[ale] Linux Fund Credit Card

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----- Original Message -----
From: Bob Toxen
Sent: 7/29/2003 4:17:55 PM
To: ale at ale.org
Subject: [ale] Linux Fund Credit Card

> Some of you who got "The Linux Fund" Credit Card offer in the mail today

> as I did.  While it promises to donate all kind of money to Linux, it

> actually donates so few pennies as to be, IMHO, fraud.  This is similar

> to the credit card companies that promise to donate a few pennies to

> charity if you spend a thousand dollars through them for your Holiday

> shopping.  This offer is by Maryland Bank (MBNA).

> 

> I had MBNA some years ago and they refused to remove fraudulent charges

> from my account.  It took the effort of the association that I got them

> through before this problem was corrected.  I then took my business

> elsewhere.

> 

> Consider this a disrecommendation.

Agree. They are impossible to work with. Their customer service attitude is "Prove it".

> 

> 

> If you want to help, submit improvements to GPL'ed code, spread the

> word or make a tax-deductible donation to any of the organizations

> providing open source.  For the Free Software Foundation, see:

> 

>      https://agia.fsf.org/mp/order.py?make-donation=1

> 

> Bob Toxen, CTO

> bob at verysecurelinux.com (e-mail)

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