Comments on: An even better “CHASE CUSTOMERS BEWARE” circular is ready for you to distribute.

By: William Danielson

William Danielson — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:47:47 +0000

This is the second time this has happened to me. Got stuck last time with the high rates – paid off the card as quick as I could then canceled the card. They offered me a 0% card a couple months later (shows you how good my credit is). I transferred a balance into the card and this time, happy to say I had a zero balance on my credit card when they jacked up my rates. I called them and canceled my card again.

Time to make a stand folks – by refusing to accept new rates, your card is canceled. If you don’t make a habit of reading your chase mail, you should consider the cancellation of your card whether there is a balance or not. I would inquire about a rate change after cancellation; but I do not believe it changes after the card is canceled.

Let’s make the stand and bring chase to it’s knees…

By: Dr Robert Lahm

Dr Robert Lahm — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 20:59:26 +0000

I'm already on that story (about the Debtor's Revolt YouTube video). I have been writing a post in reply: Contracts written by credit card companies are bad faith agreements, which seems to be alright with anyone who is able to “pay cash.”

By: Alessandro Machi

Alessandro Machi — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 19:29:45 +0000

On a side note, the debtors revolt youtube video has taken off like wildfire, with 167,000 hits in its first week.

I have noticed a disturbing amount of holier than thou comments being posted in the comments section. It would be really amazing if we could support the video and do some responding in the comments section.

just type debtors revolt in a google search and it should be the number one item.

By: Dr Robert Lahm

Dr Robert Lahm — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 18:08:53 +0000

Hi Alessandro,

Having some graphics/printing experience myself, your observations are correct. Most people know very little about “gang-up” runs, so that was a particularly helpful insight that you shared, I suspect.

Another option is to print in black and white. The cheapest option is to spread the document electronically.

I kind of like the idea of a million impacted account holders spreading 50 to 100, each (some in print, and others electronically). If each of those 50 to 100 million circulars was in turn seen by 2 or 3 people, I’d be very satisfied with that readership number!

Have a great day!

By: Alessandro Machi

Alessandro Machi — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 16:57:35 +0000

It may be cheaper to print out just one, then have a few dozen made by your local printing company, however, this can become a pricey option if the color copy prices hovers near 50 cents a copy.

Some printing and graphic design companies can offer really low pricing on a thousand color copies, as cheap as 6 to 8 cents a copy if you can wait 3-5 days, that works out to about 60-80 dollars for a thousand.

The low low pricing is achieved by combining several dozen jobs together onto a huge print roller, your job gets printed along with everybody elses on the huge print roll, and a significant portion of the cost is reduced, and passed on to the customer.

If you plan on doing 20 or less copies, doing them on your own printer might be the most effective way, it just depends how efficient you believe your color cartridge printing set up is.