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Flux
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posted 10-03-2005 08:26 PM     Profile for Flux   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
You max it

(this is my first credit card, so stfu)

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Devastator
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posted 10-03-2005 10:30 PM     Profile for Devastator   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
lol be careful I have cards I've never even activated. Only one is and I use it on vacations occasinally if I need to rent a car or something. Other than that i debit.

Of course, I'm not really in debt either as a result.

Just becareful it WILL catch up to you and at a most inopportune time.

(yeah I'm making up words these days..and my spelling is for shit )

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Mad Max
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posted 10-03-2005 10:38 PM     Profile for Mad Max   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
FWIW, stay away from Discover. I got a discover card and cancelled it after I had finished with it. They said that they would re-open the account if there was any future activity on it, "as a convenience". Err, fuck off, I am cancelling the card because I don't want it and if there is any future activity on it then it's fraudulent. Idiots.

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Flux
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posted 10-03-2005 11:00 PM     Profile for Flux   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
Thanks dads.

I don't buy anything unless I have enough money in my account at that moment. Right now I need to build credit, so I might as well put it on a bigass preorder.

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burble
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posted 10-03-2005 11:11 PM     Profile for burble   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
that bundle is like, just all the retail prices of that stuff combined.

i thought the whole point of a bundle was to get a discount.


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posted 10-03-2005 11:17 PM     Profile for AcidWarp   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
The first thing I did when I got a credit card was to buy a graphics card. Fortunately, I didn't max it.

I keep refusing to let them up my limit too. I don't need the temptation.

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posted 10-04-2005 10:00 AM     Profile for GFKiller   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
Yeah, just don't max a $10,000 credit card like I did. I'm still paying for it.

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Mad Max
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posted 10-04-2005 01:45 PM     Profile for Mad Max   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
I use my card for British Airways airmiles. I never used a credit card when I first came over here preferring instead to use my debit card or cash. Now I just slap it on my CC. Sometimes my balance goes up (never more than 5k) but typically it's less than 1k (between payments I mean).

If anyone would like to view my account details online then let me know.

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posted 10-04-2005 02:01 PM     Profile for dAm   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
quote:
If anyone would like to view my account details online then let me know

Just your account number and expiry date will be fine. If you feel like it, you can add the last 3 numbers from the back.

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posted 10-07-2005 04:37 PM     Profile for jondster   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
"I MUST still have money in my checking account ... I still have checks left"

" I just got my credit limit increased ... that means I have that money TO SPEND !!"

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posted 10-08-2005 01:00 AM     Profile for Flux   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by jondster:
"I MUST still have money in my checking account ... I still have checks left"

" I just got my credit limit increased ... that means I have that money TO SPEND !!"


LOL

burb - For the 360 its $299. Each game is going to be $60. With 6 games, that's $360, so its $659 already.

Hard drive - $100
Combination High-Definition Component & Standard A/V Cable - $40
Headset - $20
Universal Media Remote - $30
Extra Wireless Controller - $50
Play & Charge Kit - $20
Rechargeable Battery - $11
Xbox Live 12 Month Card - $70
1-Year Product Replacement Plan (more than basic 90-day warranty) - let's say $20 (it was $50 for the first xbox)

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$360 for peripherals
$659 for console and games
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$1019 before tax. With 7.5% sales tax in Ohio, that's $1095.43

I paid $936 after tax. Sounds like a deal to me. I didn't save on the games. Where the savings are at were the peripherals.

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RoGuEBiTcH
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posted 10-08-2005 10:24 AM     Profile for RoGuEBiTcH   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Flux:
Where the savings are at were the peripherals.

That has to be the most poorly formed sentence I've ever read here.

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posted 10-08-2005 12:44 PM     Profile for J0SH   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
Me fail english? That's unpossible.

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Mad Max
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posted 10-08-2005 02:44 PM     Profile for Mad Max   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by RoGuEBiTcH:
That has to be the most poorly formed sentence I've ever read here.

tsk, tsk. I think you meant to say, "That was have to have beened the most poorestly formulated sentences I've ever readed on these forum."

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Flux
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posted 10-08-2005 03:11 PM     Profile for Flux   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
It was 1 AM. You think I gave a shit, grammar queen? Forgive me for assuming Enlgish was your first language.

This reminds me of a joke.

A guy travels to Harvard to hang out with a childhood friend of his. Excited to see him and ready to go party, he asks his educated pal "Hey, where are all the bars at?"
His friend looks at him and says "At Harvard we don't end our sentences with prepositions."
Instantly he replies "OK. Where are all the bars at, asshole?"

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AcidWarp
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posted 10-09-2005 12:59 AM     Profile for AcidWarp   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
Heheh, old joke but still makes me laugh.

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posted 10-09-2005 01:01 AM     Profile for RoGuEBiTcH   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
lol, I heard that just last week I think.

Waah.

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