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From: franka@mmintl.UUCP (Frank Adams)
Newsgroups: net.flame,net.politics,net.legal,net.auto
Subject: Re: DWI Crackdowns and credit cards
Message-ID: <543@mmintl.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 26-Jul-85 19:41:23 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jul 26 19:41:23 1985
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Reply-To: franka@mmintl.UUCP (Frank Adams)
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Summary: You don't own your credit cards


In article <662@cvl.UUCP> liang@cvl.UUCP (Eli Liang) writes:
>> Bah. There is a clear solution to people who don't do as they should
>> with the responsibility of a PRIVLEGE (driving a car): Credit
>> Companies have figured it out. Why can't DMV ??
>What you seem to have forgotten in your ranting is that while a credit card
>may belong to you,

Many, possibly all, of your credit cards do *not* belong to you.  If you
look at the fine print, it says "the card remains the property of [the
issuer]" or some such wording.