Today I broke up with my credit card. I say that because I had to call and cancel one of my cards because I don't use it anymore. The first person transferred me to an account specialist (the guy i would be breaking up with).
He sounded pretty bummed out when I told him i would be cancelling. I felt bad upsetting him like this. He started by asking me, "is there a particular reason you are cancelling today?" I responded, "I just don't need it anymore."
He tried to remind me of the great benefits. "But don't you want all those airline miles?" "Sir, i get like 4 miles everytime I spend a thousand dollars, where is that going to fly me?" "You know there are other things you can get with those like cars and hotels." "No sir, please cancel my account."
He tried everything to get me to continue dating the credit card. He reasoned with me monetarily. "But sir you already paid the service fee for the year, you might as well hang on to it for the year right?" "Please Cancel My Account."
He tried to give me free offers. "How about if I give you 30 dollars and refund your yearly charge?" "No thanks, please cancel my account."
Finally as Josh Peigh says, you just have to tell the guy, "i'm sorry man, it's not you it's me. I can't manage a credit card well."
And then he realized that there is nothing he could do to keep the credit card and I together and he just said, "fine your account is cancelled, bye."
It must have been tough on him because he just wanted to get off the phone. I guess he couldn't hold back his emotions anymore.
I however started laughing after the third question when he sounded like he was taking it personally and couldn't answer the fifth question because i was laughing so hard.
Goodbye American Airlines Frequent Flyer Citibank Gold Mastercard. You helped me in tough times and I appreciate it. We bought useless and frivelous things together like a Starbucks drink anytime I wanted it, underwear when mine started getting holes in them and gifts for other people i never thought to budget for. I just wish you wouldn't have taken so much money from me in the form of interest.
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I had this exact same conversation with my credit card guy when we broke up. Do you think he was seeing both of us at the same time?
In the words of boys to men...
How do I say goodbye to what we had?
The good times that made us laugh
Outweigh the bad.
I thought we'd get to see forever
But forever's gone away
It's so hard to say goodbye to yesterday.
I don't know where this road
Is going to lead
All I know is where we've been
And what we've been through"
Thouching...
Amen
IS it that many miles!!! I think I have 10,000 miles I wonder if I can do anything with them.
you should be ashamed...couldn't you put the credit card's needs ahead of your own for ONE MOMENT and realize how much you meant to it! If I were you, i'd crawl back beggin'
that is hilarious.
i love it.
I remember well when my wife broke up with the discover card man. It nearly broke his heart. He almost began to refer to her as an Alien or someone who did not understand the great american dream of having 30,000.00 in credit card debt, of being enslaved to the lender. We have not owned a credit card of any kind in over four or five years. And yes, by the way, you can rent cars, get a hotel room and do just about everything else, that is legal and allowed by God with a debit card. And you know what else, there is no interest and no bill to pay after the vacation is done. What's wrong with this picture?
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