Please tell me how much will they charge to make a DC net ready and what is the annual fee?
really depends on the Bank.. umm.. cant say for sure but last time few years back UTI used to charge Rs. 750 per year...
well its not wise to get ur DC Internet Ready as now days Credit Cards are easy to come by...
so as now we are getting in to CC Funda.. u need to get a basic idea...
There are Many players in Kolkata...
Major Players are,
- ICICI
- CitiBank
- HSBC
- Stander Chatered
- SBI
- UTI
well now each has 15+ types of CC... in their Website they ask u to chose from.. Forget it.. u cant read and understand the ToS of all of those in even a month....
so what to do... Tell u what, Keep the basic thing in ur Mind.. and Dont aproch to the Back for a Card... let them come to u...
wait few days.. as in the age of TeleMarketing u will get a Call.. as most of the banks carry out the application process through 3rd part agencys...
even if u dont get a call just drop an email to the banks web site asking them that u want a card...
few banks has online application system... u may use that too...
but bank wont come to u.. that 3rd party agency will send some one of going to call u...
in this way u will have the much needed uper hand...
now when they come or contact...
1st Make sure when u select a back... u have their Cheque Drop box very close to u... now while selecting the card,
Make sure bellow things,
- Its a Photo Card...
- Its Free for Life time or Certain amount of time (5 - 7 years) then if u want u can surrender it free of cost...
- There is no Monthly or Anuall Charge
- You get Internet accunt to monitor real time transanctions
- No extra charge while paying in USD or such...
- SMS and Email notification of Billed amount and Due Date
and when agency finds the card for u... Read the ToS... dont trust their word and take ur time.... and u may post that skim here too
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when u apply u may get a higher CC limit... but dont take it... as a new user 25 - 30k is enough...
as when u start using it Bank will later on push u to increase the limit... once again u will get the uperhand.. then if u feel u can increase it...
CC is not a big deal but for a new user its.. because misstake happens...
People say that fraud happens because of Banks fault... but thats not true.. yes back tries to get most out of u.. but they try not to break the law... its u who makes the misstake... thought few odd cases come up now and then.... but they get solve once u aproch to Consumer forum...
Anindya said:
Just tell me what u r experiencing so that i get a first hand knowledge.
umm... back in 98 my father got the 1st CC... in our family... as Standard Chartered Bank was the 1st i guess in kolkata to come up with a CC...
now days he has 4 / 5 cards... but i see him using only one of ICICI... as its easy to pay the bill... both as it has ECS facility with SBI.. and drop box right in his office building...
I have only one card from CitiBank...
take an example for my CitiBank card... its good... i have a 43k limit... its free for life time... i have internet account to monitor real time usage check.. but the problem is very few Drop Box in Kolkata... 4 / 5 i guess (I use either Kanak Buliding or the Sector V)..
where as SBI has most number of Drop box (as every ATM of SBI is a drop box lol..)... ICICI do a good thing too... they Set up box in office building where they have 50+ customer... for that reason 1 box is at my fathers office... but i guess he pays through ECS...
as i wrote Misstake are made by user... we too made a mistake in 99 while we are in Orrisa we bought 3 return ticket on the card and payed lots of bill through the card... but ticket and few bills were in the "B" billing cycle... where as rest all was in the "A" cycle (suppose A and B are 2 months) we got the bill for A month... we paid it.. but the B month billl didnt came and Papa went to a Project tour for few month... did use the card for 4 month.. so when "G" moth bikll came it came with a Huge interest...
as the "B" month wasnt paid.. as we didnt received the bill later on with much letter writting lol.. StanChat did remove the Interest and asked us to pay the Bill only... but later on ICICI / CitiBank came and Papa went for those...
and as CC came life time.. just packed them and put then in the box