Comments on: Are folks actually changing their spending habits? http://totalcandor.com/blog/2008/02/are-folks-actually-changing-their-spending-habits/ A Conversation About Income, Wealth, and the Steps in Between Sun, 07 Mar 2010 22:10:41 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Michael http://totalcandor.com/blog/2008/02/are-folks-actually-changing-their-spending-habits/comment-page-1/#comment-2861 Michael Tue, 19 Feb 2008 14:07:50 +0000 http://totalcandor.com/blog/?p=133#comment-2861 Jeremy, It got quite a bit of news coverage back in 2004. Here's one link: http://slashdot.org/articles/04/07/06/0144236.shtml?tid=187&tid=98&tid=99 There's also a WSJ article (need subscription): online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB109986994931767086,00.html It's an interesting business concept that, per your original post, may be migrating from retail to financial services. Time will tell. . . Jeremy,
It got quite a bit of news coverage back in 2004. Here’s one link: http://slashdot.org/articles/0.....038;tid=99

There’s also a WSJ article (need subscription):
online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB109986994931767086,00.html

It’s an interesting business concept that, per your original post, may be migrating from retail to financial services. Time will tell. . .

]]> By: Jeremy http://totalcandor.com/blog/2008/02/are-folks-actually-changing-their-spending-habits/comment-page-1/#comment-2849 Jeremy Mon, 18 Feb 2008 23:04:35 +0000 http://totalcandor.com/blog/?p=133#comment-2849 I hadn't heard about that report on Best Buy, sounds interesting. I hadn’t heard about that report on Best Buy, sounds interesting.

]]> By: Michael http://totalcandor.com/blog/2008/02/are-folks-actually-changing-their-spending-habits/comment-page-1/#comment-2847 Michael Mon, 18 Feb 2008 21:56:03 +0000 http://totalcandor.com/blog/?p=133#comment-2847 Wow, Jeremy . . fascinating. Kind of reminds me of the report a while back about Best Buy specifically discouraging certain kinds of customers. Wow, Jeremy . . fascinating. Kind of reminds me of the report a while back about Best Buy specifically discouraging certain kinds of customers.

]]> By: Jeremy http://totalcandor.com/blog/2008/02/are-folks-actually-changing-their-spending-habits/comment-page-1/#comment-2844 Jeremy Mon, 18 Feb 2008 21:25:44 +0000 http://totalcandor.com/blog/?p=133#comment-2844 Great post. It will be interesting to see what consumers take away from the credit crunch. Looks like UK card issuers are getting even tougher on borrowers than lenders here in the U.S. According to a leaked e-mail, British card issuer Egg dumped a cardholder who had lost his card, while another had her card cancelled by Egg simply for over utilizing it. http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/money/borrowing/article3381219.ece Great post. It will be interesting to see what consumers take away from the credit crunch.

Looks like UK card issuers are getting even tougher on borrowers than lenders here in the U.S. According to a leaked e-mail, British card issuer Egg dumped a cardholder who had lost his card, while another had her card cancelled by Egg simply for over utilizing it.

http://business.timesonline.co.....381219.ece

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