-=> JEFF BINKLEY wrote to WAYNE CHIRNSIDE <=-


 WC> WC> TR> And weren't you just talking to someone about buying stuff
 WC> WC> TR> on e-bay with a credit card? What the hell are you, someone
 WC> WC> TR> with no money (so `you' say), and no job (so `you' claim),
 WC> WC> TR> and are on the public dole, doing with a credit card?


 WC> WC> TR> Cue the crickets!


 WC> WC>Wrong again shit for brains.

 WC> WC>It's a debit card but I use it like a credit card
 WC> WC>as it's branded Visa and thus accepted anywhere that takes
 WC> WC>credit cards.

 WC> WC>If I overdraft the account it costs about $40 dollars.

 WC> WC>The other BS you spewed ignored.

 WC> WC>You *really* are delusional if you think your knowledge of
 WC> WC>remote events is superior to one who witnessed them.

 WC> WC>And you make these claims often.

 WC> JB> Is it your VIsa debit card or a government issued one for your
 WC> JB> public stipend ?


 WC>Mine, dating back to when automated teller machines first
 WC>appeared on the scene.

 JB> Not true.  Debit cards came long after the first ATM appeared.  They
 JB> came long after the first credit card appeared.


Now what point would there be to an ATM without the debit card???
As to being generally available at retail outlets thats another matter.
Mine became so active once it was branded VISA years ago.

 WC>Since that time my bank has changed hands four times
 WC>and only the last bank uses the Visa credit - debit option
 WC>but only to the limit of available funds in that account.

 JB> That is what a debit card is.  Some have overdraft protection.

Not here.
SSDI regulations stipulate only one bank acount as well.

 WC>I've maintained a continuous checking account since the early 70's
 WC>although each of my banks has been bought out by others until
 WC>what is now my current bank.

 JB> Congratulations.  Which bank is yours ?

Not a chance.

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