dear friends, my children, my nephews, grandnephews, and other people who have passed through my life.
The Charge Card
The year was 1967 and MasterCard came into being.
Is this a friend or foe? It's ruined many people who haven't the faintest idea of spending.
It's helped me out a lot. My husband Allen insisted I use mine every so often so that I could always have good credit.
And to this day, I carry very little cash. When I go into a restaurant or a small business, I pay cash.
For everything else...that plastic card is slid into the place where it checks to see if my card is usable.
Time was when it wasn't done electronically. When we had our toy store, we had an enormous thick book about the size of our Yellow Pages, and we had to check the number by looking.
I never told my husband Allen that I couldn't see such close print so I made a pretense of looking...then I accepted.
It worked! Never did we stumble on an over-extended card.
Some customers asked if we would give them the 4 percent discount if they paid cash.
It didn't matter to us...we agreed.
I just love my credit card and if you're in a pinch the ATM machines.
It's done much harm...but much good! You gotta weigh the card or the person using the card.
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