All Entries in the "Credit Cards" Category
Chase Bank Pushes Me to Change Phone Number
Chase was calling me two to four times a week asking for money they know I didn’t have. I would feel my body tighten up whenever the phone rang. As much as I tried to make a game of it, I was still getting stressed by the frequency of calls.
Each time I spoke with [...]
Credit Card Insanity: The Minimum Payment
When I went to my shopping cart to complete my Amazon book purchase a year and a half ago, the order screen said I could save $30 off my purchase by applying for the Amazon Visa card through Chase Bank. They advertised an introductory 0 percent interest rate for six months, after which it would [...]
Bank Offers No Help in Reducing Debt
Last summer my business cash flow began dropping as my wholesale book suppliers increasingly competed against me, undercutting my prices. The wholesalers were also raising prices while cherry-picking inventory, and it became more difficult to find good inventory with a decent profit margin.
Amazon continued to erode the profit margin for used books by increasing [...]
Chase Bank Changes Credit Card Due Date but Doesn’t Inform Customer
I came across a rip-off report by a Chase customer in Florida. The customer (hereinafter referred to as “Mad”) has had a Chase credit card for three years and has regularly received promotional checks offering a low, fixed APR. Mad took advantage of the offer and cashed a check.
Mad used the Internet to pay his [...]
Chase Bank Calls Me from India: Can I Make a Payment?
Chase Credit Card Services just called and wanted to know if I could make a payment on my overdue credit card. The gentleman from India was polite and persistent, and he “can only imagine” what I’m going through. Damn straight.
After going around in circles for a while I asked the Chase man, “If I can’t [...]
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