I feel your pain. In February of 2009 we will be done with debt and on to a life of getting rich slow and living like an old grandmother. Debt free and paying with cash!
-J.J. On 9/27/07, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > welp... I just heard from someone who speaks English. They were > wondering about the Better Business Bureau complaint ;) After eight > months of patty-cake with canned email responses, BBB got someoen with > the authority to fix things to call me. > > It seems that when the first card they sent did not reach me, they > cancelled it, but did not do it right. So my payments were going to > one account and the other one wasn't getting activated (AND was > dinging my credit by showing as past-due) because the payments weren't > getting posted to it. > > They probably do specialize in subprime - there was a largish > activation fee I hadn't paid attention to, which is how you can be > past due on a card you haven't received yet.... > > All in all not reassuring for the future, but hell, it will make an > emergency backup I guess. > > > On 9/27/07, Ben Doom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > No. Household Bank is a fairly large credit card backer/provider (and, > > later, loans including a buyout of Beneficial) who was bought by HSBC in > > order for the parent company to gain entry into the US CC market. They > > specialize in Sub-prime cards. Household was all American support. > > HSBC offshored a lot of it, though. > > > > How do I know? My Dad, after quitting his professorship, worked for > > Renaissance Bank Card Services, who was bought by Household. He trained > > customer service and collections for both in London, KY. Now, he helps > > train Indian and Phillipino trainers, including trying to make them more > > comprehensible to Americans. > > > > --BenD > > > > Dana wrote: > > > it is. Though I don't think it's actually a bank. It seems to mostly > > > be an offshore customer service company that generates > > > incomprehensible but apparently irrelevant responses to email. > > > > > > I have been trying to activate a card I (regrettably) signed up for in > > > *February.* Since February. Silly me. > > > > > > ::mumble:: > > > > > > On 9/27/07, William Bowen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> is that a small branch > > >> a subsidiary bank > > >> of HSBC? > > >> > > >>> don't you do it no > > >>> you'll regret > > >>> ever signing up > > >> > > >> -- > > >> will > > >> > > >> "If my life weren't funny, it would just be true; > > >> and that would just be unacceptable." > > >> - Carrie Fisher > > >> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Get involved in the latest ColdFusion discussions, product development sharing, and articles on the Adobe Labs wiki. http://labs/adobe.com/wiki/index.php/ColdFusion_8 Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:243351 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
