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Article #163Re: Cash Back Credit Cards
From: George Grapman
Date: Wed, 05 Sep 2007 15:56
Date: Wed, 05 Sep 2007 15:56
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If a retailer is hacked at the most you have the inconvenience of getting the charges removed from the bill. Cash back is cash back. No strings. I recently took a ten day vacation. I never had more than $50 cash on me. I used my credit card for larger purchases and my debit card when I wanted cash back either from a merchant or an ATM (my credit union allows no fee withdrawals at many other credit union ATMs as well as the 7-11 network. The alternatives would have meant carrying a lot of cash with me or using travelers checks. The former entails the risk of theft or loss,the latter requires finding a store that takes them and going through the ID verification process.
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