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CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
LVNV Funding LLC -:a
15 South Main Street CIVIL ACTION ; '
Greenville, SC 29601 , - d ,
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vs. NO: X 611- 737 ?vi < Te Km
Richard L Aikens
1550 WILLIAMS GROVE RD LOT 51
MECHANICSBURG PA 17055
Defendant
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IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF
CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
LVNV Funding LLC
15 South Main Street
Greenville, SC 29601
vs.
Plaintiff
CIVIL ACTION
Richard L Aikens . NO:
1550 WILLIAMS GROVE RD LOT 51
MECHANICSBURG PA 17055
Defendant
COMPLAINT
Plaintiff, LVNV Funding LLC, by and through its attorneys, Edwin A. Abrahamsen &
Associates, P.C., complains of the Defendant as follows:
1. Plaintiff, LVNV Funding LLC, (hereinafter "Plaintiff") is a Delaware corporation
with a principal place of business located at 15 South Main Street Greenville, SC 29601.
2. The Defendant Richard L Aikens (hereinafter "Defendant") is an adult individual
residing at 1550 WILLIAMS GROVE RD LOT 51 MECHANICSBURG PA 17055.
3. At all relevant times herein, Plaintiff was engaged in the business of debt purchase
and collection.
4. Defendant applied for and received a credit card issued by Bank of America with
the account number 4888936021877323.
5. The within account was sold by Bank of America to LVNV Funding LLC for
valuable consideration and all rights under said accounts were assigned to LVNV Funding LLC.
6. Use of the Bank of America credit card was subject to the terms and conditions of
the Cardmember Agreement (hereinafter "Agreement"), a copy of which was sent along to the
Defendant with the credit card. A copy of this document has been requested from Bank of
America, and will be provided upon receipt.
7. Defendant used the Bank of America credit card with account number,
4888936021877323, for purchases, cash advances and/or balance transfers. Use of the card in this
manner constituted acceptance of the terms and conditions and subjects the Defendant to the terms
and conditions contained therein.
8. The Defendant was mailed monthly account statements relative to the Defendant's
use of the subject credit card.
9. The Defendant defaulted under the terms of the Agreement by failing and refusing
to make monthly payments on the account as they became due.
10. The Defendant last made payment on April 24, 2009.
11. The principal amount was $$7,758.87 at the time of charge-off.
12. Pursuant to the account agreement, any unpaid balance accrues interest at the
contract rate of 6%.
13. The principal amount was $7,758.87 at the time it was received by Plaintiff.
14. The total amount due and owing the Plaintiff including interest, is $8,533.06.
WHEREFORE, Plaintiff requests judgment in its favor and against Defendant in the
amount of $8,533.06 plus costs of suit and any other relief as the Court deems just and
appropriate.
Respectfully
XdNft A,/. Abrahamsen & Assoc.
Michael F. Ratchford, Esquire
Heather K. Woodruff, Esqui
Attorney I.D. Nos.: 86285/ 07805
120 North Keyser Ave.
Scranton, PA 18504
mratchford@eaa-law. om
hwoodruff@eaa-la com
Phone: 570-558-5 0
Fax: 570-558-5 11
VERIFICATION
I, Michael F. Ratchford, attorney for Plaintiff,LVNV FUNDING LLC, am fully familiar
with the facts set forth in the within Complaint and am authorized to make this Verification on
behalf of Plaintiff. I Verify that the facts set forth in the within allegations are true and correct to
the best of my knowledge, knowing that any false statements are punishable by law pursuant to
18 C.S.A. 4904.
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INWORTANT NOTICE OF CHANGE IN TEMNS
Bank of America Corporation and MBNA Corporation are
pleased to announce our merger. In bringing the organf is
together, we are creating a credit card bank that will provide
our customers with a greater range of financial solutions than
ever before. We are consolidating our credit card program into
one baric FIA Card Services, N.A. As a resort, beginning
October 19. 2006 (the "Effective Date'), your Bank of America
credit card account will be issued and administered by FIA
Card Services, NA This document, together with the
Supplement To The Notice Of Change In Terms on the
enclosed statemem is your new "Credit Card Agreemenr and
replaces in whole, on the Effective Date, your existing
Cardholder Agreement and will apply to all new and
outstancfng balances. Please read these documents carefully
and retain them for your records.
Except for Section 12 and Section 13, all of the changes
below wig apply to your account as of the first day of your
billing cyde that includes the Effective Date. Sections 12 and
13 will apply to your account as of the Effective Date.
As a part of the transition, we will be restructuring your account
balances into four balance categories (as newly defined by
your Credit Card Agreement): Category A. for Check Cash
Advances and Balance Transfers; Category B. for Bank and
ATM Casts Advances; Category C for Purchases; and Category
D for Other Balances. In some cases we will consolidate
e)dsting balances into a single balance category. When we do
so, we will honor, or lower, the existing Anrwal Percentage
Rates, including any erosting promotional rates or default rates
that may be available on this account.
CREDIT CARD AGREEMENT
We reserve the right to change the terms of this
Agreement at any time, as further described In the
following sections: Balance Categories and We May
Amend This Agreement
1. YOUR CONTRACT-WITH US
YourAgreernent with us consists of this Credit Card Agreement
and any changes we make to it from time to fare. The terms
of this Agreement apply to you if any of you applied for and
were granted an account, used the account, maintained the
account, andibr otherwise accepted the account. You agree to
the terms and corKgScns of this Agreement
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2 WORDS USED OFTEN IN THIS AGREEMBIT
"Access dwrW means an access check we provide to you to
r udw a Clack Cash Advance on your accoEr c
'went' or 'Credit Card Age nips finis document
and any changes we make to this doc urnent I mm fsne to lime.
'APFr- means the corresponding Annual Penmtage Rate.
The APR corresponds to the Daily Periodic Rate ("DPR')
which is calculated by dividing the correspor&V APR by 36S.
`Card' means all the credit cards we issue to you and to any
olher person with authorization for use on this account
pursuant to this Agreement.
"Cash Advance means the use of your acwunt for a loan
aged:
(t) at an automated teller machine ("ATM Cash Advance");
(2) by a transfer of funds initiated by us at your request
(`Balance Transfer");
(3) at any financial institution (e.g., to obtain cash,- money
orders, or travelers checks), including overdraft transactions if
this account is eligible for and properly enrolled! In an overdraft
protection. program, at any non-financial 'mstitulion (to obtain
cashk or for any payment you make to us that is returned to
us. unpaid for any reason, including the related finance
dtarges (Bank Cash Advance");
(4) by an access check you sign as drawer (`Check Cash
Advw,ce").
`Cash Advance" includes Transaction Fees and adjustments
associated with any Cash Advance.
`Default Rate' means the APR which may be applied without
kolher notice to your account in certain estences of your
default. as described in the section titled, Default Pdcfng.
"FCKeign Transaction" means any to ovocGon made in a
foreign currency (including, for example, an** purchases
frors foreign merchants).
"Grace Period" means the period of time during a billing cycle
when you will not accrue Periodic Rate IFInance Charges on
certain transactions or balances.
"New Balance Tptar means the total billed amount as of the
Ctosinng Date of a billing cycle, as shown on your monthly
statement. To determine the New Balance Total, we start with
do fatal balance at the beginning of the b*V ayde, which is
the "Previous Balance." Then we subtrad paym rris and cats.
Then we add Cash Advances, Purchases and Finance Charges.
"Pay in Fun" or "Paid in Fur means payments and credits in
a bang cycle totaling at least your previous tang cycle's New
Bala Total. In general, Pay in Full must be made by the
Payment Due Date in order to get a Grace Period.
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"Promalonal Rate" means a temporary APR that may be
offered on a balance category for a designated time period,
and may be subject to other conditions.
`Purchase" means the use of your card or account number to:
(1) buy or lease goods or services;
(2) bury "Cash Equivalents" (I e., foreign currency, money
orders or travelers checks from a non-financial institution, or
wire transfers, out-of-network bill payments made through
RACS's ordine bill payment service, person to person money
transfers, bets, lottery tickets, or casino gaming chips) from
any seller other than a financial institution; and
(3) make a transaction that is not otherwise a Cash Advance.
"Purchase" includes Account Fees, as well as Transaction
Fees and adjustments associated with any Purchase.
"We, ors; "our," and "FIACS" mean FIA Card Services, N.A.,
also bw4vn as Bank of America.
"Yohf 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
Oft account, when used in the sections filled, Your Conbact
IZt Us. We May MoruW and Record Telephone Calls, and
Arb6a on and LifJgafi , and when used in each of the
secdiorss relating to payment of this account (e.g., Your
Pty to Pay, and How We Allocate Your Payments).
We wf 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
docx went 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
Agreemeno to organize this Agreement The headings are for
rem purposes only.
3_ BALANCE CATEGORIES
When a Cash Advance or Purchase transaction occurs, we
add to amount of the transaction and any associated finance
drarges, to one of the following balance categories:
Category A - Balance Transfers and Check Cash Advances
Calegory B - ATM Cash Advances and Bank Cash Advances
Caeegory C'- Purchases
Category D - Other Balances
From fine to time, we may move certain balances from one
category to another (for example, so we can accommodate
promodonal terms), and we wiN tell you when we do.
Each balance category has its own APR. AN rates are subject
to change. In addition to the Annual Percentage Rate sectforL
please see how we may change the rates on your account in
the section titled, We May Amend 7749 Agreement
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4. AMML PERCENTAGE RATES
See went To This Notice Of Change In Terms on the
enclosed statemeryL
5. DEFAULT PRICING
See wit To The Notice Of Change In Terms on the
enclosed statement
a. CALCULATION OF PERIODIC RATE FINANCE CHARGES
we cue Periodic Rate Finance charges for each balance
cgegotS? by multiplying its Balance Subject to Finance Charge
by to ap*,able DPR and that result by the number of days
in the billing cycle.
7. BILLING CYCLE
Your billing cycle ends each month on a Closing Date
detenTine
by us. Each billing cycle begins on the day after
the Closing Date of the previous billing cycle. Each monthly
statement reflects a single billing cycle.
g.WHEN PERIODIC RATE FINANCE CHARGES BEGIN TO
ACCRUE
Each new Category A and Category B Cash Advance begins
to accrue Periodic Rate Finance Charges on its transaction
date. Category A and Category B balances remaining from
previous billing cycles accrue Periodic Rate Finance Charges
from the fist day of the billing cycle. The transaction date for
Check Cash Advances and Balance Transfers made by check
is the date the check is fast deposited or cashed. The
transaction date for a returned payment (a Bank Cash
Advance) is the date that the corresponding payment posted
to your account
untess subject to a Grace Period, Oteach her 13atarice Category
ebegins C
Purchase and each new Category
a=ua Periodic Rate Finance Charges on its-transaction date
or to first day of the billing cycle, wlvohever date is Ww-
Urdess subject to a Grace Period, Category C balances and
Category D balances remaining from previous billing cycles
arane periodic Rate Finance Charges from the first day of the
billing cyde.
When applicable, Periodic Rate Finance Charges accrue
dally acrid compound daily on new balances. and balances
remaining from previous billing cycles, In each balance
category. Periodic Rate Finance Charges wiq continue to
accrue even though you have paid the full amount of any
relabd balances In a balance category because we include
any accrued but unpaid finance charges in the calculation of
the Bahmce Subject to Finance Charge.
Your Payment Due Date will be at least 20 days from your
staiernent Closing Date.
9. GRACE PERIOD
Sea Supplement To The Notice Of Change In Terms on the
encimi i statement for complete terms.
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11k CALCULATION OF BALANCES SUBJECT TO FINANCE
CHARGE
Categories A and B - Average Balance Method
(>i2rm*xUng new Cash Advances)
Vtte calculate separate Balances Subject to Finance Charge
for Category A balances and Category B balances. We
cakulate the Balance Subject to Finance Charge for each of
these balance categories by. (1) calculating a daily balance for
each day in the current billing cycle; (2) calculating a daily
balance for each day prior to the current billing cycle that had
a `Pre-Cycle Cash Advance' balance (a Pre-Cycle Cash
Advance is a Cash Advance with a transaction date prior to
the current billing cycle but wnh a posting date ttYftllitt the
current billing cycle); (3) adding all the daily balances together,
and (4) dividing %e an of the daily balances by the number
of days in the current billing cycle.
To calculate the daily balance for each day in the current bl&V
cycle, we take the beginning balance, add an arnount equal to
the applicable Daily Periodic Rate multiplied by the previous
days daffy balance, add new Cash Advances and Transaction
Fees, and subtract applicable payments and credits. Ff any
daily balance is less than zero we treat it as zero.
To calculate a daily balance for each day prior to the current
biffing cycle that had a Pre-Cycle Cash Advance balance, we
take the beginning balance attributable solely to Pre-Cycle
Cash Advances (wtvch watt be zero on the transaction date of
The first Pre-Cycle Cash Advance), add an amount equal to
the applicable Daily Periodic Rate multiplied by the previous
day's daily balance, and add only the applicable Pre-Cycle
Cash Advances, and their related Transaction Fees. We
exclude from this calculation all transactions posted in
previous billing cycles.
Categories C and D - Average Dally Balance Method
(including new transactions)
See Supplement To The Notice Of Change In Terms on the
enclosed statement for complete terms.
11. MINIMUM FINANCE CHARGE
See Supplement To The Notice Of Change In Terms on the
enclosed statement for complete terms.
12. TRANSACTION FEE FINANCE CHARGES
See SupplememtToThe Notice Of Change In Terms on the
enclosed statement for complete terms.
I& ACCOUNT FEES
See Supplement To The Notice Of Change In Terms on the
enclosed statement for a complete fist of fees.
14. OVERDRAFT PROTECTION
If your chedfg account with Bank of America Is linked to this
account, this overdraft protection feature will allow funds to be
transferred (overdraft protection transfers") from tht account
into your designated dviclang account with Bank of America
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rchecddng account') when transactions occur on your checking
amount. such as cheer or other debits, that if paid would
cause the checking account to be overdrawn (bver&att
transacsonsl. Overdraft protection transfers Include automatic
transfers to cover dv ddng account fees. Overdraft protection
trazrdlers are processed after close of business Monday through
Friday and are treated as Category B Cash Advances. Each
day`s overdraft transactions will be totaled and rounded to the
next $100 ($25 if you opened your checking account in
Vftshinglon or Idaho) increment up to your available credt limit:
regardless of who initiated the overdraft transactions. For
example, it your checking account has a balance of $1.00 and
a check or other debt Rem for $125 is presented for payment,
which if paid would cause your checking account to be
oveal It*san, an overdraft protection transfer of $2200 will be made
to your checking account and a Bank Cash Advance of $200
will post to this account The amount of available credit on this
account must be sufficient to cover the total amount of overdraft
trar>sactions (received by Bank of America that day) rounded to
the next $100 increment (but excluding any overdraft protection
fee); otherwise one or more of the overdraft transactions for that
day will be rejected. However, ti the available credit on itus
account is greater than the overdraft transaction amount. but
the evadable credit is Insufficient for the overdraft transaction
arnount to be rounded to the next $100 increment, then the
atnouira 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
Ovedrrdt Fee.) We may permit or refuse to permit any overdraft
protection transfer that would cause you to exceed the credit
knit: on this account; but ti we permit it, you may be assessed
an OverSnit Fee during the billing cycle in which the transfer
occurs. This overdraft protection feature will automatically be
wed if this account is dosed by either you or us, or at any
time upon your request Your overdraft transactions remain
subiect to the terms of your chaddng account with Bank of
America, any related enrtAment agreement, and Phis Agreement
15. SIGN YOUR CARD
You should sign your card before you use it.
16. HOMY TO USE YOUR ACCOUNT
You may obtain credt in the form of Purchases and Cash
Advances by using cards, access checks, your account
m miber, or other credit devices.
17. WE MAY MONROR AND RECORD TELEPHONE CALLS
You consent to and authorize FIACS, any of its affiliates, or
its marketing associates to monitor and/or record any of your
telephone conversations with our representatives 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
cabs to your cell phone from us. For any telephone or cell
phone calls we place to you, you consent -and agree that
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two calls may be automatically dialed and/or use recorded
messages.
VL CREDIT REPORTING AGENCIES; COLLECTINQ 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
reporting agencies and information about your transactions
wNh us and other companies. You authorize us to share such
i ftmabon about you or your account with our affiliates and
Oft m 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 reporting
agency, write to us at FIA Card Services, N.A., Credit
Reporting Agencies, P.O. Box 17054. Wilmington, DE 19884-
7054. Please include your name. address, home phone
ru mber, and account number, and explain what you believe is
inaccurate or incomplete.
19. 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 Check Cash
Advance, or any other Cash Advance, to make a payment on
ft or any other account with us or our affiliates. You may not
use or permit your account to be used to make any illegal
transaction, You wip orgy use your account for transactions that
are Iegal where you conduct them For example. Internet
gambling transactions may be illegal in your state. Display of a
payment card logo by an online merchant does not mean that
an Internet transac on is legal where you conduct tL We may
charge your account for such transactions. We will not be liable
if you engage in an illegal transaction. We may deny
au lhorization of any transactions ideMilled as Internet gambling.
20. PERSONS USING YOUR ACCOUNT
9 you permit arty 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 liable for all
transactions made by that person including tiransaci;ons for
Qiioh you may not have intended to be liable. even if the
amount of those transactions causes your credit Gant to be
exceeded. Authorized users of this account may have the same
access to information about the account and its users as the
acommt holders. We may send account materials (cards,
statements and notices) to any liable party, and that person will
be responsible for delivering Ilme materials to the other liable
parties and authorized users. Notice to any of you wm be
considered notice to all of you. You may allow authorized users
on your account in the following ways! (1) by notifying us that
you want someone added to your account as an authorized
user; (2) by lending your lord or account number to anott ; or
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(3) by any other ways in which you would be Ie * considered
to have allowed another to use your account or to be legally
prowled from denying that you did so. You must think carefully
before you allow anyone to become an authorized user. By
dog so, you authorize the person to use your account to the
same extent you can, including but not limited to making any
purchases, cash advances, balance transfers and allowing
others to use your accourt. Your account does not permit you
to limit the nature or amount of authority you give to anY
authafted user and you wit not attempt to do so. An aufh dmd
user's authority will continue urd you both notify us that you are
Wmh.mMg the author y and you phy*ally retrieve the card. If
you cannot retrieve the card, you will remain liable for any
transactions that we cannot prevent after you notify us.
21. YOUR PROMISE TO PAY
You promise to pay us the amounts of all credit you obtain.
rich includes all Purchases and Cash Advances. You also
promise to pay us an the amounts of finance charges, fees,
and any other transactions we charge to your account. If a
bank branch or office sponsors your account, you promise to
pay it any unpaid account balance it pays us within 30 days.
22. PAYMENTS ON YOUR ACCOUNT
you must pay each month at feast the Total Minimum Payment
Dug 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 affed your 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 payments that are not
drawn in U.S. dollars and those drawn on a financial instiWllon
located outside of the United States. Ws reserve the right to
reject any payment if your account has a credit balance as of
the day we receive that payment- Payment of your Total
W"mum Payment Due may not avoid the assessment of
Overlimit Fees. Generally. credits to your account, such as
those generated by merchants or by person-to-person money
transfers, are not treated as payments and will not reduce
your Total Minimum Paymetht Due.
See SupplementTo The Notice of Change In terms; on the
endosed statement for additional terms.
23.TOTAL MINIMUM PAYMENT DUE
You may pay your total outstanding balance at any time. Each
billing cycle, you must , pay at least the Total Minimum
payment Due shown on your monthly statement by its
Payment Due Date. The Total Minimum Payment Due is the
sum of all past due amounts plus the Current Payment.
See Supplement To The Notice of Change In Terms on the
enclosed statement for additional terms.
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24. WHEN YOUR PAYMENT WILL BE CREDITED TO YOUR
ACCOUNT
We crecR your payments as of the date received, if the
f payment Is (1) received by 5 p.m. (Eastern Time); (2) received
at the address shown in the upper left-hand comer of the front
of your monthly statement; (3) paid with a check drawn In U.S.
dollars on a U.S. financial institution or a U.S. dollar money
order; and (4) sent in the return envelope with only the fop
portion of your statement accompanying TL Payments received
after 5 p.m. on any day including the Payment Due Date, but
Mat otherwise meet the above requirements, wig be credited
as of the next day. Credit for any other payments may be
delayed up to five days.
25. HOW WE ALLOCATE YOUR PAYMENTS
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.
2B. PROMISE TO PAY APPLIES Ti O ALL PERSONS
All persons who initially or subsequently request accept.
guarantee or use the account are individually and together
responsible for any total outstanding balance. If you and one
or more persons are responsible to pay any total outstandng
balance, we may refuse to release any of you from 11WAity
until all of the cards, access checks, and other credit devices
outstanding under the account have been returned to us and
you repay us the total outstanding balance owed to us at any
time under the terms of this Agreement.
27. 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 outstanding balance exceeds your credit
limit or (3) you fail to abide by any other term of this
Agreement Our failure to exercise any of our rights when you
default does not mean that we are unable to exercise those
rights upon later default
28. WHEN WE MAY REQUIRE IMMEDIATE PAYMENT
If you are in default, then in addition to our other remedies under
this Agreement, we can require immediate paymentof your total
outstanding balance and, unless prohibited by applicable law
and except as othei%%isa provided under the Arbilradon arrd
U%adbn section of this Agreement, we can also require you to
pay the costs we incur in any oollec5on prooeeding, as well as
reasonable attorneys' fees d we refer your account for collection
to an attomey who is not our salaried employee.
29. OTHER PAYMENT TERMS
We can accept late payments, partial payments, or payments
with any restrictive writing without losing any of our rights
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under this Agreement. This means that no Payment; irxckidng
those marked with 'paid in full" or with any other, reserve
words, shad operate as an accord and satisfaction mm the
Per 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 ariserg out of the action we elect to take,
3M PAYMENT WXAWS AND REDUCED PAYMENT a:M Eg
we may allow you, from time to time, to omit a rnoi"
payment or make a reduced payment. We will notify, you when
these options are available. If you omit a payment or make a
reduced PaymeM finance charges, applicable fees, and offer
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 Fate fee
You must resume making your regular Total Minimum Payment
Due each month following a payment holiday or redid
payment offer.
31. YOUR CREDIT LIMIT
Your credit fimit is disclosed to you when you receive you
card and, generally. on each monthly statement. We may
change your credit Grit from time to time. The amount shown
on your monthly statement as Cash or Credit Available does
not take Into account any Purchases, Cash Advances. famance
charges, fees, any other transactions. or credits which post to
your account after the Closing Date of that monthly statement
Such transactions could result in your credit limit being
exceeded and result in the'assessment of Overiimit Fees, foss
of Promotional Rates, and Default Pricing.
32. WHAT WE MAY 00 IF YOU ATTEMPT TO EXCEED
YOUR CREDIT UMfT
The total outstanding balance on your account plus
authorizations at any time must not be more than your credit
limit. If you attempt a transaction which results in your total
outstanding balance (plus authorizations) exceeding your
credit limit, we may. (f) permit the transaction without raising
your credit limit; (2) permit the transaction and treat the
amount of the transaction that is more than the credit Timit 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 presenting the Check
Cash Advance or Balance Transfer that credit has been
refused, that there are h9uffiaent funds to pay the check cash
Advance or Balance Transfer, or in any other manner.
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if we have previously permitted you to exceed your credit limit,
it does not mean that we win permit you to exceed your credit
limit again. if we decide to permit you to exceed your credit
limit, which could bigger a promotion turn-off event, we may
also charge an Overtimit Fee and/or apply Default Pricing as
provided in this Agreement
33. WE MAY AMEW THIS AGREEMENT
We may amend this•Agreement at any time. We may amend
it by adding, deleting, or changing provisions of this
Agreement. We may increase or decrease any or all of your
APRs. We may increase any or all of your APRs to rates
which exceed the Default Rate. When we amend 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
outstarxing balance, including the balance existing before the
amendment became effective. If an amendment gives you the
opportunity to reject the change, and if you 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 anytime.
34. 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
arty time and for 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
35. YOU MAY CLOSE YOUR ACCOUNT
You may dose 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 contfrwe even after you have done this.
36. 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
37. REFUSAL TO HONOR YOUR ACCOUNT
We are not liable for any refusal to honor your. account This
can indude a refusal to honor your card or account number or
any cvack written on your account We are not liable for any
retention of your card by us, any other financial institution, or
any provider of goods or services.
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You may request a stop payment on an access check by
prmift us with the access check number, dollar amount and
payee exactly as they appear on the access check. Oral and
vim Tten slop payment requests on an access check are effective
for six months from the day that we place the stop payment.
39.YOU MAY NOT POSTDATE AN ACCESS CHECK
You may not issue a postdated access check on your acoount.
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 walling
for the date shown on the access check. We are not Bahia to
you for any loss or expense incurred by you arising out of the
action we elect to take.
40.TRANSACTIONS MADE IN FOREIGN CURRENCIES
If you make a transaction in a foreign currency, the transaction
wig be converted by Visa International or MasterCard
irftmational, 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 that the transaction
is processed. Currently, those regulations and procedures
provide that the cutrenry 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 cumwkcy
conversion rate in effect on ttne processing date may differ from
the rate in effect on the transaction date or the posting data.
41. BENEFITS
We may offer you certain benefits and services with your
aocount Any 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 domotents
pravided to you from time to time by or on behalf of FIACS.
While any benefits or services described in the previous
sentence are not a part of this Agreement, any claim or
dispute related to any such benefit or service shat) be subject
tD the Arb&adon and Litigation section of this AgreemenL We
may adjust, add, or delete benefits and services at any time
and without notice to you.
42. WE MAY SELL YOUR ACCOUNT
We may at any time, and without notice to you, sell; assign or
trarw far. your account, any sums due on your account, this
Agreement, or our rights or obligations under your account or
96 Agreement to any person or entity. The person or oft to
whom we make any such sale, assignment or transfer shall be
enfrtted to all of our rights and/or obligations under this
Agreement, to the extent sold, assigned or transferred.
43. YOU MUST NOTIFY US WHEN YOU CHANGE YOUR
ADDRESS
We strive to keep amprate records for your benefit and ours.
The post office and others may notify us of a change to your
stems. When you change your address, you must notify us
promptly of your new address.
44. WHAT LAW APPLIES we extend credit do
This Agreement is made in Delaware and nt is governed by the laws
you from Delaware. This Agreeme .
Of the State of Delaware (without regard to its conflict of laws
PAP) and by any aPPr federal laws.
45, THE PROVISIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT AR
SEVERABLE of this Agreement is found to be invar4 the
t if any provision
remaining provistons wt9 continue to be effective.
4& OUR RIGHTS CONTINUE of our rights under this
} our failure or delay in exercising anY
i Agreement does not mean that we are unable to exerdse
those rights later.
47. UNAi3MORIZED USE OF YOUR CARD
please not tit us immediately of the loss, theft. or possUe
unauthorized use of your. account at (800) 732-9194 and
(1300) 681-2803 for Spanish.
48. ARBITRAliON AND LITIGATION ;
This ArbVdon and Litigation provision applies to you unless
you were, given the opportunity to reject the Arbitration and
Litigation provisions and you did so reject them in the roamer
and timeframe required. If you cad reject effectively such a
provision, you agreed that any 1'itigation brought by You
against us regarding this account or this Agreement shall be
brought in a court located in the State of Delaware.
Any claim or dispute ('Claim's by either you or us against the
other, -or against the employees, agents or assigns of the
other, arising from or relating in any way to this Agreement or
h under a statute,
any P pement or your account (wheter
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in contract, tort, or otherwise and whether for
damages, penalties or declaratory or equitable relief). shall,
upon ejection by either you or us. be resolved by binding
arm The arbitrator shag resolve any Claims. inducting
the applicability of this Arbitration and I.Algation Section or the
validity of the entire Agreement or any prior Agree?g
except for any Claim challenging the validity of
Action Waiver. which shaft be decided by a court.
In addition, we will not choose to arbitrate an individual CIWM
that you bring against us in small claims court a an
equivalent court. it any. But if that Claim is transferred,
removed or appealed to a different court, we than have the
right to choose arbitration.
Arbitration shall take place before a single arbitrator and on an
individual basis without resort to arty form of class action.
Arbitration may be selected at any time unless a judgment has
been rendered or the other party would suffer sutial
prejudice by the delay in demanding arbitMWM
The arbitration shall be conducted by the National Atbc mAm
Fannin ("NAP), under the Code of Procedure in effect at the
tirne the Claim is Ned. Rules and fors of the National
Ad*a*m Form may be obtained and Claims may be fled
at any National Arbitration Forum office, www.arb-
or P.O. Box 50191, Mumeapotis, Minnesota
55405, telephone (800) 474-2371. It the NAF is unable or
urty, Km to act as arbitrator, we may substitute anollher
ri dorially recognized. Independent arbitration organizalkiin
that uses a similar code of procedure. At your written request,
we tee advance any arbitration firing fee, administrative and
hearing fees which you are required to pay to pursue a Claim
in arbitration. The arbitrator wiR decide who will be ultimately
responsible for paying those fees. If you fife a claim against
us, in no event will you be required to reimburse us for any
arbitration firing, 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
wiiMn the federal judicial district that includes your billing
address at the time the Claim is filed This arbitration
agreemert is made pursuant to a transaction involving
interstate commerce, and shall be governed by the Federal
Arbr'tration Act, 9 U.S.C. §§ 1-16 ("FAA"). Judgment upon any
arbitration award may be entered in any court having
kuisdretion. The arbitrator shall follow existing substantive law
to the extent consistent with the FAA and applicable statutes
of (imitations and shall honor any claims or privilege
recognized by law. 9 any party requests. the arbitrator shall
wF to an opinion containing the reasons for the award.
No Claim submitted to arbitration is heard by a jury or may be
brought as a class action or as a private attorney general.
You do not have the right to ad as a class representative or
partiapate as.a member of a class of claimants with respect
to arty Claim submitted to arbitration (Class Action Waiver).
The parties to this Agreement admowiedge that the Class
Acton Waiver is material and essential to the arbitration of any
d1sputes between the parties and is nonseverable from this
agreement to arbitrate Claims. If the Class Action Waiver is
knilled, voided or found uneriforesabie, 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 Gass Action
VVemer. The Parties acknowledge and agree that under no
c hcusnstances will a class action be arbitrated.
Tffs Arbitration and Litigation Section appries to all Claims
now In existence or that may arise in the future. This
Ar oration and Litigation Section shall survive the termination
of your account with us as well as any voluntary payment of
the debt in full by you, any bankruptcy by you or sale of the
debt by us.
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For the purposes of this Arbitration and Litigation Section, 'we,
and 'us' means FlA Card Servfces, N.A.. its parent,
subsidiaries. affiliates, licensees, predecessom successors,
assigns, and any purchaser of your account, and all of their
officers, directors, employees, agents and assigns or any and
all of them. Additionally, 'we or `us' shall mean any third party
pmvifing benefits, services, or products in connection with the
account Ciiduding but not limited to credit bureaus, merchants
that accept any credit device issued under Me 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.
YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT IF EITfiER YOU OR
WE ELECT TO ARBITRATE A CLAIM, THIS ARBITRATION
SECTION PRECLUDES YOU AND US FROM HAVING A
RIMff OR OPPORTUNITY TO LITIGATE CLAIMS THROUGH
COURT. OR TO PARTICIPATE OR BE REPRESENTED IN
LITIGATION FILED IN COURT BY OTHER& EXCEPT AS
OTHERWISE PROVIDED ABOVE, ALL CLA MS MUST BE
RESOLVED THROUGH ARBITRATION IF YOU OR WE ELECT
TO ARBITRATE
YOUR BILLING RIGHTS
Keep This Notice for Future Use: This notice contains
important information about your rights and our responsibilities
under the Fair Credit Billing Act.
Notify Us in Case of Errors or Questions AbOIA Your Bill:
If 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 FIA Card
Services, NA, P.O. Box 15028, Wilmington, DE 19&zio. 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 50 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 following
irdmu6om (1) your name and account number, (2) the dollar
amount of the suspected error, (3) the posting date of the
trmwadion in question; and (4) a description of the error and
an explanation, ii 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
automatically from your savings or checking account with us,
you can stop the payment on any amount you think is wrong.
To stop ft payment your letter must mach us three business
days before the automatic payment is scheduled to occur.
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Your Rights and Our Responsibilities After We Receive
Your Written Notice: We must acknowledge your letter within
30 days, unless we have corrected the error by than. Within
go dip, we must either correct the error or explain why we
believe the big was correct.
Attar we receive your letter, we cannot try to collect any
amok you question or report you as delinquent We can
continue to bill you for the amount you question, Including
finance charges, and we can apply 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.
it we find that we made a mistake on your bill. you will not
have to pay any finance charges related to any questioned
amount if we did not make a mistake. you may have to pay
finarich charges, and you will have to make up any missed
payments on the questioned amount in either case, we will
send you a staiement of the amount you owe and the date
that it is due.
N you fall to pay the amount that we think you owe, we may
report you as delinquent However, if our explanation does not
satisfy you and you write to us within twenty-five (25) days
telling us that you still refuse to pay, we must tog anyone we
report you to that you have a question about your big, and we to. We must.
must left you the name of anyone we report that the matter h you
as been settled
tag anyone we report you to
between us when it finally is.
it 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 Purchitses: if you have a
problem with the quality of the property or services that you
purchased with 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 the property or
services. There are two limitations on this right
(1) You must have made the purchase in your horns state or,
ff not within your home state, within 1 OD miles of your current
malling 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 tf we mailed you the advertisement for the
property or services.
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F01-01125-DUAL
David Buea
prothonotary
Office of the Prothonotary
Cumfer[and County, Pennsylvania
rkS. Sofionage, E SQ.
Solicitor
// - D?3 7 CIVIL TERM
ORDER OF TERMINATION OF COURT CASES
AND NOW THIS 28TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 2014, AFTER MAILING NOTICE OF
INTENTION TO PROCEED AND RECEIVING NO RESPONSE —THE ABOVE
CASE IS HEREBY TERMINATED WITH PREJUDICE IN ACCORDANCE WITH
PA R.C.P.230.2.
BY THE COURT,
DAVID D. BUELL
PROTHONOTARY
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