HomeMy WebLinkAbout09-6739IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF CUMBERLAND
COUNTY,
PENNSYLVANIA
CACH, LLC.
VS. NO: DQ -4.-Y.37 DANIELLE BOWLING
NOTICE TO DEFEND
You have been sued in Court. If you wish to defendant against the claims set fourth in
the following pages, you must take action within (20) days after the Complaint and notice
are served, by entering a written appearance personally or by an attorney and filing in
writing with the Court, your defenses or objections to the claims set fourth against you.
You are warned that if you fail to do so, the case may proceed without you and a
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LAWYER REFERRAL SERVICE
PENNSYLVANIA LAWYER REFERAL SERVICE
4TH FLOOR, CUMBERLAND COUNTY COURTHOUSE
CARLISLE, PA 17013.
(717) 240-6200
Harrison Ross Byck, Esq., P.C.
229 Plaza Boulevard
Suite 112
Morrisville, Pennsylvania 19067
1-888-275-6399/(215) 428-0666
Attorney for Plaintiff
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CACH, LLC. ) COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
4340 SOUTH MONACO STREET 2ND ) CUMBERLAND COUNTY
FLOOR
DENVER, CO 80237 )
Plaintiff,
To: DANIELLE BOWLING
11 HIGHLAND DR
CAMP HILL, PA 17011
VS.
DANIELLE BOWLING
11 HIGHLAND DR
CAMP HILL, PA 17011
No.: 0,?- G 739 ezzv P
COMPLAINT
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PENNSYLVANIA LAWYER REFERAL SERVICE
4TH FLOOR, CUMBERLAND COUNTY COURTHOUSE
CARLISLE, PA 17013.
(717) 240-6200
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Plaintiff, CACH, LLC., by its attorney Harrison Ross Byck, by way of complaint against
Defendant DANIELLE BOWLING, avers the following:
1. Plaintiff, CACH, LLC., is a Colorado limited liability company doing business at
4340 SOUTH MONACO STREET 2ND FLOOR, DENVER, CO 80237.
1. Defendant, DANIELLE BOWLING, is an individual residing at 11 HIGHLAND
DR, CAMP HILL, PA 17011.
2. The claims raised in the complaint are subject to an agreement to submit these
claims to arbitration. <Exhibit C>
3. Defendant, DANIELLE BOWLING, is indebted to MARYLAND NATIONAL
BANK, N.A. on an account stated by and between them in the amount of $11,017.48
which balance was due and unpaid as of June 29, 2007, for credit card account
number 4313025999804256. <Exhibit A>
4. On or about August 3, 2007, MARYLAND NATIONAL BANK, N.A. sold the debt
for good and valuable consideration to plaintiff, CACH, LLC. <Exhibit B>
5. The Defendant, Danielle Bowling, last tendered a payment on November 3, 2006.
6. A copy of the credit card agreement is attached hereto. <Exhibit C>
7. Plaintiff is entitled to charge-off account finance charges of $0.00. <Exhibit A>
8. Plaintiff is entitled to pre-litigation charge-off interest of $7.5432 per day from the
default date ( 24.990% annual percentage rate x $11,017.48 / 365 days) or $7.5432 x
600 days = $4,525.92; which is accrued interest through the date of filing. <Exhibit
A> Plus an award of late fees 0.00, court costs $178.50 and reasonable attorneys fees
of $2,203.50 as stated in the Cardholder Agreement attached hereto as <Exhibit C>.
9. The defendant, being indebted to the plaintiff in the sum of $17,925.40 upon the
account stated by and between them did promise to pay said sums upon demand.
Demand has been made for payment of $17,925.40 and the defendant has failed to
remit payment.
WHEREFORE, plaintiff demands judgment against the defendant for $17,925.40
together with other interest and costs of suit.
Date: September 1, 2009
EXHIBIT A
L.L.Bean'
Preparedfor. DANIELLE BOWLING
4313 0258 4825 4562
Summarv of Transactions
Previous Balance $9,100.92
Payments and Credits $0.00
Cash Advances + $0.00
Purchases and Adjustments + $94.19
Periodic Rate Finance Charges + $188.93
Transaction Fee Finance Charges + $0.00
New Balance Total
$9,384.04
December 2006 Statement
Credit Line: $9,000.00
Cash or Credit Availab/e:
Billing Cycle and Payment Information
Days in Billing Cycle 30
Closing Date 12/18/06
Payment Due Date 01/15/07
Current Payment Due $319.00
Past Due Amount + $284.00
Total Minimum
Payment Due
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Posting Transaction Reference Account
Purchases and Adjustments Date Date Number Number Category Amount
LATE FEE FOR PAYMENT DUE 12/13 12/14 12/14 9100 C 39.00
CREDIT PROTECTION PLAN 12/18 12/18 0002 C 55.19
Corresponding Annual Balance Subject to
Category Periodic Rate Percent a Rate Finance Charge
Cash Advances
A. Balance Transfers, Checks 0.068465% DLY 24.99% $7,143.70
B. ATM, Bank 0.068465% DLY 24.99% $0.00
C. Purchases 0.068465% DLY 24.99% $2,054.66
Annual Percentage Rate for this Billing Period:
(Includes Periodic Rate Finance Charges and Transaction Fee Finance Charges.) 24.999A
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YOUR BALANCE EXCEEDS APPROVED CREDIT LIMITS
TO HELP YOU BRING YOUR ACCOUNT BALANCE UNDER THE CREDIT LIMIT, WE HAVE BEGUN
TO WAIVE YOUR OVERLIMIT FEE. ONCE YOUR BALANCE IS UNDERLIMIT, THE FEE WILL BE
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ACCOUNT NUMBER.- 4313 0258 4825 4562
NEW SALANCE TOTAL: $9,384.04
PAYMENT DUE DATE.- 01/15/07
DANIELLE BOWLING
11 HIGHLAND DR
CAMP HILL PA 17011-7514-111
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4313 0258 4825 4562
May 2007 Statement
Credit Line: $9,000.00
Cash or Credit Available:
Summary of Transactions Billing Cycle and Payment Information
Previous Balance $10,483.90 Days in Billing Cycle 30
Payments and Credits $0.00 Closing Date 05/19/07
Cash Advances + $0.00
YOUR BALANCE EXCEEDS APPROVED CREDIT LIMITS
Purchases and Adjustments + $39.00 Payment Due Date 06/15/07 BANK OF AMERICA
Periodic Rate Finance Charges + $217.62 Current Payment Due $361.00 P.O. BOX 15026
Transaction Fee Finance Charges + $0.00 Past Due Amount + $1,979.00 WILMINGTON, DE 198505026
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Purchases and Adjustments Date Date Number Number Category Amount
LATE FEE FOR PAYMENT DUE 05/14 05/15 05/15 0483 C 39,00
Corresponding Annual Balance Subject to
Category Periodic Rate Percentage Rate Finance Charge
Cash Advances
A. Balance Transfers, Checks 0.068465% DLY 24.99% $7,926.90
B. ATM, Bank 0.068465% DLY 24.99% $0.00
C. Purchases 0.068465% DLY 24.99% $2,668.26
Annual Percentage Rate for this Billing Period: 24.99%
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11 HIGHLAND DR
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NEWBALANCETOTAL: $10,740.52
PAYMENT DUE DATE.• 06/15/07
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Preparedfor- DANIELLE BOWLING
4313 0258 4825 4562
Summarv of Transactions
Previous Balance $10,740.52
Payments and Credits $0.00
Cash Advances + $0.00
Purchases and Adjustments + $39.00
Periodic Rate Finance Charges + $237.96
Transaction Fee Finance Charaes + $0.00
New Balance Total $11,017.48
June 2007 Statement
Credit Line: $9,000.00
Cash or Credit Available:
Billing Cycle and Payment Information
Days in Billing Cycle 32
Closing Date 06/20/07
Payment Due Date 07/15/07
Current Payment Due $384.00
Past Due Amount + $2,340.00
Total Minimum
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Posting Transaction Reference Account
Purchases and Adjustments Date Date Number Number Category Amount
LATE FEE FOR PAYMENT DUE 06/15 06/16 06!16 0740 C 39.00
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Corresponding Annual
Balance Subject to
Category Periodic Rate Percentage Rate Finance Charge
Cash Advances
A. Balance Transfers, Checks 0.068465% DLY 24.99% $8,096.89
B. ATM, Bank 0.0684650/6 DLY 24.99% $0.00
C. Purchases 0.068465% DLY 24.99% $2,764.49
Annual Percentage Rate for this Billing Period: 24.99%
(Includes Periodic Rate Finance Charges and Transaction Fee Finance Charges.)
OUR RECORDS SHOW YOUR ACCOUNT IS PAST DUE
YOUR BALANCE EXCEEDS APPROVED CREDIT LIMITS
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PAYMENT DUE DATE• 07115/07
DANIELLE BOWLING
11 HIGHLAND DR
CAMP HILL PA 17011-7514-111
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Payments and Credits Date Date Number Number Category Amount
CHARGE OFF ADJUSTMENT 08/30 11,017.48CR
Corresponding Annual Balance Subject to
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Cash Advances
A. Balance Transfers, Checks 0.000000% IDLY 0.00% $0.00
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EXHIBIT B
CERTIFICATE OF PURCHASE
TIFFANY C O R R A L_ E S hereby depose and state that:
1. I am an Authorized Agent of CACH, LLC, a Colorado Limited Liability Company.
2. As such, I am authorized to give this Certificate, and possess sufficient personal
knowledge to do so regarding:
Customer Name: DANIELLE BOWLING
Original Creditor: MARYLAND NATIONAL BANK
Account Number: 4313025999804256
3. On or about August 3. 2007 this account was sold by the original creditor.
CACH, LLC is the current owner of the account and purchased the account for
g o o d a n d v a l u a b l e c o n s i d e r a t i o n.
Date: MAY 2 7 2009 B
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separately. When any customer on a joint account requests
that we not share with third parties, that preference is
applied to the entire account.
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Re ort Information and Information from Outside Sources
no be shared among Bank of America companies.
For sharing among Bank of America companies, each
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you may tell us the preferences for any other customers who
are point account owners with you.
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America. These preferences apply to all marketing offers
from us and from companies working for. us. To e
the amount of telephone solicitation our customers receive
Bank of America does not offer nonfinancial products iwd
services through telephone solicitations. Direct marketin
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services we believe may be of interest to you.
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This Privacy Policy applies to the following Bank of America
companies that have consumer customer relationships:
of Delaware, N.A.
A.
Bank of America Consumer Card Services, LLC
Services, L.P.
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of America Finance Services, Inc..
of America Investment Advisors, Inc.
of America Investment Services, Inc.
Inc.
Management, LLC
U.S. Trust He Fund Management, Inc.
UST Securitiesrp.
White Ridge Investment Advisors LLC
Durance Services, Inc.
& America Agency, LLC
if America Agency of Nevada c.
of America Agency of Texas, tInnc.
of _America Insurance Services, Inc., dba Banc of
Insurance Agency, LLC
Company
ince ompany
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applies, please visit our Web site at
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customer relationships established in tl-aFUnited States and
is effective January 1 2008. This notice constitutes the
Bank of America Do loot Call Policy under the Telephone
Consumer Protection Act for all consumers and is pursuant
to state law.
You may have other privacy protections under state taws;
such as Vermont and California. To the extent these state
laws apply, we will comply with them with regard to our
information practices.
For Nevada residents only. Nevada law requires that we
also provide _you with the following -contact information:
Bureau of Consumer Protection, Office of the Nevada
Attorney General, 555 East Washington Street, Suite 3900,
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BCPINFO*ag-state.nv.us. Bank of America, PO Box 25118,
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place additional limits on sharing information about
Vermont and California residents so long as they remain
residents of those states.
Vermont: In accordance with Vermont law Bank of
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Vermont residents with -companies outside of Bank of
America, except as permitted by law, such as with the
consent of the customer, to service the customer's accounts
or to other financial institutions with which we have Joint
marketing agreements. Bank of America will not s?e
Application Information Consumer Report Information and
.information from Outside Sources about Vermont residents
among the Bank of America companies except with the
authorization or consent of the Vermont resident.
California: In accordance with California law, Bank of
America will not share information we collect about
California residents with companies outside of Bank of
America, except as permitted by law, such as with the
consent of the customer, to service the customer's accounts,
or to fulfill on rewards or benefits. We will limit sharing
among our companies to the extent required by applicable
California law.
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CREDIT CARD AGREEMENT
YOUR CONTRACT WITH US
Promise To Pay, and How We Allocate Your Payments)
We reserve the right to changge the terms of this
Agreement at an time, as rlher described to the
section titled We May Amend is Agreement.
WORDS USED OFTEN IN THIS AGREEMENT
"Access check" means a check we provide to you to obtain
credit on your account.
"Agreement" or "Credit Card Agreement" means this
document and any changes we make to this document from
time to time.
"APR" means the correspondii Annual Percentage Rate.
The APR corresponds to the wily Periodic Rate ("DPR")
which is calculated by dividing the corresponding APR by
365.
"Card" means all the credit cards we issue to you and to
any other person with authorization for use on this account
pursuant to this Agreement.
"Default Rate" means the APR(s) which may be applied to
Balance Transfers, Cash Advances, and Purchases without
further notice in certain instances of your default, as
described in the section titled, Annual Percentage Rates
"Foreign Transaction" means any transaction made in a
foreign currency (including, for example, online purchases
from foreign merchants).
"Grace Period" means the period of time during a billing
cycle when you will not accrue Periodic Rate Finance
Charges on certain transactions or balances.
"New Balance Total" means the total billed amount as of
the Closing Date of a billing cycle, as shown on our
monthly statement. To determine the New Balance Total,
we start with the total balance at the beginning of the
billing cycle, which is the "Previous Balance." Then we
subtract payments and credits. Then we add Cash
Advances, Balance Transfers, Purchases and Adjustments
and finance charges.
"Pay in Full" or 'Paid in Full" means payments and credits
in a billing cycle totaling at least your previous billing
cycle's New Balance Total. In general, Pay m Full must be
made by the Payment Due Date in order to get a Grace
Period.
"Promotional Offer" means limited time introductory or
promotional offers on certain Balance Transfers, Cash
Advances or Purchases at APRs that are lower than the
Standard Rates for those features C'Promotional Rates") and
may be subject to other conditions. Promotional Offers ma
also include limited time introductory or promotional
transaction fees C'Promotfonal Fees") which may be higher
or lower than the standard fees provided in the section
titled Transaction Fee Finance Charaoc
OTHER TERMINOLOGY
We will use the definitions described under the section
heading Words Used Often In This Agreement or as
otherwise defined in this Agreement. If we use a capitalized
term in this document but we do not define the term in this
document, the term has the meaning as used in your
monthly statement.
We use section headings (e.g., Words Used Often In This
Agreement) to organize this Agreement. The eadings are
for reference purposes only.
HOW TO USE YOUR ACCOUNT
You may obtain credit in the form of Balance Transfers,
Cash Advances, and Purchases by using cards, access
checks, your account number, or other credit devices.
"Balance Transfer" means a transfer of funds to another
creditor initiated by us at your request. A Balance Transfer
does not include a transaction that is otherwise a Cash
Advance. Balance Transfers include Transaction Fees and
adjustments associated with any Balance Transfer.
"Cash Advance" means the use of your account for a loan
obtained:
1. at an automated teller machine ("ATM Cash Advance");
2. by a transfer of funds to a deposit account initiated by
us at your request. ("Direct Deposit"). A Direct Deposit
does not include an Overdraft Protection Cash Advance
or a same day online funds transfer;
3. at any financial institution (e.g., to obtain cash, money
orders, wire transfers, or travelers checks), by a same
day online funds transfer to a deposit account, and at
any non-financial institution (to obtain cash) C'Bank
Cash Advance");
4. as part of an Overdraft Protection Program - a
transfer of funds to a deposit account pursuant to an
overdraft protection program ("Overdraft Protection
Cash Advance");
5. to buy "Cash Equivalents" (i.e., foreign currency, money
orders or travelers checks from a non-financial
institution, or person to person money transfers, bets,
lottery tickets, casino gaming chips, fines or bail bonds)
with your card;
6. by an access check you sign as drawer ("Check Cash
Advance");
7. for any payment you make to us that is returned to us
unpaid for any reason, including the related finance
charges ("Returned Payment").
"Standard Rate" means the APR(a) normall "Cash Advance" includes Transaction Fees and adjustments
Balance Transfers, Cash Advances, and Purchas s effect for associated with any Cash Advance.
"We", "us" "our", and "FIACS" means FIA Card Services,
NA., also known as Bank of America.
"You" and "your" mean each and all of the persons who are
granted, accept or use an account we hold. ''You" and "your"
also mean any other person who has guaranteed payment of
this account, when used in the sections titled Your Contract
With Us, We May Monitor And Record Telephe ne Calls and
Arbitration and Litigation, and when used in each of the
sections relating to payment of this account (e.g., Your
"Purchase" means the use of your card or account number
to:
1. buy or lease goods or services;
2. buy wire transfers from a non-financial institution
("Wire Transfer Purchase");
3. make a transaction that is not otherwise a Cash
Advance.
"Purchase" includes Account Fees, as well as Transaction
(continued)
Fees and adjustments associated with any Purchase.
0 set your APRs for Balance Tran er, Cash Advance and
ANNUAL PERCENTAGE RATES
This section provides the Standard Rates, Default Rates and
Promotional -Offers applicable to your account.
Balance Transfers: The Standard Rate for Balance
Transfer balances is a corres ondin ANNUAL
PERCENTAGE RATE of 9.90%(0.027123 DPR).
Cash Advances: The Standard Rate for Cash Advance
balances is a corresponding ANNUAL PERCENTAGE
RATE of 24.99%(0.068466% DPR).
Purchases: The Standard Rate for Purchase balances is a
correspond* ANNUAL PERCENTAGE RATE of
9.90%0.027123% DPR).
Default Pricing: We may increase the APRs on all new
and outstanding Balance Transfer Cash Advance, and
Purchase balances up to the Default Rate, without wing
you additional notice, each time you have two "default
re-ppricing events" in any. twelve rolling consecutive billing
cycIee. A default re-pricing event means: (1) you fail to
make any Total Minimum Payment Due by its Payment Due
Date; or (2) your total outstanding balance exceeds your
credit limit at?an time in a billing cycle We may elect to
Purchase balances to different Default Rates. Default Rates
are variable rates calculated using the Variable Default
Rate formula with a margin of up to 23.99 nereentacm
Tease wit be einective as of the first day of
in which the seeond default rani M"m -
will again determine whether there have`beea two dei~ault
re-pricing events in the preceding twelve consecutive bill'ng
cycles A11 Default Rates will remain in effect until you
make each Total Minimum Payment Due by its Payment
Due Date and do not exceed your credit limit for six
consecutive billing cyclew, starting with the first hiljing cycle
after the Default rate is in effect. At that time we will lower
the margin for each of these variable APRs by at least two
Rercentage points. These will be your new variable
Hate
ANNUAL PERCENTAGE RATE ofs 199% (0 005452%
DPR).
This Promotional Offer applies to Balance Transfers Direct
Deposit Cash Advances and Check Cash Advances bearing
this Promotional Offer ID (each an "eligible transaction" for
this Promotional Offer).
This Promotional Offer applies to new eligible transactions
beginning on May 18, 2008. If an eligible transaction posts
to your account by your statement Closing Date in August
2008 then this Promotional Offer will apply to eligible
transactions postin to your account through your
statement Closing gDate in February 2009 and this
Promotional Offer will end on your statement Closing Date
in February 2009. If an eligible transaction does not post to
your account by your statement Closin Date in August
2008, then the Promotional Offer will end on your
statement Closing Date in A t 2008. Check Cash
Advances bearing Offer ID HHKH7MB and Direct
Deposits which get this Promotional Offer will post to your
account as Balance Transfers.
During the time in which you may??make quahilfyta
transactions under this Promotional Offer, they w1 be
subject to the following Promotional Fees:
Balance Transfers: 3.00% of each such uali?n
transaction (Fee: Min. $10.00; Max. $99.00) ()VAP'Cl
CHARGE).
This Promotional Offer max end at any time if there is a
"promotion turn-off event.' A promotion turn--off event
means: (1) that any Total Minimum Pa nt Due is not
received by its Payment Due Date; or ) that your total
outstanding balance exceeds your credit limit on any
statement Closing Date. If a promotion turn-off event
occurs then this Promotional Ofer will end as of the first
da of that billing cycle. This means that this Promotional
Rate will not be in effect in that billing cycle.
Promotional Offer ID HBBEIKH7MC: The Promotional
Rate for this Promotional Offer is a correspond'
ANNUAL PERCENTAGE RATE of 1.99% (0.005452
DPR).
This Promotional Offer applies to Purchases each at least
00.00 (each an "eligible transaction" for this Promotional
nner).
This Promotional Offer aps to new eligible transactions
beginning on June 9, 2008.ye
eligible transactipn posts to
your account by August 1, 2008 then this Promotional Offer
will a ply to ell ble transactions posting to your account
throw your statement Closing Date i .January 2009 and
this motional Offer will end on your statement Closin
Date in January 2009. If an eligible transaction does not
goat to your account by August 1 2008, then the
Promotional Offer will end on August 1, X008.
This Promotional Offer may end at an time if there is a
"promotion turn-off event.' A promotion turn-off event
means: (1) that any Total Minimum Payment Due is not
received by its Payment Due Date; or (2) that your total
outstanding balance exceeds your credit limit on any
statement Closing Date. If a romotion turn-off event
occurs then this Promotional Offer will end as of the first
day of that billing cycle. This means that this Promotional
Rate will not be in effect in that billing cycle.
Promotional Offer ID H8BH11?7MD: The Promotional
Rate for this Promotional Offer is a corresponding
ANNUAL PERCENTAGE RATE of 1.99% (0.0'05452%
DPR).
ends, instead of the Cash Advance Rate. In addition, these This Promotional Offer applies to Balance Transfers Direct
transactions will get the Balance Transfer transaction fee if Deposit Cash Advances and Check Cash Advances fearing
they qualify for the Promotional Offer. this Promotional Offer ID (each an "eligible transaction" for
Promotional Offer ID H6BHEH7M1B: The Promotional this Promotional Offer).
Promotional Offers:.
From time to time we may make Promotional Offers on
certain new Balance Transfers Cash Advances, and
Purchases. When a Promotional Offer ends, its Promotional
Rates will terminate. Any Balance Transfer Cash Advance
or Purchase balance sub.lect to that Promotional Offer wilt
return to its respective -standard Rate or Default Rate as
applicable.
Check Cash Advances and Direct Deposits are Cash
Advances. However if Check Cash Advances or Direct
Deposits are identified in the Promotional Offer as 'post'ag
as a Balance Transfer" and qualify for the Promotional
Offer, then the resulth promotional balances will be
inclued in the Balance Transfer balance and will get the
Balance Transfer Standard Rate or if applicable, the
Balance Transfer Default Rate when the Promotional Offer
This Promotional Offer a lies to new ellg?ble transactions
toyo> coronunt be 13, 2008. If an eh'gible"transaction posts
2008 then this promo ionampeffnei Clvvoilsl ap Iy to euble
transactions posting to our accaunthrough your
statement Closing Date in March 2009 and this Promotional
Offer will end on your statement Closing Date in March
2009. If an eligible transaction does not post to your account
b your statement Closing Date in August 2008, then the
Promotional Offer will and on your statement CI Date
in August 2008. Check Cash Advances bearing 08 Offer ID
and Direct Deposits which get this
Promotional Offer will post to your account as Balance
Transfers.
During the time in which you may make qualif 'ng
transactions under this Promotional Offer, they will be
subject to the following Promotional Fees:
Balance Transfers: 3.00% of each such quay n?g
transaction (Fee: Min. $10.00; Max. $99.00) (F'IN. CE
CHARGE).
This Promotional Offer may end at any time if there is a
promotion turn-off event.' A promotion turn-off event
means: (1) that any Total Minimum Payment Due is not
received by its Payment Due Date; or (2) that your total
outstanding balance exceeds your credit limit on any
statement Closing Date. If a promotion turn-off event
occurs then this Promotional offer will end as of the first
day of that billing cycle. This means that this Promotional
Rate will not be in effect in that billing cycle
variable rates is 5.25% and was determined on June 30,
2008.
An increase or decrease in the index will cause a
corresponding increase or decrease in your variable rates on
the first day of your billing cycle that begins in the same
month as the determination date. An increase in the index
means that you will pay higher periodic rate finance
charges and have a higher Total Minunum Payment Due. H
The -Wall Street Journal does not publish the U.S. Prime
a e, or i i changes a definition of the U.S. Prime Rate,
we may, at our sole discretion, substitute another index.
CALCULATION OF PERIODIC RATE FINANCE
CHARGES
We calculate Periodic Rate Finance Charges by multiplying
each Balance Subject to Finance Char ?e by its applicable
DPR and that result 'the number o days in the billing
cycle. When Periodic Rate Finance Charges accrue on a
Balance Transfer, Cash Advance or Purchase balance, those
finance charges become part of that respective Balance
Promotional Offer ID H6BHKH7MF: The Promotional Transfer, Cash Advance, or Purchase balance.
Rate for this Promotional Offer is a corresponding
ANNUAL PERCENTAGE RATE of 1.99% (0.005452n BILLING CYCLE
DPR). Your billing cycle ends each month on a Closing Date
determined byy us. Each billing cycle begins on the day after
This Promotional Offer applies to Balance Transfers Direct the Closing Date of the previous billing cycle. Each monthly
Deposit Cash Advances and Check Cash Advances bearing statement reflects a single billing cycle.
this Promotional Offer ID (each an "eligible transaction" for
this Promotional Offer). WHEN PERIODIC RATE FINANCE CHARGES BEGIN
TO ACCRUE
This Promotional Offer applies to new elig?'ble transactions Each new Balance Transfer and Cash Advance begins to
beginning on Jul 13, 2008. If an eligible -transaction posts accrue Periodic Rate Finance Charles on its transaction
to our account by your statement Closing Date in date. Balance Transfer and Cash Advance balances
September 2008 then this Promotional Offer will apply to remaining from previous billing
eligible transactions ostingg to your account through your Finance hargefrom the firstdaylof the b llmpg coyccle. The
statement Closing Dale in A ril 2009 and this Promotional transaction date for Check Cash Advances and Balance
Offer will end on your statement Closing Date in April Transfers made by check is the date the check is first
2009. If an eligible transaction does not post to your account deposited or cashed. The transaction date for a Returned
by your statement Closing Date in September 2008 then Payment is the date that the corresponding payment posted
the Promotional Offer will end on your statement G?Iosing to your account.
Date in Sepgt?ember 2008. Check Cash Advances bearing
Offer ID H6BHKH7MF and Direct Deposits which get this Unless subject to a Grace Period, each new Purchase begi. s
Promotional Offer will post to your account as alance to accrue Periodic Rate Finance Charges on its transaction
Transfers. date or the first day of the billing cycle, whichever date is
later. Unless subject to a Grace Period, Purchase balances
During the time in which you may? ?make qualifying remaining from previous billin cycles accrue Periodic Rate
transactions under this Promotional Oiter, they will be Finance charges from the first %ay of the billing cycle.
subject to the following Promotional Fees: When applicable, Charges
BBalance Transfers: 3.00% of each such n daily. and ndedoaifly ona new balancesannd balances
transaction (Fee: Min. $10.00; Max. $99.00) (J OM remamin from previous billin
CHARGE). g cycles. Periodic Rate
Finance harges will continue to accrue even though you
This Promotional Offer may end at any time if there is a weviinPmudethany ccrruued but unpaid 1fintanc e?cha?sinin the
"promotion turn-off event. A promotion turn-off event calculation of each Balance Subject to Finance Charge.
means: (1) that any Total Minimum Payment Due is not
received by its Payment Due Date' • or (2) that your total Your Payment Due Date will be at least 20 days from your
outstanding balance exceeds your credit limit on any statement Closing Date.
statement Closing Date. If a promotion turn-off event
occurs then this Promotional Offer will end as of the first
day of that billing cycle. This means that this Promotional.
Rate will not be in effect in that billing cycle. However, if a
promotion turn-off event occurs during the billing cycle that
includes August 13, 2008 then this Promotionaf Offer will
end on the last day of that billing cycle.
VARIABLE RATE INFORMATION
We will use the following variable rate formula for variable
Standard Rates, variable Default Rates and variable
Promotional Rates. All variable rates are calculated by
ratenthe applicable m margin isddasclose eibove in the action
titled, Annual Percentage Rates.
This index is determined on the last business day of each
month ("determination date') and is the highest U S. Prime
Rate as published in the "Money Rates" section of The Wall
Street Journal at any time within the immea T
Preceding ee-months, including the month in which the
index was determined. The index used to calculate these
have a Grace Period for Balance Transfers or
;es. You will have a Grace Period on new
. a billing cycle in which you Pay in Full from
r the Pa in Full date until the end off' that
You will have a Grace Period for an entire
on new Purchases and on Purchase balances
Im previous billing cyyccles if you Pay in Full by
Due Date in that bilhn cycle and if during
billing cycle you Paid in .
BALANCES SUBJECT TO
average balance Method (including new Balance
Transfers and new Cash Advances): We calculate
separate Balances Subject to Finance Charge for Balance
Transfers, Cash Advances, and for each Promotional Offer
balance consisting of Balanyce Transfers or Cash Advances
current b lillinggaeyeg e; (2) cdalcu atilt a daily balanceyforeach
day prior to the current billing eye a that had a "Pre:-Cycle
(continued)
balance" -a Pre-Cycle balance is a Balance Transfer or a the U.S. dollar amount of each such Cash Advance (Fee:
Cash Advance with a transaction date prior to the current min. $10.00).
billing cycle but with a posting date within the current
billing cycle; (3) adding alf the Bails balances together; and If you obtain a Check Cash Advance, we will assess a
(4) dividing the sum of the daily balances by the number of transaction fee (FINANCE CHARGE) equal to 3.00% of
days in the current billing cycle. the U.S. dollar amount of each such Cash Advance (Fee:
To calculate the daily balance for each day in the current Min. $10.00).
billin cycle, we take the beginning balance, add an amount If you obtain a Direct Deposit, we will assess a transaction
equa)gto the applicable Daly Periodic Rate multi lied by fee (FINANCE CHARGE) equal to 3.00% of the U.S. dollar
the previous day's daily balance, add new ?alance amount of each such Cash Advance (Fee: Min. $10.00).
Transfers, Cash . Advances. and Transaction- Fees, and
subtract applicable payments and credits. If any daily If you make a Foreign Transaction we will assess a
balance is teas than zero we treat it as zero. transaction fee (FINANCE CHARGE} equal to 3.009E of
To calculate a daily for each da the U.S. dollar amount of each such Foreign Transaction.
Y y prior to the This is in addition to any other applicable transaction fees.
current billing cycle that had a Pre-Cycle balance we take
the beginning balance attributable solely to a ta-Cycle If you obtain an Overdraft Protection Cash Advance, we will
balance (which will be zero on the transaction date assess a transaction fee (FINANCE. CHARGE equal to
associated with the first Pre-Cycle balance) add an amount 3.00% of the U.S. dollar amount of each such Cas Advance
equal to the ap licable Daily Periodic Rafe multiplied by (Fee: Min. $10.00).
the previous day's daily balance, and add only the
a plicable Pre-C le balances, and their related Transaction If you make a Wire Transfer Purchase, we will assess a
Fees. We exclude from this calculation all transactions transaction fee (FINANCE CHARGE) equal td 3.00% of
posted in previous billing cycles. the U.S. dollar amount of each such Purchase (Fee: Min.
Average ' Daily Balance Method (includi new $10.00).
Purchases): We calculate separate Balances Sng ubject to ACCOUNT FEES: The followinngg? fees are assessed as
Finance Charge for Purchases and for each Promotional Purchases in the Billing Cycle in wFiich the fees accrue:
Offer balance consisting of Purchases by: (1) calculating a
daily balance for each day in the current billing cle; {2) A Late Fee if the Total Minimum Payment Due shown on
adding all the daily balances together; and (3 ca ding thhe your months statement is not received by us on or before
sum of the daily balances by the number of days in the its Payment Due Date. On the Late Fee transaction date:
current billing cycle. if the total outstandingg balance is $100.00 or less,
To calculate the dail balance for each da the Late Fee will be $,5.00;
Y y in the current . if the total outstanding balance is eater than
bi cycle, we take the b balance add an amount 100.00 but $250.00 or less,
egtnn?ng the La Fee will be
eq to the applicable Daly Periodic Ra#e multiplied by 29.00;
the previous day's daily balance, add, unless subject to a . if the total outstanding balance is greater than
Grace Period new Purchases, new Account Fees, and new $250.00, the Late Fee will be $39.08.
Transaction Fees, and subtract applicable payments and
credits. If any daily balance is less than zero we treat it as A Returned. Payment Fee of ;39.00 if a
payment your
zero. If in the current billing cpcideaay in Full, then on account is returned for insufficient funds or for any y other
the day after that Pay in uIl Cu te, we exclude from the reason, even if it is paid upon subsequent presentment (if
beginning balance new Purchases, new Account Fees and we elect to re-present the payment).
new Transaction Fees which posted on or before the Pay in
Full date. A Returned Access Check Fee of $39.00 if we return an
access check unpaid for any reason, even if the access check
W
credit e include the costs for credit card debt cancellation or is paid upon subsequent presentment.
beKm' n?inngs Purchase la nce for the f st dace flth Milling billing Copy Fee of $5.00 for each copy of a monthly statement or
cycle after the billing cycle in which such costs are billed. sales draft, except that the six most recent monthly
MINIMUM FINANCE CHARGE statements and one sales draft will be provided for free.
If the total of the Periodic Rate Finance Charges for all An Abandoned Pro perty Fee equal to any costs incurred by
balances is less than $1.50, then a minimum FINANCE us for complying with state abandoned property laws, unless
CHARGE of $1.50 will be assessed on the account in lieu of prohibited-by applicable law.
any Periodic Rate Finance Charge.
TRANSACTION FEE FINANCE CHARGES
We will assess the following Transaction Fees to your
Account in the same balance category to which the
transaction is posted:
If you obtain an ATM Cash Advance, we will assess a
transaction fee (FINANCE CHARGE) equal to 3.00% of
the U.S. dollar amount of each such Cash Advance (Fee:
Min. $10.00).
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equal o 3.0 0% of
the U.S. dollar amount of each such Balance Transfer (Fee:
Min. $10.00).
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transaction fee (FINANCE CHARGE) equal to 3.00% of up to your
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will post to this account. The amount of available credit on
this account must be sufficient to cover the total amount of
overdraft transactions (received by Bank of America that
day) rounded to the next $100 increment (but excludin any
overdraft protection fee)- otherwise one or more of the
overdraft transactions for that day will be rejected.
However, if the available credit on this account is greater
than the overdraft transaction amount, but the available
credit is insufficient for the overdraft transaction amount to
be rounded to the next $100 increment, then the amount of
the overdraft transaction will be rounded to the highest
whole dollar amount of your available credit. (And in such
an event, the accrued finance charges may result in an
Overlimit Fee_) We may permit or refuse to permit any
overdraft protection transfer that would cause you to exceed
the credit limit on this account; but if we permit it, you may
be assessed an Overlimit Fee during the billing cyycle in
which the transfer occurs. This overdraft protection feature
will automatically be cancelled if this account is closed by
either you or us, or at any time upon your re quest. Your
overdraft transactions remain subject to the terms of our
checking account with Bank of America, any related
enrollment agreement, and this Agreement.
SIGN YOUR CARD
You should sign your card before you use it.
E MAY MONITOR AND RECORD TELEPHONE
You consent to and authorize Bank of America,, any of its
affiliates, or its marketing associates to monitor and/or
record any., of your telephone conversations with our
representates or the representatives of any of those
companies. Where you have provided a cell phone number
directly to us, or placed a cell phone call to us you consent
and agree to accept collection calls to your cell hone from
us. For any telephone or cell phone calls we place to you,
you consent and agree that those calls may be automatically
dialed and/or use recorded messages-
CREDIT REPORTING AGENCIES; COLLECTING AND
SHARING INFORMATION
You authorize us to collect information about you in order
to conduct our business and deliver the top quality service
you expect, including information we receive about you
information we receive from third parties such as credit
re orting agencies and information about your transactions
with us and other companies. You authorize us to share
such information about you or your account with our
affiliates and others.. You may have the right to opt out of
some information sharing. For more details, please refer to
our Privacy Policy.
If you believe we have furnished inaccurate or incomplete
information about you or your account to a credit repord g
agency: write to us at: FIA Card Services MA., Credit
He ortin A encies, P.O. Box 17054, Wilmington, DE
19884-7<. pease include your name, address, home phone
number, and account number, and explain what you believe
is inaccurate or incomplete.
PURPOSES FOR USING YOUR ACCOUNT
You may use your account for personal, family, or household
purposes, You may not use your account for business or
commercial purposes. You may not use a Balance Transfer,
or Check Cash Advance, or any other Cash Advance, to
make a payment on this or any other credit account with us
or our affiliates. You may not use or permit your account to
be used to make any illegal transaction. You will only use
your account for transactions that are legal where you
conduct them. For example, Internet gambling transactions
may be illegal in your state. Display of s payment card logo
by an online merchant does not mean that an Internet
transaction is legal where you conduct it. We may charge
your account for such transactions. We will not be liable if
you engage in an illegal transaction. We ma deny
authorization of any transactions identified as Internet
gambling.
PERSONS USING YOUR ACCOUNT
If you permit any person to use your card, access checks,
account number, or other credit device with the
authorization to obtain credit on your account, you may be w
liable for all transactions made by that person including p
transactions for which you may not have intended to be
liable, even if the amount of those transactions causes your
credit limit to be exceeded. Authorized users of this account
may have the same access to information about the account
and its users as the account holders. We may send account
materials (cards, statements and notices) to any liable
arty, and that person will be responsible for delivering
hose materials to the other liable parties and authorized
users. Notice to any of you will be considered notice to all of
you. You may allow authorized users on your account in the
following ways: (1) b notifying us that you want someone
added to your accounT as an authorized user- (2) by lending
your card or account number to another; or (?) by any other
ways in which you would be legally considered to have
allowed another to use your account or to be legall
y
prevented from denying that you did so. You must think
carefully before you allow anyone to become. an authorized
user. By doing so, you authorize the person to use your
account to the same extent you can including but not
limited to maldn any purchases, caslr advances, balance
transfers and allowing others to use your account. Your
account does not permit you to limit the nature or amount
of authority you give to any authorized user and you will
not attempt to do so. An authorized user's authority will
continue until you both notify us that you are terminating
the authority and you physically retrieve the card. If you
cannot retrieve the card, you will remain liable for any
transactions that we cannot prevent after you notify us.
YOUR PROMISE TO PAY
You promise to pay us the amounts of all credit you obtain,
which includes all Purchases, Cash Advances, and Balance
Transfers. You also promise to gay us all the amounts of
finance charges, fees,. and any other transactions we charge
to your account. If a bank 5ranch or office sponsors your
account, you promise to pay it any unpaid account balance
it pays us within 30 days.
PAYMENTS ON YOUR ACCOUNT
You must pay each month at least the Total Minimum
Payment Due shown on your monthly statement by its
Payment Due Date. Your Payment Due Date may vary from
month to month. Payments must conform to the
requirements set out on that monthly statement; these
requirements may vary without prior notice. You may pay
the entire amount you owe us at any time. Payments made
in any billing cycle that are greater than the Total
Minimum Payment Due will not i ffectyour obligation to
make the next Total Minimum Payment Due. If you overpay
or if there is a credit balance on your account, we will not
pay interest on such amounts. We will reject pa enta that
are not drawn in U.S. dollars and those drawn on a
financial institution located outside of the United States.
We reserve the right to reject any payment if your account
has a credit balance as of the day we receive that payment.
Generally, credits to your account, such as those generated
by merchants or by person-to-person mone transfers are
not treated as payments and will not reduce your Ntal
Minimum Payment Due.
ACH PAYMENTS
We process most payment checks electronically. We use the
information on your check to create an electronic funds
transfer. Each time you send a check, you authorize a
one-time electronic funds transfer. You also authorize us to
pprocess your check as a check ar paper draft, as necessary.
k?mds may be withdrawn fram your account as soon as the
same day we receive your payment. You will not receive
yyour cancelled check because we are required to destroy it.
`Ve will retain an electronic copy. For more information or
to stop the conversion of your checks into electronic funds
transfers, call us at the phone number listed on the front of
your monthly! statement. You may also write to us at: P.O.
Box 15019, Wilmington, DE 19850-5019.
TOTAL MINIMUM PAYMENT DUE
You may pay your total outstanding balance at any time.
continued)
Each billing cycle, you must pay at least the Total Minimum
Payment Due shown on our monthly statement by its
Payment Due Date. The 'otal Minimum Payment Due is
the sum of all past due amounts plus the Current Payment.
The Current Payment for each billing cycle includes three
amounts: (1) 1.00% of your balance (your New Balance Total
except for any new Periodic Rate Finance Charges, and Late
Fee), and (2) new Periodic Rate Finance Charges, and (3)
new Late Fee. Generally, the lowest it will be is $15.00. We
round the payment amount down to the nearest dollar. If a
payment is credited to your account but is returned. unpaid
in a later billing cycle we will recalculate the Total
Minimum Payment Due for the billing cycle in which the
payment was originally credited.
WHEN YOUR PAYMENT WILL BE CREDITED TO
YOUR ACCOUNT
We credit payments as of the date received, if the payment
is: (1) received by 5 p.m. Eastern time; (2) received at the
address shown in the upper left-hand corner of the front of
your monthly statement; (3) paid with a check drawn in
our dollars on a U.S. financial institution or a U.S. dollar
mone order; and (4) sent in the return envelope with only
the ?op portion of your statement accompanying if.
Payments received after 5 m. Eastern time on any day
including the Payment Due -Date, but that otherwise meet
the above requirements, will be credited as of the next day.
Credit for any other payments may be delayed up to five
days.
HOW WE ALLOCATE YOUR PAYMENTS
ss? We will allocate your payments in the manner we
determine. In most instances, we will allocate your
payments to balances (including transactions made after
your latest statement) with lower APRs before balances
with higher APRs. This will result in balances with. lower
APRs (such as new balances with promotional APR offers)
being paid before any other existing-balances.
PROMISE TO PAY APPLIES TO ALL PERSONS
All persona who initially or subsequently request, accept,
guarantee or use the account are individually and together
responsible for any total outatandu? balance. If you and
one. or more ppersons are responsible to pay any total
outstandi?baIance we may refuse to release any of you
from liabih until ail of the cards, access checks and other
credit devices outstanding under the account 'Dave been
returned to us and you re ay us the total outstanding
balance owed to us at anyime under the terms of tlua
Agreement.
DEFAULT
You will be in default of this Agreement if: (1) you fail to
make any required Total Minimum Payment Due by its
Payment Due Date; (2) your total outstandin balance
exceeds your credit limit; or 83) you fail to abide by any
other term of this Agreement. oour failure to exercise any of
our rights when you default does not mean that we are
unable to exercise those rights upon later default.
WHEN WE MAY REQUIRE IMMEDIATE REPAYMENT
If you are in default, en in addition to our other remedies
under this Agreement, we can require immediate payment
of your total outstanding balance and, unless prohibited by
applicable law and except as otherwise provided under the
Arbitration and Litigation section of this Agreement, we can
also require you to pay the costs we incur in any collection
proceeding, as well as reasonable attorneys' fees if we refer
your account for collection to an attorney who is not our
salaried employee.
OTHER PAYMENT TERMS
We can accept late payments, partial ayments, or
payments with any restrictive writing withouflosin any of
our rights under this Agreement. This means ?t no
payment, including those marked with "paid in full" or with
any other restrictive words, shall operate as an accord and
satisfaction without the prior written approval of one of our
senior officers. You may not use a postdated check to make
a payment. If you do postdate a payment check, we may
elect to honor it upon presentment or return it uncredited
to the person that presented it, without in either case
waiting for the date shown on the check. We are not liable
to you for any loss or expense incurred by you arising out of
the action we elect to take.
PAYMENT HOLIDAYS AND REDUCED PAYMENT
OFFERS
We may allow you, from time to time, to omit a monthly
payment or make a reduced payment. We will notify you
when these options are available. If you omit a symen or
make a reduced payment, finance charges appipicable fees,
and other regular transactions, if any, will accrue on your
account balances in accordance with this Agreement. The
reduced payment amount may be less than your finance
charges. You must make the reduced payment on time to
avoid a late fee. You must resume making your regular
Total Minimum Payment Due each month following a
payment holiday or reduced payment offer.
WHAT WE MAY DO IF YOU ATTEMPT TO EXCEED
YOUR CREDIT LIMIT
The total outstanding balance on your account plus
authorizations at an time must not be more than your
credit limit. If you attempt a transaction which results in
your total outstandin balance (plus authorizations)
exceeding our credit Qt, we may: (1)
transactin your
raising your credit limit; (2) remit the
transaction and treat the amount of the transaction that is
more than the credit limit as immediately due; or (3) refuse
to permit the transaction.
If we refuse to permit the transaction, we may advise the
person who attempted the. transaction that it has been
refused. If we refuse to permit a Check Cash Advance or
Balance Transfer we may do so by advising the person
resenting the Check Cash Advance or Balance Transfer
that credit has been refused that there are insufficient
funds to pay the Check Cash advance or Balance Transfer,
or in any other manner.
If we have previously permitted you to exceed your credit
limit, it does not mean that we will permit you to exceed
your credit limit again. If we decide to permit you to exceed
your credit limit which could tri r a promotion turn-off
event, wweemmay also charge an Over 'mkt Fee as provided in
this Agreit.
WE MAY AMEND THIS AGREEMENT
We may amend this Agreement at any time.. We may amend
it by addiY deleting, or changing provisions of this
Agreement. a may increase or decrease any or all of your
Rs. We may increase any or all of your APRs to rates
which exceed the Default Rate. When we am4end this
Agreement we will comply with the applicable notice
requirements of federal and Delaware law that are in effect
at that time. The amended Agreement (including any higher
rate or other higher charges or fees) will apply to the total
outstanding balance, including the balance exieting before
the amen ent became effective. If an amendment gives
you the opportunity to reject the change, and if qou reject
the change in the manner provided in such amendment, we
may terminate your right to receive credit and may ask you
to return all credit devices as a condition of your rejection.
We may replace your card with another card at any time.
WE MAY SUSPEND OR CLOSE YOUR ACCOUNT
We may suspend or close your account or otherwise
terminate your right to use your account. We may do this at
any time and far any reason. Your obligations under this
Agreement continue even after we have done this. You must
destroy all cards, access checks or other credit devices on
the account when we request.
YOU MAY CLOSE YOUR ACCOUNT
You may close your account by notifying us in writing or by
telephone, and destroying all cards, access checks or other
credit devices on the account. Your obligations under this
Agreement continue even after you have done this.
TRANSACTIONS AFTER YOUR ACCOUNT IS
CLOSED
When your account is closed, you must contact anyone
authorized to charge transactions to your account, such as
internet service providers, health clubs or insurance
companies. These transactions may continue to be charged
to your account until you change the billing. Also, if we
believe you have authorized a transaction or are attempting
to use your account after you have requested to close the
account, we may allow the transaction to be charged to your
account.
REFUSAL TO HONOR YOUR ACCOUNT
We are not liable for any refusal to honor your account.
This can include a refusal to honor your card or account
number or any check written on your account. We are not
liable for an retention of your card by us, any other
financial institution, or any provider of goods or services.
HOW YOU MAY STOP PAYMENT ON AN ACCESS
CHECK
You may request a. stop payment on an access check b
providing us with the access check number, dollar amour
and payee exactly as they appear on the access check Oral
and wntten stop pa ent requests on an access check are
effective for six months from the day that we place the stop
payment.
YOU MAY NOT POSTDATE AN ACCESS CHECK
You ma not issue a postdated access check on your
account. If you do postdate an access check, we may elect to
honor it upon presentment or return it unpaid to the person
that presented it to us for payment, without in either case
waiting for the date shown on the access check. We are not
liable to you for any loss or expense incurred by you arising
out of the action we elect to take.
TRANSACTIONS MADE IN FOREIGN CURRENCIES
If you make a transaction in a foreign currency, the
transaction will be converted by Visa international or
MasterCard International, depending on which card you
use, into a U.S. dollar amount in accordance with the
operating regulations or conversion procedures. in effect at
the time the transaction is processed. Currently, those
regulations and procedures provide that the currency
conversion rate to be used is either (1) a wholesale market
rate or (2) a government-mandated rate in effect one day
prior to the processing date. The currency conversion rate in
effect on the processing date may differ from the rate in
effect on the transaction date or posting date.
We may offer you certain benefits and services with your
account. An benefits or services are not a part of this
Agreement, but are subject to the terms and restrictions
outlined in the benefits brochure and other official
documents provided to you from time to time by or on
behalf of Bank of America.. While any benefits or services
described in the previous sentence are not a part of this
p claim or dispute related to any such benefit
Agreement;Q
or service l be subject to the Arbitration and Li ' ation
section of this Agreement. We may adult, add, orelete
benefits and services at any time and wi hoist notice to you.
WE MAY SELL YOUR ACCOUNT
We may at any time, and without notice to you, sell, assign
or transfer your account, an sums due on your account,
this eement, or our rights or obligations under your
accounor this Agreement to any person or entity. The
person or entity to whom we make any such sale,
asaaiggnnwent or transfer shall be entitled to all of our rights
an or obligations under this Agreement, to the extent sold,
assigned or transferred.
YOU MUST NOTIFY US WHEN YOU CHANGE YOUR
ADDRESS
We strive to keep accurate records for your benefit and
ours. The post office and others may notify us of a change to
your address. When you change your address, you must
notify us promptly of your new address.
WHAT LAW APPLIES
This Agreement is made in Delaware and we extend credit
to you from Delaware. This Agreement is governed by the
laws of the State of Delaware (without re and to its conflict
of laws principles) and by any applicable ederal laws.
THE PROVISIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT ARE
SEVERABLE
If any provision of this Agreement is found to be invalid, the
remaining provisions will continue to be effective.
OUR RIGHTS CONTINUE
Our failure or delay in exercising any of our rights under
this Agreement does not mean that we are unable to
exercise those rights later.
UNAUTHORIZED USE OF YOUR CARD
Please notify us immediately of the loss, theft or possible
unauthorized use of your account at 1.800.789.6t0l.
ARBITRATION AND LITIGATION
This Arbitration and Liti ation provision applies to you
unless you were given ?he opportunity to reject the
Arbitration and Litigation rovisions and you did so reject
them in the manner and =eframe required. If you did
reject effectively such a provision, you agreed that any
liti?ation brought by you against us regardmg this account
or this Agreement shall be brought in a court located in the
State of Delaware.
Awclaim or dispute ("Claim") by either you or us against
other, or against the employees, agents or assigns of the
other, arising fror relating in any way to this Agreement
or any prior Agreement or your, account (whether under a
statute, in con-tract, tort, or otherwise and whether for
money damages, penalties or declaratory or equitable relief),
shall, upon election by either you or us, be resolved by
binding arbitration. The arbitrator shall resolve any Claims,
including the applicabili ty of this Arbitration and Litigation
Section or the validi of the entire Agreement or an or
Agreement, except for any Claim chalrenyng the valiydity prior
the Class Action-Waiver, which shall be decided by a court.
In addition, we will not choose to arbitrate an individual
Claim that you bring against us in small claims court or an
equivalent, court, if any. But if that Claim is transferred,
removed or appealed to a different court, we then have the
right to choose arbitration.
Arbitration shall take place before a single arbitrator and
on an individual basis without resort to any form of class
action. Arbitration may be selected at any time unless a
judgment has been rendered or the other party would suffer
substantial prejudice by the delay in demanding arbitration.
The arbitration shall be conducted by the National
Arbitration Forum ("NAF"), under the Code of Procedure in
effect at the time the Claim is filed. Rules and forms of the
National Arbitration Forum may be obtained and Claims
may be filed at any National Arbitration Forum office,
www.arb-forum.eom, or P.O. Box 50191, Minneapolis,
Minnesota 55405, telephone 1-800-474-2371. If the NAF is
unable or unwilling to act as arbitrator, we may substitute
organization that uses a sixmiar cone of procedure. At your
written request, we will advance any arbitration filing fee,
administrative and hearing fees which you are required to
pay to pursue a Claim in arbitration. The arbitrator will
decide who will be ultimately responsible for aymg those
fees. If you file a claim against us, in no even will you be
required to reimburse us for any arbitration filing,
administrative or hearing fees in an amount greater than
what your court costs would have been if the Claim had
been resolved in a state court with jurisdiction.
Any arbitration hearing at which you appear will take place
within the federal judicial district that includes your billing
address at the time the Claim is filed. This arbitration
agreement is made pursuant to a transaction involving
interstate commerce and shall be governed by the Federal
Arbitration Act, 9 U.S.C. ff 1-16 AA"). Judgment upon
any arbitration award may be entered in any court having
(continued)
uriediction. The arbitrator shall follow existing substantive
?aw to the extent consistent with the FAA and applicable
statutes of limitations and shall honor any claune or
privileggee recognized by law.. If an party requests, the
arbitrator shall write an opinion containing the reasons for
the award.
No Claim submitted to arbitration is heard by a 'ury or may
be brought as a class action or as a privag attorney
general. You do not have the right to act as a class
representative or participate as a member of a class of
claimants with respect to any Claim submitted to
arbitration (Class Action Waiver). The parties to this
Agreement acknowledge that the Class Action Waiver is
material and essential to the arbitration of any disputes
between the parties and is nonseverable from this
agreement to arbitrate Claims. If the Class Action Waiver is
limited, voided or found unenforceable, then the parties'
agreement to arbitrate (except for this sentence) shall be
null and void with respect to such proceeding, subject to the
right to appeal the limitation or invalidation of the Class
Action Waiver. The Parties acknowledge and agree that
under no circumstances will a class action be
arbitrated.
This Arbitration and Litigation Section applies to all Claims
now in existence or that may arise in the future. This
Arbitration and Litigation Section shall survive the
termination of your account with us as well as any
volunttaar?yy payment of the debt in full by you, any
banIu uptcy by you or sale of the debt by us.
For the purposes of this Arbitration and Litigation Section,
"we" and "us" means FIA Card Services, N.A., its parent,
subsidiaries affiliates, licensees, predecessors successors,
assi5111ii sand any purchaser of your account, ana all of their
offidirectors employees, agents and aseigne or any and
all em. Addi tionally, "we" or "us" shall mean any third
party providing benefits services, or products in connection
with the account (mc?uding but not limited to credit
bureaus merchants that accept an credit device issued
under tie account, rewards or enrollment services, credit
insurance companies, debt collectors and all of their officers
directors, employees and agents) if, and only if, such a third
party is named by you as a co-defendant in any Claim you
assert against us.
automatically from your savings or checking account with
us, you can stop the payment on any amount you think is
wrong. To stop the payment your letter must reach us three
business days before the automatic payment is scheduled to
occur.
Your Ri hts and Our Responsibilities After We
Receive Tour Written Notice: We must acknowledge your
letter within 30 days, unless we have corrected the error by
then. Within 90 days, we must either correct the error or
explain why we believe the bill was correct.
After we receive your letter, we cannot try to collect any
amount you qquestion or report you as delinquent. We can
continue to b:11 you for the amount you question, including
finance charges, and we can ap ly any unpaid amount
against your credit limit. You do not have to pay any
questioned amount while we are investigating, but you are
still obligated to pay the parts of your bill that are not in
question.
If we find that we made a mistake on your bill, you will not
have to ppa?y any finance charges related to any questioned
amount. gay did not make a mistake, you may have to pay
finance charges, and you will have to make up any missed
payments on the questioned amount. In either case, we will
send you a statement of the amount you owe and the date
that it is due.
If you fail to pay the amount that we think you owe, we
may reort you as delinquent. However, if our explanation
does no? satisfy you and you write to us within twenty-five
(25) . days telling us that you still refuse to pay, we must tell
anyone we re A you to that you have a question about
your bill, anewe must tell you the name of anyone we
report you to. We must tell anyone we report you to that
the matter has been settled between us when it finally is.
If we do not follow these rules, we cannot collect the first
$50 of the questioned amount, even if your bill was correct.
Special Rule for Credit Card Purchases: If you have a
problem with the guality of the property or services that
you purchased witgh a credit card, and you have tried in
good faith to correct the problem with the merchant, you
may have the right not to pay the remaining amount due on
thegh roperty or services. There are two limitations on this
ri
(1) You must have made the purchase in your home state
or, if not within your home state, within 100 miles of your
current mailing address; and
(2) The purchase price must have been more than $50.
These limitations do not apply if we own or operate the
merchant, or if we mailed you the advertisement for the
property or services.
YOUR BILLING RIGHTS 02007 Bank of America Corporation. All rights reserved.
Keep This Notice for Future Use:This notice contains
important information about your rights and our
responsibilities under the Fair Credit Billing Act.
Noti Us in Case of Errors or Questions About Your
Bill: you think your bill is wrong, or if you need more
information about a transaction on your bill, write 'us on a
separate sheet (or use a copy_ of the form provided on your
bill) at Bank of America Corporation, P.O. Box 15026,
Wilmington, DE 19850. Write to us as soon as possible. Do
not send the notice on or with your payment. We must hear
from you no later than 60 days after we sent you the first
bill on which the transaction or error appeared. You can
telephone us, but doing so will not preserve your rights. In
your letter, give us the follow= information: (1) your name
and account number; (2) the dollar amount of the suspected
error. (3) the posting date of the transaction in question;
and 4) a description of the error and an explanation, if you
can, of why you believe there is an error. If you need more
information, describe the item you are not sure about.
If you have authorized us to pay your credit card bill
n,
VERIFICATION
T i F E? N Y C O R R A L E S, hereby depose and state that:
The language of the foregoing document is that of counsel and not necessarily my
own; however, I have read the foregoing document and the factual information
contained therein is true and correct to the best of my personal knowledge.
I am the Authorized Representative and a duly authorized representative of the
plaintiff;
The factual allegations set forth in the foregoing pleading are true and correct to the
best of my knowledge, information and belief, and they are that DANIELLE
BOWLING owes the balance of 11017.48 to CACH, LLC on previously submitted
invoices, which balance is due and unpaid as of the date of the execution of this
Verification.
I am aware that if any of the foregoing is willfully false, I am subject to punishment.
I understand that false statements made herein are subject to the penalties relating to
unsworn falsification to authorities.
B
Au ed a resentatlve
Dated: MAY 2 72009
PA 4.15.08
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FILE". ?FMIrCE
OF THE: F,.,'-l"-,H`3N0TARY
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Civil Process Sergeant
Edward L Schorpp
Solicitor
Cach, LLC
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Danielle Bowling
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Case Number
2009-6739
SHERIFF'S RETURN OF SERVICE
10/12/2009 04:48 PM - Amanda Cobaugh, Deputy Sheriff, who being duly sworn according to law, states that on
October 12, 2009 at 1648 hours, she served a true copy of the within Complaint and Notice, upon the
within named defendant, to wit: Danielle Bowling, by making known unto herself personally now known as
Danielle Eby, at 11 Highland Drive Camp Hill, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania 17011 its contents and
at the same time handing to her personally the said true and correct copy of the same.
SHERIFF COST: $41.50
October 13, 2009
SO ANSWERS,
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