[Foundation-l] e-gold proposal

Fri Dec 17 13:00:55 UTC 2004

On Fri, 17 Dec 2004 12:28:00 +0100, Jens Ropers <ropers at ropersonline.com> wrote:

> And worst of all, German banks treat requests for credit cards as
> if you were asking for a complimentary limo ride. They are really
> selective about who gets a credit card, because even they suffer
> from the above delusion (all the worse for their business) and try
> to let you feel that to be granted a credit card is a massive
> privilege which should inspire your perpetual loyalty.

Well, I think that's logical. Granting you a credit card means giving
you a credit. I don't know about American and British banks, but
European banks tend to give credit only to those who are expected to
be able to pay it back.

Andre Engels