Now here's some happy news...

"Kevin Vang" wrote in message
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In article ,
says...

No real shocker there, except for the part where a lot of people are
ignoring this potential next shoe to drop(possibly alongside commercial
loan
defaults). Citi is in especially bad shape on this one.


Speaking as a former holder of a CitiBank credit card, CitiCorp and the
horse they rode in on can burn in hell (or bankruptcy court, whichever
takes longer.)

Kevin,
still a little bitter.

--
Kevin Vang
reply to kevin dot vang at minotstateu dot edu

I have a Citibank Card. The American Airlines mileage card. Has been a
good card. Paying for 2 kids college educations and one wedding and part of
the a 2nd one, we get some nice trips. Actually do not know what the
interest rate is as I never run a balance. And when I have been on a trip
out of the US and called to see what the balance was to pay on line, they
have said I could postpone the payment while out of the country. Since I
pay from the checking acct online I declined the delay, and just need the
amount to pay. Others, like me that pay the bill monthly seem to have no
problems with them either.

On Wed, 15 Apr 2009 20:05:29 -0700, "Calif Bill"
wrote:


"Kevin Vang" wrote in message
. ..
In article ,
says...

No real shocker there, except for the part where a lot of people are
ignoring this potential next shoe to drop(possibly alongside commercial
loan
defaults). Citi is in especially bad shape on this one.


Speaking as a former holder of a CitiBank credit card, CitiCorp and the
horse they rode in on can burn in hell (or bankruptcy court, whichever
takes longer.)

Kevin,
still a little bitter.

--
Kevin Vang
reply to kevin dot vang at minotstateu dot edu

I have a Citibank Card. The American Airlines mileage card. Has been a
good card. Paying for 2 kids college educations and one wedding and part of
the a 2nd one, we get some nice trips. Actually do not know what the
interest rate is as I never run a balance. And when I have been on a trip
out of the US and called to see what the balance was to pay on line, they
have said I could postpone the payment while out of the country. Since I
pay from the checking acct online I declined the delay, and just need the
amount to pay. Others, like me that pay the bill monthly seem to have no
problems with them either.

I, too, have a Citi card and have had it for over 20 years, never late, never
carried a balance. I, too, have been a good, responsible customer of several
"charge card" companies - I've turned down "invites" to AMEX gold and platinum
and _invites_ to AMEX black (...I mean, really - who in the friggin' **** has
such low self-esteem as to pay a dime for some "prestige" color of charge
card...and IIRC, that silly-assed thing was something like 2 grand a year and
was hand-delivered by an intern or some such nonsense...). I've had bank-issued
charge cards from a fair number of banks. And I've about had it with Citi -
IME, they could screw up making change for a US 10-dollar bill if one requested
that they do it with two smaller, equal-denomination US bills...

IMO, the current incarnation of "Citicorp" needs to sink or swim on its own
competence or lack thereof, and if some Arab royalty gets their ass handed to
them in the deal, tough ****...

TC,
R

On 15-Apr-2009, "Calif Bill" wrote:

eaking as a former holder of a CitiBank credit card, CitiCorp and the
horse they rode in on can burn in hell (or bankruptcy court, whichever
takes longer.)

Kevin,
still a little bitter.

--
Kevin Vang
reply to kevin dot vang at minotstateu dot edu

I have a Citibank Card. The American Airlines mileage card. Has been a
good card. Paying for 2 kids college educations and one wedding and part
of
the a 2nd one, we get some nice trips. Actually do not know what the
interest rate is as I never run a balance. And when I have been on a trip

out of the US and called to see what the balance was to pay on line, they
have said I could postpone the payment while out of the country. Since I
pay from the checking acct online I declined the delay, and just need the
amount to pay. Others, like me that pay the bill monthly seem to have no
problems with them either.

We used to play the float- when there was one- I would make major cc
purchases right after paying my bill in full and on time to the day - as we
always do w all our cards
I would never pay their interest rates
But they have shortened the period and this is now far more difficult to do

As for Citicorp I also have had only bad experiences - same w Bank of
America - **** 'em both

The new NY Mets ball park is called Citfield
I hope they change the name.

Fred