Here’s a riddle I just made up:
Q:
What’s the difference between Capital One and the mafia?
A:
Nothing.
Well, whatcha think?
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Ah, I assume you’re referring to their recent APR hike to ~30%. Offensive & insulting are the two nicest adjectives I can think of.
They’re thieves, and have been for a long time. Although I can’t stand his born-again crapola, financial talk show host Dave Ramsey has railed against C1 for years. I couldn’t agree more. I dumped them over 10 yrs ago for the same reason. And I’m a *really* good credit risk.