Hey, Tricia…It’s Your Pal, Your Credit Card

Oh my gosh, I received probably the weirdest thing in the mail today from one of our credit cards. I think I would consider it a sneaky attempt to get you to use your card!

Because I’m not sure if I can put the wording in full here on my blog, I will give you the basic idea.

It’s a letter from my credit card. It’s saying that is misses me and we should do something together. Maybe go to a new fancy restaurant or go on a kayaking trip (fresh air will do it good). It’s telling me we should live life a little.

Here’s my response to my “pal”….

Live life a little? By paying for things that I cannot afford? I’m sure you are mightly lonely now since you haven’t been used in some time so please don’t take this too personal. I’m just choosing to pay cash for things so I don’t end up paying mega interest charges just to live a little now. Sorry…but I’m a little older now and a little wiser.

Anyone else have a message they would like to give to their “pals”?

Posted by Tricia on October 13, 2006 at 12:41 PM in Credit Cards | 11 Comments »
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ry responded:
Posted: October 13th, 2006 at 12:51 pm
When I get credit card applications in the mail and as long as they have a return envelope where I don’t have to pay postage, I’ll fill out half the application and mail it back, making sure to leave off my SSN and sig. And sometimes I even leave it blank. They have wasted my time by sending me such junk, so I will waste their time.
Maybe you should send a letter back to them.
Jenni responded:
Posted: October 13th, 2006 at 2:38 pm
I get those so often! Since I stopped using my credit card and started paying it off, they send me things all the time, about going out to the bar (which I can’t do anyway) and buying clothes and stuff.

I’m sure a lot of people actually fall for those messages too.
Marshall responded:
Posted: October 13th, 2006 at 2:48 pm
I simply rip up credit card applications and toss them.
HC responded:
Posted: October 13th, 2006 at 2:58 pm
“C’mon back, baby. You know I didn’t mean it when I charged you all that interest. We could be SOOO good together.”

If this isn’t already a bit on the Daily Show, it should be.
Lazy Man and Money responded:
Posted: October 13th, 2006 at 4:00 pm
I’ve heard of people sending those postage paid envelops back filled with something heavy. I guess they have to pay the extra postage and they learn real quick not to send junk mail to you again.
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Save Sheila responded:
Posted: October 15th, 2006 at 8:13 am
I rip them up and stuff them in the postage-paid envelope and send them back to the company that sent it! Credit cards are evil!!! They are not my friends!!!
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Karen responded:
Posted: October 16th, 2006 at 2:25 pm
What I’d like to say to mine would not be printable here……
Tricia responded:
Posted: October 17th, 2006 at 9:36 am
Oh my…I haven’t thought about sending the envelopes back filled with goodies before. Right now I give the envelopes to my son. He loves them to play with
Lazy Man and Money responded:
Posted: October 19th, 2006 at 12:38 pm
Here’s a link to what I was referring to with the heavy envelopes.

http://www.danieldrezner.com/archives/001941.html