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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-30-07 02:23 PM Original message |
Credit cards/ charge accounts USED to be for convenience |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-30-07 02:29 PM Response to Original message |
1. So was cash, so you wouldn't have to carry live pigs. |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-30-07 02:31 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. especially if those pigs were a bit greasy:) |
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frankly_fedup2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-30-07 02:37 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. I thought the first credit card was the Diner's Club in the 50's. I could |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-30-07 02:46 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. I think it was, but individual stores had "in-house" accounts before that |
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frankly_fedup2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-01-07 12:28 PM Response to Reply #4 |
31. You're right about that feeling. I know if I'm down or in a bad mood, I can |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-31-07 01:39 AM Response to Reply #3 |
21. Before the sheeple installed Raygun, 29% interest was illegal, and the people |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-31-07 01:48 AM Response to Reply #21 |
24. Yep, the Mob had better interest rates |
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frankly_fedup2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-01-07 12:24 PM Response to Reply #24 |
30. I thought that too. Also, loan sharks are illegal; however, why isn't these |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-01-07 12:33 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. They are legal because so many people NEED those cards now, |
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EmmitFitzhume (173 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-30-07 02:48 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. The credit card companies |
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progdonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-30-07 03:01 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. I was very surprised when I first learned about interchange fees when I was younger... |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-30-07 03:10 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. When people started finding out about those fees, some would ask for and GET |
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progdonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-30-07 03:26 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. hmm, that would never have occurred to me... |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-30-07 03:52 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. yep.. I always buy local whenever I can.. n/t |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-31-07 01:51 AM Response to Reply #18 |
26. Good on you, thanks so much. n/t |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-31-07 01:56 AM Response to Reply #16 |
28. If you get out of the metro areas in large parts of the country, many |
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EmmitFitzhume (173 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-30-07 03:11 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. You're |
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progdonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-30-07 03:30 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. shows how much they live in bizarro world... |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-31-07 01:31 AM Response to Reply #6 |
20. That's a bit simplified, but yeah. |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-31-07 01:45 AM Response to Reply #20 |
22. So... we pay a whole lot in fees because their computers have to count really well? |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-31-07 01:51 AM Response to Reply #22 |
27. So do you have anything to say, or you just like dropping one liners? |
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grasswire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-30-07 02:47 PM Response to Original message |
5. also way back when, stores had informal credit... |
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soothsayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-30-07 03:07 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. don't forget layaway! stores still have that, I think. |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-30-07 03:15 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. Our K-mart ended layaway last year..so did walmart |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-31-07 01:45 AM Response to Reply #14 |
23. It's just the latest sqeeze they're putting on the underclass. n/t |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-30-07 03:08 PM Response to Original message |
9. gee, this country club has gone to hell since the *common* people were let in. |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-30-07 03:12 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Nope.. it's about the psychology of credit..and how easing credit-worthiness |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-30-07 05:03 PM Response to Reply #13 |
19. oh, sorry. i misread your post then. |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-31-07 01:48 AM Response to Reply #9 |
25. Used to be the gold card, then it was the platinum card, now it's a black card |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-30-07 03:08 PM Response to Original message |
10. Try paying with cash these days. Any amount over $50 is treated as if it were monopoly money. |
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EmmitFitzhume (173 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-30-07 03:18 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. I hope it doesn't come to that |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-31-07 01:59 AM Response to Reply #15 |
29. Yep, that's the plan. Once they get rid of cash, their control of the economy will be absolute. |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-01-07 12:35 PM Response to Reply #10 |
33. If they go to an entirely cashless society, our economy will collapse |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-01-07 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
34. Most ahistorical statement EVER. |
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