaus put you on the list for no
pre-approved credit card applications. I don't get them any longer.I
requested that after a id theft incident.

SD

Terry Pulliam Burd said:

This is just nuts.

http://www.cockeyed.com/citizen/creditcard/application.shtml

It's rather scary. We use the burn in the outdoor fire pit method to
destroy these types of offers and anything with personal information.
The papers get shredded then are used as fire starter for when we have
campfires.

Quoted message said:

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd
AAC(F)BV66.0748.CA

"Most vigitaryans I iver see looked enough like their food to be
classed as cannybals."

Finley Peter Dunne (1900)

To reply, replace "spaminator" with "cox"

In article <[email hidden]>,

Terry Pulliam Burd said:

This is just nuts.

http://www.cockeyed.com/citizen/creditcard/application.shtml

I like the guy's spice rack (background in pic where he's taping the
pieces together. :-)
-Barb
<www.jamlady.eboard.com> Updated 3-16-06, Sam I Am! Hamantaschen and
Peanut Butter cookies for Grandpa; Church Review #9, Musgovian Soup.
"If it's not worth doing to excess, it's not worth doing at all."

In article <[email hidden]>,

Rhonda Anderson said:

Terry Pulliam Burd <[email hidden]> wrote in
news:[email hidden]:

Quoted message said:

This is just nuts.

http://www.cockeyed.com/citizen/creditcard/application.shtml

And I wondered if I was being paranoid when I bought a shredder...

Apparently not.

Rhonda Anderson
Cranebrook, NSW, Australia

I think it's only prudent nowadays. I just "upgraded" my shredder
(well, Beck did for Christmas) to one that eats plastic credit cards and
CDs.

Here's a snack recipe. I haven't made it but it looks like it could be
in my Christmas gift packs next year. Maybe sooner! I like the sound
of it. Rob would like the popcorn part.

http://www.coffeeexpert.com/popcorn-recipe-35.html

Popcorn Medley
(with shredded wheat)

Ingredients:
6 tablespoons butter or margarine
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
1 teaspoon seasoned salt
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
1 quart popped popcorn, unsalted
1 can (3 oz.) chow mein noodles (about 2 cups)
1 1/2 cups bite-sized shredded wheat biscuits
1 cup pecan halves
1 teaspoon basil
Directions:
In a large frying pan, melt butter or margarine. Stir in Worcestershire
sauce, salt and garlic powder. Add popcorn, noodles, wheat biscuits and
pecans; toss gently until well-mixed. Sprinkle with basil.
Spread out on cookie sheet and heat in 250-degree Fahrenheit oven for 45
minutes, stirring occasionally. Cool.
--
-Barb
<www.jamlady.eboard.com> Updated 3-16-06, Sam I Am! Hamantaschen and
Peanut Butter cookies for Grandpa; Church Review #9, Musgovian Soup.
"If it's not worth doing to excess, it's not worth doing at all."

Terry Pulliam Burd said:

This is just nuts.

http://www.cockeyed.com/citizen/creditcard/application.shtml

I shred papers with usable information on them and them put the stuff
in my composter. I try to have a good sized load of kitchen scraps to
top it all off.
--
Susan N.

"Moral indignation is in most cases two percent moral,
48 percent indignation, and 50 percent envy."
Vittorio De Sica, Italian movie director (1901-1974

Melba's Jammin' wrote:>

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

http://www.cockeyed.com/citizen/creditcard/application.shtml

I like the guy's spice rack (background in pic where he's taping the
pieces together. :-)
-Barb

It's sexy - BUT, the clear glass isn't good for spices because they
deteriorate in direct light - I like ones you can't see through -
they're on racks on the inside of the pantry door.

;-)

N.

Terry Pulliam Burd said:

This is just nuts.

http://www.cockeyed.com/citizen/creditcard/application.shtml

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd
AAC(F)BV66.0748.CA

"Most vigitaryans I iver see looked enough like their food to be
classed as cannybals."

Finley Peter Dunne (1900)

To reply, replace "spaminator" with "cox"

I always use a permanent magic marker to write "remove my name from
your mailing list" across any personal info and on the application and
put everything into their return postage paid envelope, including the
envelope and all pieces of paper that came with it. Then send it back.
My sister even puts other junk mail in with it, but has a time trying to
close the envelope....lol.. .....Sharon

biig said:

Terry Pulliam Burd said:

This is just nuts.

http://www.cockeyed.com/citizen/creditcard/application.shtml

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd
AAC(F)BV66.0748.CA

"Most vigitaryans I iver see looked enough like their food to be
classed as cannybals."

Finley Peter Dunne (1900)

To reply, replace "spaminator" with "cox"

I always use a permanent magic marker to write "remove my name from
your mailing list" across any personal info and on the application and
put everything into their return postage paid envelope, including the
envelope and all pieces of paper that came with it. Then send it back.
My sister even puts other junk mail in with it, but has a time trying to
close the envelope....lol.. .....Sharon

It's effective if you tape it well to a brick then send it postage due 😉

Squeaks provided:

Quoted message said:

This is just nuts.

http://www.cockeyed.com/citizen/creditcard/application.shtml

Have you seen this one?

http://www.zug.com/pranks/credit/

Bob

Michael said:

We get credit card apps all the time. I scissor them.

In the wintertime, credit-card applications go into my fireplace. In the
summertime, they go into my grill.

Bob

In article <[email hidden]>,

Terry Pulliam Burd said:

This is just nuts.

http://www.cockeyed.com/citizen/creditcard/application.shtml

Some people have way too much time on their hands. Be that as it may, if
I were in charge, those unsolicited credit card applications would be
banned. Further, the practice of increasing customers' credit limit on
any existing account without a customer's approval would also be banned.

~patches~ said:

biig wrote:

[snip]

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

I always use a permanent magic marker to write "remove my name from
your mailing list" across any personal info and on the application and
put everything into their return postage paid envelope, including the
envelope and all pieces of paper that came with it. Then send it back.
My sister even puts other junk mail in with it, but has a time trying to
close the envelope....lol.. .....Sharon

It's effective if you tape it well to a brick then send it postage due 😉

Patented nonsense -- on both accounts. Returning junk mail to sender
is futile and a waste of your time and the USPS' resources. Shred it,r
burn it, or get off everyone's list; it's that simple.

The Ranger
---
"Why don't you go off and talk to yourself?"
"Because I get too many stupid answers."
-- Abbot and Costello, "Hold that Ghost"

In article said:

Terry Pulliam Burd said:

This is just nuts.

http://www.cockeyed.com/citizen/creditcard/application.shtml

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd
AAC(F)BV66.0748.CA

"Most vigitaryans I iver see looked enough like their food to be
classed as cannybals."

Finley Peter Dunne (1900)

To reply, replace "spaminator" with "cox"

I always use a permanent magic marker to write "remove my name from
your mailing list" across any personal info and on the application and
put everything into their return postage paid envelope, including the
envelope and all pieces of paper that came with it. Then send it back.
My sister even puts other junk mail in with it, but has a time trying to
close the envelope....lol.. .....Sharon

You and your sister are wasting your time. Your bogus returns are either
handled by automated machinery or minimum wage employees. Either way,
your returned mail simply gets dumped into a trash can. These companies
that send out stuff know that trick and they simply add the cost of
bogus returns into their marketing budget.

The best way to handle credit card applications you do not want is to
shred them.

Bob Terwilliger said:

Squeaks provided:

Quoted message said:

This is just nuts.

http://www.cockeyed.com/citizen/creditcard/application.shtml

Have you seen this one?

http://www.zug.com/pranks/credit/

Bob

Too funny! DH is a member of an organization and is one of three with
signing authority for cheques. As a prank he actually signed in very
legible writing *Micky Mouse*. The cheque cleared! They get their
cheques back and this particular cheque is framed and on their wall. I
never would have believed it without seeing it. Cheques go to a
clearing centre where they are electronically cleared. No human ever
sees them. No wonder cheque fraud is so easy!

Rhonda Anderson said:

Terry Pulliam Burd <[email hidden]> wrote in
news:[email hidden]:

Quoted message said:

This is just nuts.

http://www.cockeyed.com/citizen/creditcard/application.shtml

And I wondered if I was being paranoid when I bought a shredder...

Apparently not.

Rhonda Anderson
Cranebrook, NSW, Australia

Not at all. I shred every credit card application that we receive
(sometimes more than one per day!) as well as all those unsolicited
checks from our current card companies which make it "easy to transfer
balances" from other cards.

I wish the laws were more consumer friendly and that the card companies
had to take financial responsibility for all the potential fraud they abet.

gloria p

Terry Pulliam Burd said:

This is just nuts.

http://www.cockeyed.com/citizen/creditcard/application.shtml

This is probably a good time to remind everyone living in the US that
you are entitled to one free credit report from each of the three
companies per year:

https://www.annualcreditreport.com

Brian
--
If televison's a babysitter, the Internet is a drunk librarian who
won't shut up.
-- Dorothy Gambrell (http://catandgirl.com)

Bob Terwilliger said:

Squeaks provided:

Quoted message said:

This is just nuts.

http://www.cockeyed.com/citizen/creditcard/application.shtml

Have you seen this one?

http://www.zug.com/pranks/credit/

Bob

Doesn't surprise me a bit. My card sayds "check ID" and hardly anyone
does. When they do, I thank them for doing so. Once bought a $1600
printer and the kid neither looked at my ID or my sig.

-L.