FIA Card Services (Fidelity)... download only at statement end?

Posted by Eric J. Holtman on May 20, 2009, 8:26 am

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Is this true? Seems to be, from searching here,
on quickencommunity.com and The Google.

Wow..... what a poor choice.... you mean I can't
download data intra-month? I like getting 2% cash
back, but not at the expense of having to wait a
month to download transactions.

Posted by John Pollard on May 20, 2009, 8:43 am

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Eric J. Holtman wrote:

> Is this true? Seems to be, from searching here,

> on quickencommunity.com and The Google.

> Wow..... what a poor choice.... you mean I can't

> download data intra-month? I like getting 2% cash

> back, but not at the expense of having to wait a

> month to download transactions.

I can't speak for your particular card, but this practice is not uncommon.
And I suspect it's going to get more common.

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John Pollard

Posted by Eric J. Holtman on May 20, 2009, 9:20 am

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> I can't speak for your particular card, but this practice is not

> uncommon. And I suspect it's going to get more common.

What's the rationale for it becomming more common?

Or is it just a result of card-issuer conglomeration?

Posted by John Pollard on May 20, 2009, 11:32 am

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Eric J. Holtman wrote:

>> I can't speak for your particular card, but this practice is not

>> uncommon. And I suspect it's going to get more common.

> What's the rationale for it becomming more common?

Saving money.

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John Pollard

Posted by Eric J. Holtman on May 20, 2009, 12:39 pm

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@attbi_s22:

>> What's the rationale for it becomming more common?

> Saving money.

Since they have to have the infrastructure there
anyway, where is the savings? I can see the transactions
online daily, and I can download them monthly, so obviously they
have the database backend for select and display, and
they have the quicken formatter already built.

It's a completely retarded business decision, and
I'll be dropping that card (or, even worse for them,
keeping it and just (ab)using the 0% checks I'm
sure will be arriving soon........)