Re: Cash Back Credit Cards

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From: SpammersDie
Date: Thu, 06 Sep 2007 02:43

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"Jonathan Kamens" <jik@kamens.brookline.ma.us> wrote in message 
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> "SpammersDie" <xx@xx.xx> writes:
>>For someone who's already well off and can't spend what he already has, 
>>the
>>cash back is not worth the "inconvenience" no matter how small. You only 
>>get
>>so many years on this planet.
>
> Someone who's already well off and can't spend what he already has,
> has people on his payroll who can clean up identity-theft messes for
> him.

And such people would be?

I wasn't talking "Rich enough to purchase Equifax, Experian and TU and go in 
and fix the database as the owner" rich...



> Someone who's already well off and can't spend what he already has,
> spends a lot more money than the rest of us

An assumption. Besides, credit limits don't scale beyond a certain point. 
(And the rewards probably don't either if the card execs have any sense.)



> Someone who's already well off and can't spend what he already has,
> probably got there by looking for opportunities to save and make money
> and taking advantage of them.

And may also follow the old proverb: "Once you reach the top of the 
mountain, quit climbing."

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