A check in the mail …
I received the following mailing from the Processing Center with the words “Check Enclosed” prominently displayed on the front of the mailing. I do have some computer rebates pending, which sometimes comes like this mailing, so I opened it expecting that this was a rebate check.
To my dismay it contained the following:
If you analyze it you will see that the refund check is part of a cash back program for enrolling in a PrivacyGuard program. You can earn up to $100 a year for charging $5,000 on your credit card(s). You’ll be charged $13.99 a month for the first 12 months, and then $14.99 afterwards, or until they raise it further. My math tells me that I will be paying $13.99 times 12 months, or $167.88 a year, so that I can receive back up to $100 a year, I am paying them over $60 for that privilege. They also offer to let me check my credit reports, which I can do now for free, and my “Driver’s record”. No thanks, PrivacyGuard.
I did a quick search in Google, and found the following link:
What a scummy company Trilegiant Corporation is. And since I once rented from “Budget Rent a Car”, that makes me one of “Budget’s Customers”. I considered cashing the check and then canceling the program right away, but I don’t want to have to deal with the bunch of losers like this, and the $8.25 is not worth the effort.
Shame on Budget, Shame on Trilegiant.
Good for you, Don. Please keep up the outstanding work as usual. John Crow