jeff@heurikon.UUCP (03/03/84)
While we're on the subject of credit cards...
Remember all those American Express ads during the olympics
featuring Ben Cross (the "old" track star)? I heard that
his application for a card was turned down when he requested
one prior to doing the commercial.
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\_=_/ ihnp4!heurikon!jeff (mail - fast)halle1@houxz.UUCP (J.HALLE) (03/06/84)
If Ben Cross listed his age as 80 odd, I'd expect him to be turned down for lying on the application. Cross was the young guy who played Abrahams in the movie. The older gentleman is Charles Sholtz, the American sprinter who won two golds. If you remember the movie, he spoke briefly to Liddel before the final race, telling him he admired him for sticking to his principals, then told his (Sholtz) teammate to look out for Liddel.
ldl@genix.UUCP (03/06/84)
My brother had(has) a very interesting experience with AE. First, he got
the card while in Illinois, then move to New Mexico. He had charged a few
dollars on it, and supposedly notified them that he had moved, and sent the
next years 'dues' at the same time. About 4 months later, he received a
notice that his card had been cancelled, and that he owed about $30.00, for
his dues (note, he supposedly owed them about $60.00). So, he figured:
- I owed them $60.00
- I sent them $30.00 for dues
- I still owe them $30.00, that's about right.
So, he sent them the $30.00, and decided to ask them why they hadn't changed
his address, since they had obviously gotten his check. Well, he got a not
so great letter explaining that he hadn't lived up to his obligations, etc,
and that they would in no way renew his card. He said, fine, it costs too
much anyway. Then, things got interesting. About 2 weeks later, he got a
check from them for about $30.00. He didn't quite know why, but figured,
"What the heck, they know what they're doing", and he cashed it. About a
month later, he got a bill, for $30.00. He wrote them back saying that as
far as he was concerned, the check they had sent him meant that their business
was completed, and "Stick it!". Then, the next month, another check for
$30.00. This kept happening until he was about $60.00 ahead, by his figuring.
Finally, he got a nice letter, indicating that:
- his account was closed
- they were 'even'
- Goodbye!
They were always out of sync, and apparently didn't care that they were
sending him money. He wrote them one final letter restateing all that had
happened, and so far (several months) haven't bothered to reply. Needless
to say, his opinion of them isn't too high (mine either).
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UUCP: {ucbvax,gatech,parsec}!unmvax!genix!ldlhutch@shark.UUCP (Stephen Hutchison) (03/06/84)
<I can hardly credit some of the things I see in this newsgroup> The person in the commercial with Ben Cross was Jackson Scholz. Unless of course he is actually Jackson Charles or Charles Jackson Scholz. Just a point, since hundreds of others will undoubtedly make similar ones. Hutch
ljdickey@watmath.UUCP (Lee Dickey) (04/04/84)
I used to think that American Express cards were hard to come by.
Now I find that they offer them to anyone. I have a phone that
is listed in a name that is not my own and in a name that has no
(to my knowledge) credit rating. The other day, that name received
an offer to "Preferred Status" to apply for an American Express
credit card.
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Lee Dickey, University of Waterloo. (ljdickey@watmath.UUCP)
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...!ucbvax!decvax!watmath!ljdickeyags@pucc-i (Seaman) (04/04/84)
> I used to think that American Express cards were hard to come by. > Now I find that they offer them to anyone. I have a phone that > is listed in a name that is not my own and in a name that has no > (to my knowledge) credit rating. The other day, that name received > an offer to "Preferred Status" to apply for an American Express > credit card. Preferred Status is not a guarantee that the application will be approved. It only means that they apply a slightly more liberal set of standards in evaluating the application. You still have to qualify. -- Dave Seaman ..!pur-ee!pucc-i:ags "Against people who give vent to their loquacity by extraneous bombastic circumlocution."