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Send your credit card company a bill -- Part 2.

Last December, we blogged about a Class Action Suit requiring credit card companies to refund the International Transaction Fee they charged between February 1, 1996 and November 8, 2006. Turns out that it was, in a word, illegal.

When I got my packet in the mail last year, it seemed like light years before I had to respond. But my, how time flies. The deadline for filing a claim is May 30, 2008. The good news is that you can file online at www.ccfsettlement.com


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Posted by Virginia Saunders on 05/18/2008 at 9:21 PM | Categories: Default -

Send Your Credit Card Company a Bill.

If you traveled outside the country between February 1, 1996 and November 8, 2006, chances are that you recently got a packet in the mail from the U.S. District Court.  Turns out that the Foreign Transaction Fee that Visa, MasterCard and Diner’s Club charged you to use your card abroad wasn’t strictly speaking, legal.


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Posted by Virginia Saunders on 12/28/2007 at 3:02 AM | Categories: Default -