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Fri 11 Nov 2009Ensuring credit cards don't come at a price
There are many costly pitfalls associated with using a credit card, but they can be avoided, writes CAROLINE MADDEN
BRITISH PRIME minister Gordon Brown recently announced plans to crack down on “sharp practices” being used by credit-card operators in Britain. The practices range from issuing unsolicited credit-card cheques to raising credit limits without being requested to do so by the customer.
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