I sit at my desk completely frustrated with Advanta. I opened up a business credit card with them 3 years ago and made a purchase of $6500 to help build my business credit for Rapid Recovery Solution, my Collection Agency. I have paid more then the minimum every month, on time. Three months ago I noticed that my interest rate seemed a little high. No where on my statement did it say the actual interest rate so I called the company. After 10 min or so I get a live rep on the line and they tell me it is 36.1%. Are they kidding, this must be a mistake. I have over a 750 score and never missed a payment. They said they sent me a notice in Aug that they are doing this due to a change in there lending methods. It turns out this is the second time this year they did this. I went from 8.99% in Jan 08 to 18.99 in Feb 08 to 36.1% in Aug 08.

Now, being in the industry for over 10 years I know that I need to watch my credit. I look for charges I didn’t make and it is tough to scam me. I have seen it all but this takes the cake. They told me I am now at a high risk for default so that is why they raised my interest rate? That doesn’t make any sense. They should lower my rate if they think I will default on my credit card. How will an increase in what you are charging me keep me from defaulting. Luckily, I have the ability to pay off this card today but I want everyone to realize that these companies have you by the short-n-curly’s. Watch your statements and lookout for this scam.

FYI, In NY, the maximum interest rate is 30%. They are charging me more then the maximum allowed in my state. I will send a letter to the BBB, the NY Attorney General, the UT Attorney General and the Department of Consumer Affairs.

As a nation we are in deep trouble. If a credit card company can just raise my rate because they feel like it I am positive that 99% of their customers are also paying 36.1%. How many other credit card companies are doing this to innocent people? We need to fight back. I am going to tell as many people as I can.

Unfortunately, there is nothing we can do except payoff the card. I was told I am a high credit risk. I paid the bill in full after I realized the rate was so high and the next month I received another bill for more finance charges for about $255. I paid that bill in full. I just received another bill in the mail for $5.65 and my rate was changed to 37.99%. Another point higher.

I had a few minutes so I called again to see why the rate went up again and they said “Sir, you have been classified as a very high credit risk and as a company we can’t risk you not paying your bill with us.” I said “I just paid my bill in full with your company, I have never had a late payment with your company in three years, I have one mortgage on my house for $290K, 25 years left at a fixed rate of 5.375% and it is worth over $500k and almost zero credit card debt personally. I am in the fastest growing industry right now, CNBC expects the debt collection industry to grow at 25% a year for the next decade. What else would I have to do to receive a better rate?” The extremely rude lady said “Sir, you would need to send a letter to Santa Clause and maybe he can help you out.”

The Government should put a maximum rate in place for the next year or so on all credit card debt. If the credit card companies are truly worried about consumers defaulting on their obligations, wouldn’t it make more sense to lower the rate so we can continue to make the payments? By raising the rate, it only makes it harder to pay and more likely that a consumer will default. The credit card companies are preying on the weak right now hoping you don’t pay so they can pound you with the highest interest rate. When you do default, they now have a higher balance to sell to a collection agency. In my eyes, this is a crime.

The Government doesn’t care either. Instead of giving the banks 350 billion dollars, They could have sent $1151.98 to each US citizen to pay towards credit card debt. The banks still get the money but we the people get a little break on our bill. The average family of four would receive $4607.92 to pay off a credit card. They reason that the banks need the money so they can lend money again to us? Are they crazy? All the banks did was raise the interest rates on our cards and pocket the money without ever having to say what the money went towards. No accountability!

Now the geniuses in Washington are considering giving billions to the auto industry so they can produce more shit cars that we can’t afford. How about giving the money to everybody with a current auto loan so we can pay for the car we already have. The money would still flow to the banks and auto makers via we the people.

Good luck America, your gonna need a miracle.

I feel better now. I was very upset prior to writing this blog. I hope everybody reading this realizes that if it can happen to me it can happen to anybody.

John Monderine Rapid Recovery Solution, Inc.

John Monderine is the President of Rapid Recovery Solution, Inc. a Debt Collection Agency. If you need help getting your Accounts Receivable collected visit his Collection Agency website for a free quote. This article, Advanta Credit Card Scam is available for free reprint.

Trade- Noun: The business of buying or selling commodities; commerce.

Verb: To engage in buying or selling for profit.

Adjective: Of or relating to trade or commerce.

Alright, alright you get the point. American Heritage Dictionary made it loud and clear for you. Trading and traders, though spelt differently the word alone gives me the chills, “What do you do?”

“I’m a trader.”

For whoever made that name up shouldn’t be held accountable, no matter how convenient it may be. Living and thriving in the productions is something that trade corporations have done. Some horribly fail while others succeed. Trailing along this forte is a passion, and the drive seems to derive from an implanted thought of thinking that you only have one day to live so prevail, in the beginning stages. You can slither into other facets, once established, that can propel you into new realms. Finding your niche is where it’s at. The key to success is communication, and sitting on the shoulders like the good and bad angel is determination, aiding or debilitation in the victory.

Basic types of trading styles

“Develop a trading plan” seems to be the ideal phrase in browsing through trading websites, giving you the breakdowns of how great their system is or which would be best for an individual or the mass. Well come to find out there are a lot of trading styles, sectioned off into categories and then those categories are sprouted out to mini categories. Let’s keep it simple and knowledgeable shall we.

1) Sounding uncomplicated enough, Automated Trade, carrying out multiple entries and exits, monitoring markets, finding profitable targets, trailing stops and protective stops, and completing the details of orders without any need for manual, to type it in. A computer, basically, that does everything for you.

2) A system that is based on currency of the foreign exchange, Carry Trade. Low or high yielding currencies that investors borrow; when the global currency is on the short, retracting. The investors may have to pay up which is not so great about this section, by this I am referring to the foreign exchange rates inconsistency. The investor may have to pay back with less valuable money on a more expensive bill since the exchange rate varies.

3) Day Trade: The buying and selling of various financial instruments such as stock, options and futures (futures huh, that stung a little bit). That is the way of day trade. Day traders (sounds like a human killing clan, instead of vampires it’s us) branch off into diverse specialties but their main goal is to make a profit off the difference between the buying and selling price of the item. The significant fad that stands out about day traders amongst their peers, is not working overnight shifts or when the market is closed; hence the term “day trade.

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It’s very essential to have a concrete idea about what a medical health insurance plan is. You can far better understand the thing when you will discover that there are a lot more than 45 million people living there in USA without any insurance plan.

The most likely reason is maximum amounts of the insurances are created hazy & misinterpreted by the insurance companies and partially the people who’ll submit an application for these neglect to understand the insurance plans. And for that reason common people consider that making insurance plan for their medical cost or life or wealth is greatly expensive and they stay out of it. Medical insurance plans-private additional insurance plans which cover expenses uncovered or partially covered by Medicare-remain one of the least utilized sets of insurance plans in the USA.

Original Medicare plan is a common health insurance plan of USA however original Medicare plan doesn’t cover all the expenses of your medications and instead gives off some money unpaid. For that you will take the aid of medical insurance plan which is specifically useful to link the gaps between the original Medicare plan & medical health insurance plan.

Medical plan provides twelve plans, among which typically the most popular medical health insurance plan is the Plan F. The plans of any insurance company are about a similar, what vary are the premium & certain other advantages. The plans provided by the medical insurance companies are known as with alphabets.

To become eligible for a Medical plan, a person must fulfill some important criteria. First, they ought to be signed up in part A & B of Medicare health insurance in order to sign up for a Medical plan. An open registration period is available in which an individual may sign up for a Medical plan on a guaranteed issue basis-this period begins when a person is within six months of reaching the age of 65 or signing up for a Medicare Part B plan at 65 or older.

People who obtain Medicare before the age of 65 will also be qualified to take part in an open registration period of half a year; for these people, this time period begins right then and there after registration in a Medicare Part B plan. Open registration rights may be used on many events during an open registration period; one Medical insurance plan, for instance, can freely be cancelled & replaced with another insurance plan during an open registration period. A longing period of up to half a year may affect people with preexisting conditions before a Medical plan can be used.

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