hxe@rayssd.UUCP (03/08/84)
My very first credit card was obtained to help a friend whose little
sister worked in a Cherry and Webb (department store). Every employee
had a quota of credit card applications that had to be turned in each
month, so I filled one out just so she could meet her quota. About a
week after I got the card, I got a notice in the mail from another,
but much larger and more expensive, department store (Jordan Marsh,
for you New Englanders) saying that since I was obviously their kind
of person I could sign a little form and have a credit card by return
mail. I did, just for the heck of it, and have never used either one.
Since this letter came so quickly on the heels of my receipt of the
first card, and since I had no other cards, it seems pretty obvious
that these stores trade information pretty freely.
Heather Emanuel {allegra, decvax!brunix, ccieng5, linus} rayssd!hxe