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**HAL9000** · 11-10-2006, 10:13 AM

I wouldn't trust it one bit... chances are you will subscribe and then get links to those crap things you see all the time... free LCD TV, free Ipod... ya... you just have to accept a billion offers before you will get your "free" stuff.

I often wonder if this is how we get people scammed on their credit cards. They often have these weird sounding internet transactions on their cards monthly for about $15-$20.. they call asking what it is... and when we look up the codes on it... the only info we have is direct marketing/marketing not elsewhere classified. ,,, ya.. that tells me a lot.

11-10-2006, 10:13 AM	#4
HAL9000 Red-eyed Moderator Staff Premium Member Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada Posts: 17,575	I wouldn't trust it one bit... chances are you will subscribe and then get links to those crap things you see all the time... free LCD TV, free Ipod... ya... you just have to accept a billion offers before you will get your "free" stuff. I often wonder if this is how we get people scammed on their credit cards. They often have these weird sounding internet transactions on their cards monthly for about $15-$20.. they call asking what it is... and when we look up the codes on it... the only info we have is direct marketing/marketing not elsewhere classified. ,,, ya.. that tells me a lot. __________________ -At Ford, quality is job #1, job #2 is making them explode. ~Norm MacDonald, SNL News -Switching to Glide..Balancing in my head..inside of me... taking the glide path instead.