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Exerpted from a credit card offer in today’s mail:

It’s easier than you think to earn your valuable reward. Simply use your card to make purchases totalling $1,300 or more each month from September 1 through October 31, 2005. Once you do, you’ll earn a $100 [Nice Hotel Chain] Bonus Bucks Coupon which you can use at most [Nice Hotel Chain] hotel brands. Pay for your stay, enjoy a facial at a luxurious spa or dine with your colleagues. So, start using your card and earn towards your $100 [Nice Hotel Chain] Bonus Bucks Coupon today.

What a joke! Spend $1,300 in order to receive a coupon I may or may not use at some hotel? It’s madness I tell you…

The other credit card info in today’s mail was legit. At first I had a bit of trouble activating our new cards on the credit company’s computerized telephone line. For some reason I ended up deep in Spanish dialogue, way over my head considering my fading Spanish 4 skills from high school. The second time around I dialed a completely different company’s phone number. Finally, on the third call, things went well… Over my speakerphone, when the computerized voice said “Press 1 or say 1 for English,” Livia loudly pronounced something serious in Baby Babble. Whatever she said did the trick and within moments our cards were activated. What would I do without that kid?