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5 Tips for Savvy Use of Your Home Equity Line of Credit
Tapping your home's equity to pay college expenses, consolidate credit card debt or even to buy a new car or boat is common place. Many economists attribute the additional buying power afforded consumers through home equity debt as a primary...
All Is Fair In Love, War, And, Your Credit Report. At Least It Should Be. Under Standing The Fair Credit Reporting Act
Fact: Over 150 million Americans have credit report with the three major credit reporting agencies. Approximately 50 million of these credit reports contain errors, many of which are inaccurate. Do you know what’s on your credit report? If you’ve...
Beware Paying the Credit Card Minimum Payment
Need a new iPod? The computer store running a special this week? Want that new outfit? Got to have that CD? Before you reach for your credit card and make that impulse buy, think for a moment. The payments won’t be much? Think again. Paying only the...
Cooperation Credit Repair
When you are trying to get out of debt, you will need cooperation from others as well as your self. If both of the sources are hard headed, I promise you your credit repair scheme will probably not work.
Debt is an everyday part of life and we...
Credit Card Companies Are Out for Your Money
You're probably thinking "Tell me something I don't know" but in this time of low interest rates you might be thinking that you've got a great deal since credit card interest rates are low. Wrong. Credit card companies have a cutoff as to how...
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How Do You Know If Your Credit Card Agent Is the Best?
Since you are the customer, there must be a glut of credit card
agents constantly hounding you day-in, day-out. They may try to
cram all their pitches in hour long phone call marathons or
minute long infomercials and may run the gamut of personalities
from friendly to annoying, smart to eccentric. But how do you
choose the right credit agent?
Credit card agents are not just supposed to hawk credits cards.
They are supposed to act as the middle persons between you and
the bank. In effect, they should extend the services and care of
the bank itself. You can tell if you credit card agent is good
if he exhibits the following characteristics.
1. Agent Has Intimate Knowledge of the Card Company - Your
credit card agent should know the ins and outs of the company he
or she is promoting. Agents who are only looking for a quick
commission won't help you much when you have inquiries about
their cards. If your agent has an intimate knowledge of the
company, you can rest easier since he or she is in a good
position to guide you in your decisions.
2. Honesty - After talking with your agent, investigate the
veracity of his claims. There are some agents who will lie and
fib just to get a sale. If you catch one of your agents giving
you the glib tongue, drop
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Homeland Security Gets The Reality TV Treatment
A new reality show takes viewers behind the scenes as border guards, Secret Service agents and patrol officers protect the nation. <em>Homeland Security, USA</em> has the look of a documentary, but its producers stay clear of politics and deliver a show that's more <em>COPS</em> than <em>Frontline</em>.
communications with him or her
immediately.
3. Has Much Experience - Established credit card agents have a
better chance of helping you with your particular needs. They
have had extensive experience in dealing with their clients and
are in a better position to help you out. You should not dismiss
agents who are new to the business, though. Just make sure they
are sensitive to your needs.
4. Tells Pros and Cons- Find an agent who tells you like it is.
They usually find a way to tell you the advantages and
disadvantages of their product without diminishing your
enthusiasm for their card. These people will give you more
information on which to base your decisions. Thoughtful clients
will want to stick to this kind of agent.
5. Does Not Force - Have you ever had a pushy agent hound you
all day long. This is the mark of one whose only concern is his
or her commission per card. If these individuals do not look
after your interests, how can you trust them to help facilitate
a good relationship with the company? If you are really
interested in their company, you may want to have that company
send a different agent.
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