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From: weemba@brahms.BERKELEY.EDU (Matthew P. Wiener)
Newsgroups: net.consumers
Subject: Re: Sears
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Date: Sat, 8-Mar-86 18:36:30 EST
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In article <873@sfmag.UUCP> mom@sfmag.UUCP (M.Modig) writes:
>I've tried four times to get a Sears card, starting when I entered grad
>school.

An *extremely* wealthy son of an even *more* extremely wealthy Saudi Arabian
had credit problems when he went to school in America.  First, he needed a
cosigner for his apartment because he was underage.  Second, his application
for a credit card through a bank was REJECTED the first time through!  When
they process those computer forms, obvious things can get lost.

The above is a TRUE story: I have met the guy involved and know very well
the person who cleared up his problems.  (Uh, if you don't give him the
credit card, he or his dad might buy your bank and fire you.)  I even have
the form letter rejecting his initial credit card application--it is amazing.

ucbvax!brahms!weemba	Matthew P Wiener/UCB Math Dept/Berkeley CA 94720