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March 03, 2004
Discover Sucks
Vera was right, Discover Card sucks!
You see, I've got some CashBack coming to me and I decided to use the so-called "Double" feature. Purportedly, you can get "up to double your award amount ... from our Cashback Bonus Partners," according to Discover's web site.
This is only like the dozenth time that I've chosen to Double my CashBack award, but this time it was different: None of the vendors I chose were actually offering a double award amount! Bed Bath & Beyond, Borders, Foot Locker... all were offering only 125%, or a $25 giftcard for cashing in $20 worth of CashBack bonus. It peeved me to the point where I actually went and counted them all. Of the 32 vendors available, only 19 of them were offering at least double, with the rest (over 40%) offering considerably less than double.
Kind of makes you wonder about the meaning of the word 'double', doesn't it?
Of course, even more annoying: some of the vendors were actually offering way more than double! Hyatt Hotels for example, were offering double double, that is to say Quadruple! ($80 for $20.) Of course, I had always ignored Hyatt previously, not knowing what a great deal they were offering.
What piffle. Discover Card, shame on you for not "telling it like it is" on your web site! Hey, can anyone say Class Action?
Posted by crandal at March 3, 2004 12:22 AM