Nov 7th, 2009
Discover’s Misguided Paperless Prizes
Despite my somewhat negative post about them, I like Discover Card, and I always have, but this takes the cake.
I’ve had a long standing personal policy about going to online only statements–if there’s a financial advantage to my going to them, I’m more than willing to. But if the financial company won’t give me any financial reason to do so, I won’t switch. Chase, whom is not among my favorite companies, gave me $5.00 a few years ago to go to online statements, so I did.
So, what has Discover done this time? They’ve instituted a contest where you enter by discontinuing paper statements.
A few people will rake in some very nice prices, and the vast majority of people get… nothing.
Thanks, but no thanks. Give me a $5 credit and I’d be more than happy to stop. Until then, I’ll be okay with getting paper statements.
[...] This offer versus Discover’s $15,000 contest that you enter by going paperless. [...]