Amazing! A Credit Card Deal with Your Personal Design!
Today's competition on the credit card market is really keen. Such credit card features as rewards programs, no annual fee, 0% intro APR are no longer a lure for credit card holders. It is just a must-have for most of them. Having realized that such bonuses do not guarantee client solicitation, credit card companies began to fight for customers' attention resorting to various tricks and developing new bonuses.
The option of choosing a design for a credit card is not an innovation. Many credit card issuers offer their clients several covers for their plastics. But Capital One has upgraded this option. Capital One credit card owners have a chance to choose a plastic with the image they want.
Credit cards these days are not just a means of payment. This small plastic device has become a part of our everyday life. Sometimes we spend more time choosing a credit card deal that suits our needs and financial standing rather than communicating with our friends or family members. And now nearly every credit consumer applying for a credit card tries to get a plastic with some special features.
If you own one of the Capital One credit cards or you are planning to apply for one, you can use the bank's new credit card service - you can offer your own design for your plastic's cover. It can be a picture of your friend, someone of your family, your pets, your photo, any image you like.
For that you just need to log on to the company's official site and upload the picture you want to be on your credit card. You can also pick one of the images you will find in the gallery. The images in the gallery are divided into several categories such as Sports, Flowers, Travel, Landscapes, and others. So, if you do not have your own picture to upload, most probably, one of the numerous images represented in the gallery will hit your fancy.
This service is very convenient and easy to use. Even a child would be able to do it. All you need to do is just click the buttons. You can also change your picture's features. Scale, zoom it in and out, flip, and rotate it. It will not take you much time. A couple of mouse clicks and you got a credit card of your personal design.
This option is available to all Capital One credit card owners for free and for any credit card, whether it is a rewards credit card, a business credit card, a low rate card deal, or any other. You choose an image from the gallery or upload your own picture, wait for an approval, and a plastic of your own design will be mailed to you right away.
There are a few restrictions on images you can choose, though. The card issuing company wants to remain politically correct, and stay out of commercial advertising, and cannot disclose any personal information. So, images with political statements, commercial slogans, URL addresses, phone numbers, pictures containing violence or references to Olympic Games.
Capital One officials consider this service to be a great opportunity for their clients to express themselves and try themselves in a new quality of a designer. This marketing move proved to be very effective. Credit card users go with Cap One and get a really special and exclusive credit card.
anthony farriss 01:30 AM, January 23, 2008
hmmmmmm for what? it's just frills. credit card is a serious deal, not a fun.
Identity theft cases have become as common as dirt. The crisis US economy in at the moment triggers the rise of credit crime rate. Crooks do not even have to invent new more sophisticated ways to steal credit cards or identities themselves. Credit consumers struck by credit market crunch do not think much about protection against thieves now.
But now taking security measures against credit fraud is more important than ever. Say you discovered that you fell victim to identity theft. Do you have an instant action plan? Do you know what to do in order to minimize the grave consequences the fraud can bring about? Credit report freeze is the answer.
View full story Comments (0)
Too much is never enough. Especially when it comes to money. Your income is the cap on the amount of money you can spend. But if you have credit cards, your buying power increases and your spending limits do not bother and restrain you that much. However, nearly every credit card holder would not refuse to have a bigger credit limit.
Even if you carry a no limit plastic, you still have a cap on credit card spendings. Your highest balance is usually considered to be your limit. But can you increase your credit limit? And how will it affect your credit score?
View full story Comments (0)
Credit consumers, who want to highlight their financial standing, can find credit products that will fit their interests. There are the so-called status-credit cards on the market. Customers can choose silver, gold, platinum or black credit cards. All of them give certain privileges and that very status to their owners.
What is interesting, you do not even need to have excellent or good credit and really high income to get one of the status credit cards. They are available to bad credit owners as well. Let's take a closer look at Gold credit cards. Learn more about features, options and services that Gold credit cards offer.
View full story Comments (0)
