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Re:Amex, Challenged by Chase, Is Losing the Snob War by rjeli on Friday April 14, 2017 @09:42PM (#14118855)
In my yuppie group of friends, a CSR is a pretty strong wealth signal. we're probably just overly competitive and shallow, but some people definitely pay attention
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Re:Amex, Challenged by Chase, Is Losing the Snob War by smt88 on Friday April 14, 2017 @10:49PM (#14119068)
My friend makes $30k as a PhD and has a CSR.
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Re:Amex, Challenged by Chase, Is Losing the Snob War by dsacco on Saturday April 15, 2017 @02:16AM (#14119652)
I feel people are a bit out of touch with how easy it is to get these "exclusive" credit cards if you just have a good credit score. The income is helpful but unnecessary for essentially everything but a Centurion.
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Re:Amex, Challenged by Chase, Is Losing the Snob War by branchless on Saturday April 15, 2017 @09:08AM (#14120586)
Exactly. Amex get their income from a cut on purchases, and that cut is larger than any other provider. They then take this money and spend it on advertising to try and convince stupid people they are joining some exclusive "club".
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Re:Amex, Challenged by Chase, Is Losing the Snob War by rjeli on Saturday April 15, 2017 @02:10AM (#14119638)
okay, maybe not wealth signal. more of a pissing match.
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Re:Amex, Challenged by Chase, Is Losing the Snob War by srtjstjsj on Friday April 14, 2017 @11:32PM (#14119216)
Your circle of friends are the people American Psycho was about?
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Re:Amex, Challenged by Chase, Is Losing the Snob War by sxates on Saturday April 15, 2017 @12:33AM (#14119409)
Oh my god, it even has a watermark.
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Re:Amex, Challenged by Chase, Is Losing the Snob War by konradb on Saturday April 15, 2017 @04:40AM (#14119952)
Look at that. Picked them up from the printer's yesterday. Good coloring. That's bone. And the lettering is something called Silian Rail…

Fun fact, Silian Rail is actually Garamond Classico SC if you want the full effect.

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Re:Amex, Challenged by Chase, Is Losing the Snob War by rsync on Saturday April 15, 2017 @11:02AM (#14121002)
"Oh my god - a four-character Oh By Code ..."
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