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| Give Clifford some Credit |
| 2004-02-02 |
| The dog, named Clifford, lives with his owner in Livermore, Calif., in the San Francisco Bay Area. Clifford’s owner, Steve Borba, said he was tired of getting spam e-mails, so he signed up for an e-mail account using the name Clifford J. Dog. Eventually, a pre-approved credit card application arrived addressed to Clifford J. Dog, and Borba sent it in as a joke. I thought Clifford was a big red dog. "It asked for his mother’s name. I put ’Pugsy Malone.’ When it asked for a Social Security number, I put nine zeroes, and I even put that this was for a dog and not to send a credit card," Borba said. Is that how the Pakistani’ Passport Office works as well? The credit card company issued Clifford a card despite the obvious warning on the application, Borba said. After the card arrived, Borba alerted the company of the error and the card was deactivated. Borba said that Clifford never got to use his credit line. I hope it donesn’t Robert Mugabe’s feelings that Clifford has better credit than he does. |
| Posted by:Super Hose |
| #6 They matched. And when I got to the police station to file a complaint, one of his rubber checks was to me, they dumped out a manila envelope that held over thirty bogus checks he had written. BTW, his name was not Clifford "Big Red" Dog. |
| Posted by: Gasse Katze 2004-2-2 6:39:55 PM |
| #5 GK--Did the names on all those papers match? He could have been using someone else's credit! Like the ad sez: Grrr-ruff! Mamacita! |
| Posted by: Dar 2004-2-2 5:24:15 PM |
| #4 Next time you fall in a well SH don't come running to me. |
| Posted by: Lassie 2004-2-2 1:54:15 PM |
| #3 Does anyone wonder why Credit card interests rates are so high? Its because the credit card companies are willing to extend credit to anyone - even a dog. And when they default who cares? The other |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2004-2-2 1:38:11 PM |
| #2 LOL,SH. So you're saying that credit ratings have gone to the dog(s). I went in to a rental house once after the tenants had skipped. Among the trash and garbage, I found over a dozen notices that his checks had bounced and one note from a department store,that came with a new credit card, congratulating him on his good credit. Go figure. |
| Posted by: Gasse Katze 2004-2-2 1:32:44 PM |
| #1 Speaking of another dog, Mugabe, Zimbabwe's finacial woes contiue. Guardian has Two-thirds of Zimbabweans in need of food aid |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2004-2-2 1:14:37 PM |