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[bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>]

Thanks James (I just replied and my reply disappeared instantly, if it shows 
up later, sorry for the confusion).  The only thing is that if you use a 
debit card for a motel room , gas station, car rental, etc, you are still 
being recorded and could easily be tracked.  Can anything be done anymore 
with any reasonable secrecy or expectation of privacy?
 
p.s.  Have you been reading about the new rfid chips, gps enabled, built 
right into cell-phone.  You don't even need a wallet.  And, in England , they 
are starting to chip some of their criminals......I don't know.......bobford



----- Original Message ----
From: "Clansgian AT wmconnect.com" <Clansgian AT wmconnect.com>
To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
Sent: Sunday, September 7, 2008 11:56:37 AM
Subject: Re: [Homestead] Fannie/Freddie bailout question


> >  I don't know a way to do any of those things (and others)  without a 
> credit card.  Please explain how you do those things that pop up in life , 
> now 
> and then, that require a CC.
> 

In the end, there isn't anything that "requires" a credit card.  I don't have 
one.  In fact,  I've never had one my entire life.    Hotels and vehicle 
rentals will ask for a CC but if you tell them you aren't giving them one, 
they do 
NOT want to pass up your trade so they rent to you anyway.

For eBay and a lot of other purchases, there are things like PayPal.  For 
other purchases, you can use a debit account.  It has a number just like a CC 
and 
the vendor usually has no idea that it is not a CC.  But you aren't floating 
the sum, you hve to have cash in hand for it to work.

I used to travel for business.  Now I don't travel but I have to purchase 
items for my trade, ship items, all the various and sundry things required 
for a 
cottage industry and yet I've never once used a credit card.

James  </HTML>
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