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From: pag@hao.UUCP (Peter Gross)
Newsgroups: net.consumers
Subject: Re: Citibank Visa Citidollars
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Date: Wed, 4-Apr-84 20:23:44 EST
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Posted: Wed Apr  4 20:23:44 1984
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Ken Mandelberg wrote:
> I notice that Citibank is soliciting national business
> for their Visa. They have a list of special services for
> their customers, which seem significant at first glance.
> On closer inspection, I'm not sure. For example, they
> give you a "rebate" via "Citidollars". The "Citidollars" can
> be used as a discount on mail order items. It looked to me
> like the mail order items were no bargain even with the
> discount.

As a long time Citibank Visa holder, I can assure you that the Citidollars
ain't worth much .... I must have thousands of them, and have yet to
see anything worth buying.  Now if you could use them to outright
purchase something, that would be another matter.  Nope --  you have to
use them to get a "discount" off of inflated, artificial list prices.
Worthless...

--peter gross
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