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“Congratulations! You’ve Been Pre-Selected for This Offer!”

Meaningless Marketing Mumbo Jumbo: Exhibit A Somebody has to carry on the George Carlin tradition. In that vein . . .  I’m sure he’d scratch his head about the difference between being “pre-selected” (for yet another credit card I don’t need), and just plain, old ordinary “selected.” Pre-what, exactly? Is there another group of prospective customers...
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“Congratulations! You’ve Been Pre-Selected!”

(More) Meaningless Marketing Mumbo-Jumbo from — Guess Who? — Big Banks Somebody has to carry on the George Carlin tradition. In that vein . . .  I’m sure he’d scratch his head about the difference between being “pre-selected” (for yet another credit card I don’t need), and just plain, old ordinary “selected.” Pre-what, exactly? Is there...
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Credit Card Come-On’s

What’s the Catch? “Earn 5% Cashback Bonus when you shop at Rainbow Foods with Discover.” –Credit card promotion Five percent back sounds awfully good, especially when most credit cards are only offering 1% or 2% these days. So, what’s the catch? How about four of them? Catch #1:  the purchases have to be at Rainbow...
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