Re: This one is hard to believe

From: Eliyahu Rooff (lrooff_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 11/26/04 

Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2004 15:55:29 -0800

"Judity01" <judity01@aol.com> wrote in message
news:20041126173148.12301.00001376@mb-m28.aol.com...
| ((And I do
| wonder why in the world AE granted her that much credit without a
| good background check? ))
|
| Eliyahu, do credit card companies actually do background checks?
I seem to get
| offers for "guaranteed" credit cards every month, and I haven't
had a job in
| years.
|
There's quite a difference between a secured VISA with a limit of a
few hundred dollars and an American Express card with virtually
unlimited credit. In the latter case, not doing a good credit check
is inexcusable.

Eliyahu

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