I got an "offer" in the mail to apply for a new BLACK Master Card. Oh, they assured me this thing is way better than any ol' gold or platinum card: This thing is carbon! I will attract lots of attention wherever I use it! Woooooooooooooooooooo! And dig this: It would cost me only $495 a year to carry it!
FOUR HUNDRED NINETY-FIVE DOLLARS for the dubious privilege of simply carrying a carbon black credit card??? For the love of God, how stupid do those people think I am???
Well, I took that application; wrote "NO" with the stinkiest Magic Marker I have; folded the application, the envelope it came in, and all the miscellaneous junk including the invitation card into a nice little wad; and crammed it in the self-seal, self-addressed, postage-paid envelope. I was very careful to seal the openings with mailing tape. Oh, and on the invitation card I wrote a little note that said:
"$495 a year for the dubious privilege of carrying this card??? Give me a break! When you pay me $495 a year, I'll think about applying for one."
So, when do you think they'll send me a check?
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Haven't you heard? Paying to be black IS the new black!
ReplyDeleteYou just don't get it... It's a CARBON black credit card.
ReplyDeleteYou pull that black, beauty out at your local Border's bookstore and you get to cut straight to the front of the line! Buy something on-line and your internet automatically goes faster!! Pay for a meal and your gratuity is waived due to your immense cool factor!!!
It's the best thing since Ben Franklin invented the printing press.
That is absolutely ridiculous. Who the hell would fall for that? Just to scream out at the fellow patrons, "I have good credit and earn a decent income! Na na na na na na." The banks are truly getting desperate.
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