So Much For Universal Default Disappearing
March 4, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Market Ticker - Karl Denninger
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March 04, 2010 08:31 AM
Gee, how do you like the rape job that the banks just served up on you?
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Read that white part carefully, and then make sure you read the inverted part.
If you:
[LIST]
[*]Exceed your credit line.
[*]Do not pay on time (even once)
[*]The bank believes you will be either unwilling or unable to pay because of "information they receive" (like, for instance, because your credit report discloses you didn't pay someone else?)
[/LIST]The bank can immediately close your account without notice AND DEMAND YOU PAY THE ENTIRE BALANCE ON THE ACCOUNT IMMEDIATELY.
Oh, and when you can't (because you thought you had time to pay) you are then in default again for not paying "on time" and they can sue and add attorneys fees and costs.
I thought this crap was going away?
This, by the way, is from Chase, I have the entire section of the statement (all pages), and is claimed to be effective on 22...