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Posts tagged ‘credit cards’

Changing the Terms

July 21st, 2009

In followup to Stop Helping Me, I thought you’d be interested to know that I got another update to Chase’s terms for my Visa card. There were 8 updates altogether, but the one that got me was the last one. The Default Rates section of your Agreement is amended to add the following reason to [...]

Beware the Skimmer

July 1st, 2008

I’ve written once or twice about my growing awareness of credit card security and the various ways it can break down. One such method is called “skimming”, which involves copying the magnetic stripe data from the back of your card with the intention of creating a clone of your card for later use. If a cashier [...]

Just Avoid Buying Anything

June 17th, 2008

I’ve got an action-packed week at work followed by vacation bible school immediately after work every night this week. So you’ve had fair warning; posts may be kinda slim. That being said, definitely take a few minutes to read idiotprogrammer’s post on the perils of mandatory arbitration and follow his links. Unfortunately, all too often [...]

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Flametoad is the personal website for Preston DuBose, a full-time e-commerce and credit card security professional for the higher-education market, a part-time RPG publisher, and a full-time husband and father.

I ignore conventional blogging wisdom and refuse to focus on a single topic. This website covers gaming, family life, marketing, security, literature, music, and just about anything else shiny that catches my eye.

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