isn't Citi in trouble? aren't the feds helping them out with OUR money?

[OWC Jamie]

A percentage of those "public donations" can be represented as taxes that go back to the community directly rather than directly into GAO coffers.

[karsen]

A business that stops advertising is a business that will soon cease to exist. I don't have a problem with Citi or GM advertising, they just need to be smart about it.

[$tevie]

incognegro wrote:
Citi is raising CC rates by 4-5% across the board, even if you have good credit and an excellent payment history with them.

You will enjoy this little snippet from their corporate "community relations" report:

[swampy]

Can't believe I'm sitting here nodding my head agreeing with most of you guys.

:confused:

[mattkime]

I LOVE YOU MAN!!!

swampy wrote:
Can't believe I'm sitting here nodding my head agreeing with most of you guys.

:confused:

[Silencio]

Group hug! Everyone hates Citibank!

And yes, Citi is also jacking my interest rate on my credit card from 7% to 15%! For absolutely no reason other than they ran themselves into a ditch and they want me to bail them out.

That card is out of my wallet and banished to the filing cabinet.

As for GM's advertising budget: they did split with TIger Woods and cancel their Super Bowl ads for this year.

[mattkime]

how did you have 7%?? that must have been an intro rate.

credit cards always give teaser rates and then jack them up. i can't stand it. just tell me what the interest rate is!

[samintx]

[quote=Silencio]
Group hug! Everyone hates Citibank!

And yes, Citi is also jacking my interest rate on my credit card from 7% to 15%! For absolutely no reason other than they ran themselves into a ditch and they want me to bail them out.

That card is out of my wallet and banished to the filing cabinet.

What diff does it make if the interest rate is 100%. If you use it as a 30 day charge.

[Silencio]

I've had my Citi MasterCard for maybe four years now. I think the intro rate was actually 9% but it's crawled down to 7% over the past 18 months or whatever. Always pay on time, never carry a big balance.

After paying off my $15,000 in credit card debt, I generally pay my cards off in full every month now. I have had to carry a bit of a balance lately for various reasons, but when Citibank sent the stick-em-up letter to me, I just paid off the balance then and there. Too bad, they worked out well for me for a while.

[Black Landlord]

I just received a notice that my Citi interest rate is going up to almost 20%. I think it was around 12 or 13 before (haven't carried a balance in more than a decade). Other fees as well.
One strike they're out.