Apply for Credit Card & Get a Free Bottle of Soda? Hell Yes!?
Posted by Cap in Stop Buying Crap! |Chalk this up to incredibly stupid credit card offer from the gangs at Walmart.
As Admiral Ackbar so eloquently said, it’s a trap!
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November 9th, 2008 at 7:05 pm
Back in the early 90’s I saw this a lot on my college campus – they’d put up a card table signing up people for a credit card and giving away bottles of soda. I saw one once giving away king-size snickers bars!
November 10th, 2008 at 5:50 am
Love the Admiral Ackbar reference (although he only starred in the cr&ppiest original Star Wars trilogy.) I think the worst trap I fell for was opening a store credit card so I can save 10% on a $5 panty. I think that might be worse than the free soda.
November 10th, 2008 at 7:22 am
This is very common nowadays, almost all financial institutions are offering free prizes to credit card applications.
November 10th, 2008 at 7:25 am
‘Our wallets can’t repulse offers of that magnitude!’
November 10th, 2008 at 8:00 pm
I don’t remember them giving away bottles of soda, on my college campus it was always t-shirts. It was almost a joke, I think some guys never had to do a load of laundry. They just kept signing up for credit cards and getting free t-shirts, problem solved.
November 11th, 2008 at 7:33 am
Wow, that’s a terrible offer hahha, especially nowadays. Back in the day, on colleges with t-shirts, that was how they marketed. Now, they offer CASH. :)
November 11th, 2008 at 3:14 pm
I missed free pepsi?! dangit!
November 12th, 2008 at 4:19 pm
That bottle of soda is probably worth about $3,000 in interest collected during the life of the card. Dang, it better taste like gold! :)