- Receive new card in the mail
- Call to activate new card
- Decline up-sold insurance three times while “waiting for the activation to go through”
- Place both old and new cards on the table
- Pick up the new card and put it in the shredder
How Not to Renew Your Expired Credit Card
Posted by on Monday, September 22, 2008 - 8 comments
Comments
Jevon - September 22, 2008 1:23 pm
6. Watch Credit File get hammered anyway
Jemaleddin - September 22, 2008 2:10 pm
I don't think that credit card was going to work anyway - somebody pixelated all your numbers.
James Wheare - September 22, 2008 3:09 pm
7. Shred your card in an easily repieceable fashion
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Ann Thurlow - September 22, 2008 3:27 pm
All the middle aged woman who love this site are grateful for this post.
Because, up til now, we thought we were the only people who did such things,
Paul - September 22, 2008 3:51 pm
I do such things do, but less elaborated. I just cut some weird pattern into my old cards with a pair of scissors.
Jakub Steiner - September 22, 2008 7:15 pm
There's alway superglue!
Julie - September 28, 2008 5:45 pm
Oops! I HATE when that happens! Well, you can always call them and ask for a replacement card!
Nikki - October 1, 2008 9:18 am
I've done things like that before, boy do I feel dumb when I do them! Take solace in the knowledge that you are not alone!