<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727064560476299002.post74318160340279543..comments</id><updated>2010-07-17T00:32:54.642-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Comments on CreditMattersBlog.com: Cartoon of the Day -- Excessive Credit-Card Rates?...</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.creditmattersblog.com/feeds/74318160340279543/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5727064560476299002/74318160340279543/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.creditmattersblog.com/2009/05/cartoon-of-day-excessive-credit-card.html'/><author><name>Marcus</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18327104673014019997</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>13</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727064560476299002.post-8174801165887046043</id><published>2009-09-16T00:47:53.118-04:00</published><updated>2009-09-16T00:47:53.118-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Last year, state agencies and University of Wiscon...</title><summary type='text'>Last year, state agencies and University of Wisconsin institutions charged $161.7 million on more than 18,000 credit cards held by state employees.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5727064560476299002/74318160340279543/comments/default/8174801165887046043'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5727064560476299002/74318160340279543/comments/default/8174801165887046043'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.creditmattersblog.com/2009/05/cartoon-of-day-excessive-credit-card.html?showComment=1253076473118#c8174801165887046043' title=''/><author><name>Bank account</name><uri>http://www.creditworld.com.au/bank-accounts.html</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.creditmattersblog.com/2009/05/cartoon-of-day-excessive-credit-card.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727064560476299002.post-74318160340279543' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5727064560476299002/posts/default/74318160340279543' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727064560476299002.post-8373890946980090978</id><published>2009-09-02T05:41:42.801-04:00</published><updated>2009-09-02T05:41:42.801-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Increase in annual fees and interest rates as well...</title><summary type='text'>Increase in annual fees and interest rates as well as reducing credit limit are banks countermeasures  to the credit card bill 2009. But we should not complicate things. There are still some banks out their who can give us what we want. We have several options. If we do not like our current credit issuer, simply find another one.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5727064560476299002/74318160340279543/comments/default/8373890946980090978'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5727064560476299002/74318160340279543/comments/default/8373890946980090978'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.creditmattersblog.com/2009/05/cartoon-of-day-excessive-credit-card.html?showComment=1251884502801#c8373890946980090978' title=''/><author><name>Credit card</name><uri>http://www.creditworld.com.au/credit-cards.html</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.creditmattersblog.com/2009/05/cartoon-of-day-excessive-credit-card.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727064560476299002.post-74318160340279543' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5727064560476299002/posts/default/74318160340279543' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727064560476299002.post-2974227318450038359</id><published>2009-05-26T16:02:14.097-04:00</published><updated>2009-05-26T16:02:14.097-04:00</updated><title type='text'>... is it Amex, Visa and Mastercard or the ISSUING...</title><summary type='text'>... is it Amex, Visa and Mastercard or the ISSUING BANKS that set individual rates, fees, etc.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;cough cough they don't issue credit, your bank does.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5727064560476299002/74318160340279543/comments/default/2974227318450038359'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5727064560476299002/74318160340279543/comments/default/2974227318450038359'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.creditmattersblog.com/2009/05/cartoon-of-day-excessive-credit-card.html?showComment=1243368134097#c2974227318450038359' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.creditmattersblog.com/2009/05/cartoon-of-day-excessive-credit-card.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727064560476299002.post-74318160340279543' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5727064560476299002/posts/default/74318160340279543' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727064560476299002.post-7998285747925940441</id><published>2009-05-11T14:39:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-05-11T14:39:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I just thought that the inclusion of Mastercard Ve...</title><summary type='text'>I just thought that the inclusion of Mastercard Venn Diagram flag on the bottom left of the American Express Gold card was weird.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5727064560476299002/74318160340279543/comments/default/7998285747925940441'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5727064560476299002/74318160340279543/comments/default/7998285747925940441'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.creditmattersblog.com/2009/05/cartoon-of-day-excessive-credit-card.html?showComment=1242067140000#c7998285747925940441' title=''/><author><name>azntg</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.creditmattersblog.com/2009/05/cartoon-of-day-excessive-credit-card.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727064560476299002.post-74318160340279543' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5727064560476299002/posts/default/74318160340279543' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727064560476299002.post-3057477145957313994</id><published>2009-05-11T14:28:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-05-11T14:28:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Azntg, but it is the American Excess card. ha!</title><summary type='text'>Azntg, but it is the American Excess card. ha!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5727064560476299002/74318160340279543/comments/default/3057477145957313994'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5727064560476299002/74318160340279543/comments/default/3057477145957313994'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.creditmattersblog.com/2009/05/cartoon-of-day-excessive-credit-card.html?showComment=1242066480000#c3057477145957313994' title=''/><author><name>CreditMattersBlog.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18327104673014019997</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='05228641674576471790'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.creditmattersblog.com/2009/05/cartoon-of-day-excessive-credit-card.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727064560476299002.post-74318160340279543' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5727064560476299002/posts/default/74318160340279543' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727064560476299002.post-181907316046149109</id><published>2009-05-11T14:01:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-05-11T14:01:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Since when did the Gold American Express card oper...</title><summary type='text'>Since when did the Gold American Express card operate on the Mastercard network?</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5727064560476299002/74318160340279543/comments/default/181907316046149109'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5727064560476299002/74318160340279543/comments/default/181907316046149109'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.creditmattersblog.com/2009/05/cartoon-of-day-excessive-credit-card.html?showComment=1242064860000#c181907316046149109' title=''/><author><name>azntg</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.creditmattersblog.com/2009/05/cartoon-of-day-excessive-credit-card.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727064560476299002.post-74318160340279543' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5727064560476299002/posts/default/74318160340279543' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727064560476299002.post-2199550301037025349</id><published>2009-05-11T12:54:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-05-11T12:54:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>The line about growing food in his car was great. ...</title><summary type='text'>The line about growing food in his car was great. Just a few days ago, I read an article about a man growing vegetables in his RV.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;b_in_sc</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5727064560476299002/74318160340279543/comments/default/2199550301037025349'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5727064560476299002/74318160340279543/comments/default/2199550301037025349'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.creditmattersblog.com/2009/05/cartoon-of-day-excessive-credit-card.html?showComment=1242060840000#c2199550301037025349' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.creditmattersblog.com/2009/05/cartoon-of-day-excessive-credit-card.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727064560476299002.post-74318160340279543' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5727064560476299002/posts/default/74318160340279543' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727064560476299002.post-525343751356578025</id><published>2009-05-11T12:51:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-05-11T12:51:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>SC, thanks. I missed that one.

http://www.dilbert...</title><summary type='text'>SC, thanks. I missed that one.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;http://www.dilbert.com/strips/comic/2009-05-10/</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5727064560476299002/74318160340279543/comments/default/525343751356578025'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5727064560476299002/74318160340279543/comments/default/525343751356578025'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.creditmattersblog.com/2009/05/cartoon-of-day-excessive-credit-card.html?showComment=1242060660000#c525343751356578025' title=''/><author><name>CreditMattersBlog.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18327104673014019997</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='05228641674576471790'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.creditmattersblog.com/2009/05/cartoon-of-day-excessive-credit-card.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727064560476299002.post-74318160340279543' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5727064560476299002/posts/default/74318160340279543' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727064560476299002.post-3178514917824857383</id><published>2009-05-11T12:50:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-05-11T12:50:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>It's getting hard to keep up with the credit card ...</title><summary type='text'>It's getting hard to keep up with the credit card related cartoons these days, isn't it. I enjoyed Dilbert's "and thus ended capitalism" cartoon yesterday.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;http://www.dilbert.com/strips/&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;b_in_sc</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5727064560476299002/74318160340279543/comments/default/3178514917824857383'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5727064560476299002/74318160340279543/comments/default/3178514917824857383'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.creditmattersblog.com/2009/05/cartoon-of-day-excessive-credit-card.html?showComment=1242060600000#c3178514917824857383' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.creditmattersblog.com/2009/05/cartoon-of-day-excessive-credit-card.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727064560476299002.post-74318160340279543' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5727064560476299002/posts/default/74318160340279543' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727064560476299002.post-6150651818030721115</id><published>2009-05-11T10:55:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-05-11T10:55:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>These are great! I especially the Damocles analogy...</title><summary type='text'>These are great! I especially the Damocles analogy.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5727064560476299002/74318160340279543/comments/default/6150651818030721115'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5727064560476299002/74318160340279543/comments/default/6150651818030721115'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.creditmattersblog.com/2009/05/cartoon-of-day-excessive-credit-card.html?showComment=1242053700000#c6150651818030721115' title=''/><author><name>jwolf</name><uri>http://jwolf.myopenid.com/</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.creditmattersblog.com/2009/05/cartoon-of-day-excessive-credit-card.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727064560476299002.post-74318160340279543' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5727064560476299002/posts/default/74318160340279543' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727064560476299002.post-2357916656954905094</id><published>2009-05-11T10:39:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2009-05-11T10:39:00.001-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Your comment reminds me of the Black Visa -- the c...</title><summary type='text'>Your comment reminds me of the Black Visa -- the card that has an annual fee of $495. My goodness, how many suckers bought into that one? Ooh, but it is pretty. Carbon fiber or other. The benefits, though? Not so good. Not for $495 a year.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5727064560476299002/74318160340279543/comments/default/2357916656954905094'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5727064560476299002/74318160340279543/comments/default/2357916656954905094'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.creditmattersblog.com/2009/05/cartoon-of-day-excessive-credit-card.html?showComment=1242052740001#c2357916656954905094' title=''/><author><name>CreditMattersBlog.com</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18327104673014019997</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='05228641674576471790'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.creditmattersblog.com/2009/05/cartoon-of-day-excessive-credit-card.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727064560476299002.post-74318160340279543' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5727064560476299002/posts/default/74318160340279543' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727064560476299002.post-785947350696961717</id><published>2009-05-11T10:39:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-05-11T10:39:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Athensguy, the carbon nanofiber is only for the Ce...</title><summary type='text'>Athensguy, the carbon nanofiber is only for the Centurion :).</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5727064560476299002/74318160340279543/comments/default/785947350696961717'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5727064560476299002/74318160340279543/comments/default/785947350696961717'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.creditmattersblog.com/2009/05/cartoon-of-day-excessive-credit-card.html?showComment=1242052740000#c785947350696961717' title=''/><author><name>Don Miguel</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11859033226446867060</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.creditmattersblog.com/2009/05/cartoon-of-day-excessive-credit-card.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727064560476299002.post-74318160340279543' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5727064560476299002/posts/default/74318160340279543' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727064560476299002.post-4855164182936358077</id><published>2009-05-11T10:36:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-05-11T10:36:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Maybe the card of Damocles is held up by a carbon ...</title><summary type='text'>Maybe the card of Damocles is held up by a carbon nano-fiber instead of just plain old horsehair.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5727064560476299002/74318160340279543/comments/default/4855164182936358077'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5727064560476299002/74318160340279543/comments/default/4855164182936358077'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.creditmattersblog.com/2009/05/cartoon-of-day-excessive-credit-card.html?showComment=1242052560000#c4855164182936358077' title=''/><author><name>athensguy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11781195659963489640</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.creditmattersblog.com/2009/05/cartoon-of-day-excessive-credit-card.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727064560476299002.post-74318160340279543' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5727064560476299002/posts/default/74318160340279543' type='text/html'/></entry></feed>