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fadetoone said:
Ail said:

Well I have now the ultimate Amazon groupie...
Just got a kindle fire to go with my kindle and got approved for the Amazon Visa Rewards card ! ( which will most likely results in me starting to buy more games from Amazon than from Best Buy and at a cheaper price).


Yeah, I recently decided I need a backup credit card.  Was thinking about the Best Buy one, but my existing card is a Mastercard, so Amazon's might be better since it's VISA and I shop Amazon more...


Well I get pre-approved for 5000$ credit limit in 10 seconds and there is no annual fee.

By comparison I got the Best Buy mastercard back when I had almost no credit history in the US and after 5 years of owning it the credit limit is still only 1600$ and they charge me 50$ or so a year...( but you accumulate rewards pt a little faster shopping at Best Buy with it than you would at Amazon with the amazon card. ).

Anyway I got the Amazon credit card because I wanted a higher credit limit because lousy credit limit keeps hurting my credit score as even while paying the whole balance every month, it's very common for the balance to be over 50% of the limit which isn't so good for your credit score. ( I have a third credit card which is a fidelity rewards visa and has the best cash rewards too but it's my wife's card and I actually had to lower the limit on that one to control her spending...)

PS : I got a free 40$ Amazon gift card too for applying to the credit card...

 

PS2 : I love my Kindle Fire. It's the best invention since sliced bread !!!



PS3-Xbox360 gap : 1.5 millions and going up in PS3 favor !

PS3-Wii gap : 20 millions and going down !