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Dumb luck and a pack of smokes lands credit card thief in jail
Written by Geoff Williams
Posted On: May 15, 2012
It's time to take another look at the odd and unusual credit card crimes making the news. This first one in particular is a doozy. This detective should play the lottery Because honestly? What are the odds? In Traverse City, Mich., according to AP and UPI, a police officer went to a local gas station late last month [...]
If your credit card could talk, what would it say?
Written by Geoff Williams
Posted On: May 11, 2012
So are you planning on getting the new talking credit card, Visa Voice? Actually, there's no such thing, but for a few seconds, before I realized I had stumbled onto the satirical fake news website, The Onion, I completely bought into its fake press release. The Onion "reported" that Visa held a press event earlier this week [...]
Top 12 "Ask the Expert" credit card questions
Written by Curtis Arnold
Posted On: May 8, 2012
Every day at CardRatings.com, readers just like you submit questions about credit cards to our "Ask the Expert" columnists. We try to pull the most compelling questions from your submissions, so readers in similar situations can also take advantage of what we've all learned. However, we can't answer every question, so here's a list of [...]
Is the new LivingSocial rewards credit card as good a deal as their daily deals?
Written by Geoff Williams
Posted On: May 4, 2012
So Chase Card Services and LivingSocial just debuted a credit card, which raises all sorts of questions. Should you get it? Should you not get it? Should you… uh… okay, not all that many questions. Still, if you're curious about the features of this new credit card, here's what you need to know. Name of the [...]
Phone scams, beanbag lounges and…cannibalism?
Written by Geoff Williams
Posted On: May 1, 2012
Every couple of weeks in this space we look at the more unusual credit card crimes making headlines. Most of the crimes lately, though, have been pretty ordinary, garden-variety, hardly unusual… well, unless cannibalism counts. Not for the sensitive stomach So maybe you've heard about what happened in Sao Paulo, Brazil? As quite a few media outlets [...]
