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Re: Scam alert: Dining a la Card

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From: Gary L. Dare
Date: Tue, 30 Aug 1994 14:59
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spb@mrtnt.ntrs.com (Steve Bonine) says:

>I don't know if this is a case of someone trying to rip off the public,
>or simply a case of incompetence.  Whichever, I am now inconvenienced
>by trying to get the charge removed from my bill.

I took their two-month trial and didn't have a problem.  In fact, their
advantage over Transmedia - which gives you a separate credit card from
the one that is billed - is that it's hidden.  I could go to places with
coupons from The Reader (Chicago's Village Voice/NY Press-style weekly)
or other alternative papers, charge the bill, and get the DAC rebate too.
But in the end, it wasn't worth $50/year for me ...

Also, I did this a year ago and can't vouch for the state of the program
as it is now.  However, you still have your credit card receipts to mail
copies to DAC in your dispute, right?  It also seems to me that you are
still liable for the dinners you ate.

gld
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From: gld@prairienet.org (Gary L. Dare)
Newsgroups: misc.consumers,chi.eats,chi.general,alt.consumers.free-stuff
Subject: Re: Scam alert: Dining a la Card
Date: 30 Aug 1994 14:59:08 GMT
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
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