It's a misnomer that getting a credit card is going to make your life better. Right? Unfortunately, our society has fallen prey to banks deceptive practices and predatory lending to everyday Americans that aren't making enough to get by as income and inequality get worse as if that's not the case already. But I digress!
-DISCOVER sells their product(s) as if you're always getting the 5% cash back, now I know that was never true to begin with when I applied to getting a card through them. Getting 5% cash back is only available throughout certain times of the year/month/Quoter per calendar year, You DONT automatically get enrolled to receiving 5% cash back, you have to enroll in it periodically by checking your account for upcoming promotions. So I think you get my drift here with their rewards program! Moving on...
-"THE UNITED STATES OF DISCOVER, FRAUD AND PREVENTION DEPARTMENT" Is and absolute a joke, to put it lightly. These folks have no clue what they're doing. Attached with this review are photos of a dispute regarding Alibaba for an item purchased that was not as advertised and was delivered the wrong item, a cheap POS made in China item. After providing sufficient amount of documentation and following their instructions specifically to support my claim, DISCOVER said "Na' go F your self Mr. Smith". Moving on...
-As you can see in exhibit (A) boys and girls, every month the account is paid in full "Statement Balance". Since paying the account off and not having it being used for several months now; Occasionally we get in the mail, US Mail that is "Checks"! Yes, Checks! For those of you that don't understand how checks work for credit card issuers, they are absolutely predatory. DISCOVER realized we no longer are using their product and assume that we could use some checks to take cash out of and ATM and pay double transaction hefty fee of 5% of whatever the amount is your going to take out of the ATM. I never and have never used checks that credit card issuers send out, you pay double the interest and fees on top of that. You need to read the terms carefully, your going to get screwed!
-Folks, bottom line here is this' I travel frequently and ran into several merchants where they don't take DISCOVER! Their rewards program the way they have it structured is... We'll... Stupid! It makes no sense.
-There are so may great cards out there that give you great rewards or cash back that you can take advantage of, as long as you pay off your balances in full every month, you can enjoy your rewards. But if you plan on not taking advantage of rewards or cash back and you're going to make monthly payments, you need to get a balance transfer card with zero percent introductory promotional rate or low interest rate card.
-What have we learned so far class? Stay away from DISCOVER products! That's right class, you're now an informed consumer!
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