"Misrepresentation That May Be Fraud"
Advanta Platinum BusinessCard® Review
Written by: ronald on 2006-12-17
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DO NOT APPLY FOR THIS CARD! I applied for the Advanta Business Platinum Card and received it - no problem. However, when I looked for the promised 5% cashback on computer equipment, office supplies, and cell phone service purchases (previously confirmed by direct verbal assurances that all my computer purchases, both wholesale and retail would qualify), I was shocked to learn that Dell Computers does not qualify as they are registered (by SIC code) as a "catalog retailer". That eliminates a majority of computer purchases worldwide! Microsoft direct purchase? - NO they are registered "marketing". Fry's Computer? - NO. EBattery (laptop batteries) - NO. Sunbelt Software - NO. Verizon Wireless - NO. Starting to get the picture? Did they think that account holders just wouldn't notice? Multiply this by tens of thousands of customers and the magnitude of the dollars involved becomes apparent. This is obviously misrepresentation that may warrant a class action suite (which I am pursuing).
DO NOT APPLY FOR THIS CARD! I applied for the Advanta Business Platinum Card and received it - no problem. However, when I looked for the promised 5% cashback on computer equipment, office supplies, and cell phone service purchases (previously confirmed by direct verbal assurances that all my computer purchases, both wholesale and retail would qualify), I was shocked to learn that Dell Computers does not qualify as they are registered (by SIC code) as a "catalog retailer". That eliminates a majority of computer purchases worldwide! Microsoft direct purchase? - NO they are registered "marketing". Fry's Computer? - NO. EBattery (laptop batteries) - NO. Sunbelt Software - NO. Verizon Wireless - NO. Starting to get the picture? Did they think that account holders just wouldn't notice? Multiply this by tens of thousands of customers and the magnitude of the dollars involved becomes apparent. This is obviously misrepresentation that may warrant a class action suite (which I am pursuing).Be the first to comment on this review!
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