Re: Credit Cards vs. Debit Cards (Re: The HELL With IHOP!)

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From: roamer1
Date: Sun, 21 Nov 1999 00:00

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unidextr@mindspring.com wrote:

> apparently car rental networks are not prepared to do this so they 
> have policies that limit the use of debit cards and they may only be 
> used to pay for a completed rental and not to secure one!

Car rental companies want to see some evidence of good credit; debit
cards don't provide that.  (Car rental companies would probably also
prefer not to take secured credit cards as well; however, there is no
easy way to tell a secured card vs. an unsecured card, at least with
major issuers such as Citi.  I don't know if account numbers can reveal
the difference, though.)

-SC

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From: roamer1@pobox.com
Subject: Re: Credit Cards vs. Debit Cards (Re: The HELL With IHOP!)
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