tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983386.post115447370706690186..comments2024-03-12T04:51:46.468-05:00Comments on Blue Gal: Reading the fine print...Fran / Blue Galhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18293627981248346055noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983386.post-1154574585026973812006-08-02T22:09:00.000-05:002006-08-02T22:09:00.000-05:00Usury?I always thought it was called loan sharking...Usury?<BR/><BR/>I always thought it was called loan sharking.<BR/><BR/>My bad.<BR/><BR/>BTW, the SF Chron has a daily finace columnist who discusses things like this about once a week. He's hot on identity theft too...especially since he recently became a victim.<BR/><BR/>He generally chews a hole right through the old corporate panties (like that reference?). Right entertaining writer too.Omnipotent Poobahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16902313824358840026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983386.post-1154547828859007202006-08-02T14:43:00.000-05:002006-08-02T14:43:00.000-05:00It's worse than that. Look at the agreement: "If y...It's worse than that. Look at the agreement: "If you are in default <B>under any Card Agreement that you have with us</B>" - and with the consolidation of credit providers, that means that ANY agreement with them could snap credit from 0 to 30 APR.<BR/><BR/>Islam (like Christianity and Judaism) forbids usury. There are some very interesting ways that has worked out through the Muslim world... ...it's worth some googling over (I read all about it a few years back, have no links handy).Shunrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17016600058016957827noreply@blogger.com