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CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
FIA CARD SERVICES, N.A.
999 VANDERBILT BEACH ROAD
SUITE 607
NAPLES, FL 34108
Plaintiff
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KARI R TRAVITZ
8 JENNY DR
BOILING SPRINGS PA 17007
CIVIL ACTION
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NOTICE TO DEFEND
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You have been sued in court. If you wish to defend against the claims set forth in the
following pages, you must take action within twenty (20) days after this Complaint and Notice to
Defend 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 forth against you. You are
warned that if you fail to do so the case may proceed without you and a judgment may be entered
against you by the court without further notice for any money claimed in the Complaint or for any
other claim or relief requested by the plaintiff. You may lose money or property or other rights
important to you.
YOU SHOULD TAKE THIS PAPER TO YOUR LAWYER AT ONCE. IF YOU DO
NOT HAVE A LAWYER OR CANNOT AFFORD ONE, GO TO OR TELEPHONE THE
OFFICE SET FORTH BELOW TO FIND OUT WHERE YOU CAN GET LEGAL HELP.
IF YOU CANNOT AFFORD TO HIRE A LAWYER, THIS OFFICE MAY BE ABLE TO
PROVIDE YOU WITH INFORMATION ON AGENCIES THAT MAY OFFER LEGAL
SERVICES TO ELIGIBLE PERSONS AT REDUCED FEE OR NO FEE.
MIDPENN LEGAL SERVICES
401 EAST LOUTHER STREET
CARLISLE, PA 17013
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IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF
CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
FIA CARD SERVICES, N.A.
999 VANDERBILT BEACH ROAD CIVIL ACTION
SUITE 607
NAPLES, FL 34108
Plaintiff
vs. . NO:
KARI R TRAVITZ
8 JENNY DR
BOILING SPRINGS PA 17007
Defendant
COMPLAINT
Plaintiff, FIA CARD SERVICES, N.A. , by and through its attorneys, Edwin A.
Abrahamsen & Associates, P.C., complains of the Defendant as follows:
1. Plaintiff, FIA CARD SERVICES, N.A. , (hereinafter "Plaintiff") is a corporation
with a principal place of business located at 999 VANDERBILT BEACH ROAD SUITE 607
NAPLES, FL 34108
2. The Defendant KARI R TRAVITZ (hereinafter "Defendant") is an adult individual
residing at 8 JENNY DR BOILING SPRINGS PA 17007.
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 FIA Card Services, N.A.
with the account number 4264294216326308.
5. Use of the FIA Card Services, N.A. credit card was subject to the terms and
considerations of the Cardmember Agreement (hereinafter "Agreement"), a copy of which was
sent to the Defendant along with the credit card.
6. Defendant used the FIA Card Services, N.A. credit card account
number4264294216326308, for purchases, cash advances and/or balance transfers.
7. The Defendant was mailed account statements relative to the Defendant's use of the
subject credit card.
8. The Defendant defaulted under the terms of the Agreement by failing and refusing
to make monthly payments on the account as they became due. (See, Cardmember Agreement
attached hereto as Exhibit "A.")
9. The Defendant last made payment on February 29, 2008.
10. The total amount due and owing the Plaintiff including interest, is $10,486.37.
WHEREFORE, Plaintiff requests judgment in its favor and against Defendant in the
amount of $10,486.37 plus costs of suit and any other relief as the Court deems just and
appropriate.
Edwii1 A. Abrahamse,&
Michael F. Ratchfor Esc
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120 North Kee.
Attorney I.D. /-Iaw.com
Scranton, PA mratchford@Phone: 570-5Fax: 570-5
VERIFICATION
I, Michael F. Ratchford, attorney for Plaintiff, FIA CARD SERVICES, N.A. , 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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ILWORTANT NOTICE OF CHANGE M TERMS
Bank of America Corporation and MBNA Corporation are
pleased to announce our merger, in bringing the organizations
together, we are creating a credit card bank that will provide
our mistomers with a greater range of financial solutions than
ever before. We are consolidating our credit card program into
one banic FIA Card Services, N.A. As a result, beginning
October 14, 2006 (the "Effective Date', your Bank of America
=a card account will be issued and administered by FIA
Card Services, N.A. This document, together with the
Supplement To The Notice Of Change In Terms on the
enclosed statement, is your new "Credt Card Agreement' and
replaces in whole, on the Effective Date, your existing
Cardholder Agreement and will apply to all new and
outstanding balances. Please read these documents carefully
and retain them for your records.
Except for Section 12 and Section 13, ail of the changes
below will apply to your account as of the first day of your
bitting cycle 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 Cash Advances; Category C for Purchases; and Category
D for Other Balances. In some cases we wits consolidate
WSling balances into a single balance category. When we do
so, we will honor, or lower, the existing Annual Percentage
Rates, including any existing 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
YourAgreement with us consists of this Credit Card Agreement
and any changes we make to it from time to time. The terms
of this Agreement apply to you •t any of you applied for and
were granted an account, used the account, maintained the
account, ardor otherwise accepted the account You agree to
the terms and condikns of this Agreement
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2. ADS USED OFTEN IN THIS AGREEMENT
'Access check' means an access check we provide to you to
malts a Check Cash Advance on your acemint.
"Ag nenr or "Credit Card Agreernerf means thfs document
and any changes we make to this document Imm time to time.
"APFr- means the corresponding Annual Percentage Rate.
The APR corresponds to the Daily Perkx$c Rate ("DPR")
which is calculated by dividing the corresponding APR by 365.
"(ard` 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.
`Cash Advance' means the use of your aooourd for a loan
obtailneid:
(1) 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 insfrtAon (e.g., to obtain cash,- money
orders, or travelers checks), including overdraft transactions if
ttus account is eligible for and property enrolled In an overdraft
protection program, at any non-financ ial ins2ution (to obtain
rash). or for any payment you make to us that is returned to
us wipaid for any reason, including the mated finance
dirges ("Bank Cash Advance");
(4) by an access check you sign as drawer ("Check Cash
Advance'.
gash Advance" includes Transaction Fees and adjustments
associated with any Cash Advance.
'Default Rate' means the APR which may be applied without
fu tier notice to your account in certain instances of your
default, as described in the section titled, DtfiuIt Pncin¢
"Foreign Transaction" means any tram made in a
foreign currency (including, for example. orrfine puichases
frorn foreign merchants).
'Grace Period' means the period of time during a billing cycle
wtrt;rr you will not accrue Periodic Rats Finance Charges on
certain transactions or balances.
"New Balance Tiotar means the total billed aaraunt as of the
Closkg Date of a billing cycle, as shown on your monthly
sh&!ment To determine the New Balance Total. we start with
the total balance at the beginning of the bang cycle, which is
the'Previous Balance." Then we subtract payments and credits.
Then we add Cash Advances, Purchases and Flharrce Charges.
"Pay in Fur or "Paid in Full" means payments and credits in
a bang cycle totaling at least your previous biiftng cycle's New
Balance 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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?rmralonal 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 tease goods or services:
(2) buy '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
FMS's online bill payment service, person to person money
tiandem 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.
"Pwd%ase' includes Account Fees, as well as Transaction
Fees and adjustments associated with any Purchase.
"We; its; "our," and "FIACS" mean FIA Card Services, N.A.,
also bwm as Bank of America
"You' and 'your" mean each and all of :he persons who are
granted, accept or use an account we hold. "You" and 'our"
also mean any other person who has guaranteed payment of
this account, when used in the sections titled, Your Contrail
WAk M We May Monitor and Record Telephone Calls, and
Arbbadon and Litigation, and when used in each of the
secs relating to payment of this account (e.g., Your
Prime to Pay, and How We Allocate Your Payments).
We will use the definitions described under the section
heading Words Used Often in This Agreement or as otherwise
daNied in this Agreement H we use a capitalized term in this
doa nent 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
Arend to organize this Agreement. The headings are for
,efe-mrq purposes only.
3- BALANCE CATEGORIES
When a Cash Advance or Purchase transaction occurs, we
add the amount of the transaction and any associated finance
charges, to one of the following balance categories:
Category A - Balance Transfers and Check Cash Advances
EWbegory B - ATM Cash Advances and Bank Cash Advances
Category C'- Purchases
Caf cry D - Other Balances
From tine to time, we may move certain balances from one
category to another (for example, so we can accommodate
promotional terms), and we wil' tell you when we do.
Each balance category has its own APR. AN rates are subject
to dlange. In addition to the Annual Percentage Rate sectiork
please see how we may change the rates on your account In
the section titled, We May Amend This Agreement
4. ANNUAL PERCENTAGE RATES
f SgSuppliementToThe Notice Of Change In Terms on the
endosed statement.
- S. DEFAULT PRICING
See SupplonentTo The Notice Of Change In Terms on the
enclosed statement.
& CALCULATION OF PERIODIC RATE FINANCE CHARGES
We cattgate Periodic Rate Finance Charges for each balance
category by multiplying its Balance Subject to Finance Charge
by the applicable DPR and that result by the number of days
in the billing cycle.
7. SILLRJG CYCLE
Your billing cycle ends each month on a Closing Date
detp?d 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.
&W HEN PERIODIC RATE FINANCE CHARGES BEGIN TO
ACCRUE
Each new Category A and Category B Cash Advance begins
to accrue Periodic Rate Finance Charges on remaining ttr gafrom
date, Category A and Category B previous billing cycles accrue Periodic Rate Finance Charges
from the first day of the billing cycle. The transaction date for
Check Cash Advances and Balance Transfers made by check
is the date the check is first deposited or cashed. The
transaction date for a returned payment (a Banh
Advance) is the date that the corresponding payment posted to your account.
Unless subject to a Grace Period, each new Category C
Purchase and each new Category D Other Balance begins to
accrue Periodic Rate Finance Charges its-transaction date later.
or the first day of the billing cycle, so ar balances and
Unless subject to a Grace Period, Category
Category D balances remaining from previous billing cycles
aocnre Periodic Rate Finance Charges from the first day of die
bdi'mg cycle.
When applicable, Periodic Rate Finance Charges accrue
daily and compound daily on new balances, and balances
remaining from previous billing cycles, in each balance
ca fegory. Periodic Rate Finance Charges will continue to
accrue even though you have paid the full amount of any
related balances in a balance category because we include
any accrued but unpaid finance charges in the calculation of
the Balance Subject to Finance Charge.
Your Payment Due Date will be at least 20 days from your
statement Closing Date.
9. GRACE PERIOD
Ses Supplement To The Notice Of Change In Terms on the
enclosed statement for complete terms.
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10. CALCULATION OF BALANCES SUBJECT TO FIANCE
CHARGE
Categories A and B - Average Balance Method
(kx*jdfng new Cash Advances)
Vft calculate separate Balances Subject to Finance Charge
for Category A balances and Category B balances. We
cxiculate 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 with a posting date wfthln the
current bli ing cycle); (3) adding all the daily balances together,
and (4) dividing the sum 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 billing
cycle, we take the beginning balance, add an amount equal to
the applicable Daily Periodic Rate multiplied by the previous
day's daily balance, add new Cash Advances and Transaction
Fees, and subtract applicable payments and credits. if any
daily balance is less than zero we treat it as zero.
To calculate a daily balance for each day prior to the current
billing cycle that had a Pre-Cycle Cash Advance balance, we
take the beginning balance attributable solely to Pre-Cycle
Cash Advances (which will 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 Daily 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 Supplement To The Notice Of Change In Terms on the
enclosed statement for complete terms.
13. ACCOUNT FEES
See Supplement To The Notice Of Change in Terms on the
enclosed statement for a complete list of fees.
14. OVERDRAFT PROTECTION
If your cheddng ao=nt with Bank of Ameffca is inked to this
account, this overdraft protection feature will allow kinds to be
transferred ('overdraft protection transfers") from this account
into your designated checking account with Bank of America
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{`chedong account') when transactions occur on your checking
account, such as checks or other debits, that If paid would
cause the checking account to be overdrawn ('overdraft
moons'). Overdraft protection transfers include autornafac
transfers to ever checking account fees. Overdraft protection
transfers are processed after dose of business Monday through
Fumy and are treated as Category B Cash Advances. Each
day`s overdraft transactions will be totaled and rounded to ft
next $100 ($25 if you opened your checking account in
Washington or Idaho) inurement up to your available credit limit,
regairdless of who infliated the overdraft transactions. For
example, if your clocking account has a balance of $1.00 and
a check or other debit item for $125 is presented for paymeM
which if paid would cause your checking account to be
overdrawn, an overdraft protection transfer of $200 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
transactions (received by Bank of America that day) rounded to
ft next $100 increment (but excluding any overdraft protection
fee): otherwise one or more of the overdraft transactions for that
day wig 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
arnount 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 kn an
Over&nkt Fee.) We may pemuft or refuse to porm t any overdraft
putecdon transfer that woad cause you to exceed the credit
In* on this account; but if we permit it, you may be assessed
an OverTimit Fee during the bUmg cycle in wt>ich the transfer
o=x-. 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
Std to the terms of your checking account with Bards of
Ame<fca. any related enrolment agreement, and this Agreement.
15. SIGN YOUR CARD
You should sign your card before you use it.
1& HOW TO USE YOUR ACCOUNT
You may obtain credit in the form of Purchases and Cash
Advances by using cards, access checks, your account
number, 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
proMed a cell phone number directly to us, or placed a cell
phone cal 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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9=9 calls may be automatically dialed and/or use recorded
messages.
18. CREDIT REPORTING AGENCIES; COLLECTING AND
SHARING INFORMATION
You authorize us to collect information about you in order to
conduct our business and deGvew 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
wih us and other companies. You authorize us to share such
auks oration about you or your account with our affiliates and
otw& 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 kX*mptete
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
number, and account number, and explain what you believe is
gate 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
this or any other account with us or our affiliates. You may not
use or pemdt your account to be used to make any illegal
transaction. You will only use your account for transaexm that
are legal where you conduct them. For example. lrdamet
gambling transactions may be illegal in your state. Display of a
payment card logo by an online merchant does riot mean that
an Internet transaction is legal where you conduct iL We may
charge your account for such transactions. We will not be Gable
if you engage in an illegal transaction. We may deny
aulhorization of any transactions iden?ied as Internet gambling.
21X 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 gable for all
transactions made by that person including transactions for
Qfch you may not have intended t0 be liable. even if the
amount of those transactions causes your credd raft 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 party, and that person will
be responsible for delivering those materials to the other Gable
parties and authorized users. Notice to any of you will be
considered notice to all of you. You may allow authorized risers
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 card or account number to arwther; or
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(3) by any other ways in which you would be legally considered
b have allowed another to use your account or to be legally
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 making arty
purchases, cash 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
umes authority will continue until you both notify us that you are
Wninating the authority and you physically retrieve the card. If
you cannot retrieve the card, you will remain liable for any
trareactions 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,
wt ich includes all purchases and Cash Advances. You also
promise to pay us all 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 least 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 win not affect your obtfgalion
to matte the next Total hWunum Payment Due. If you overpay
or ft 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 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. Payment of your Total
Minimum Payment Due may not avoid the assessment of
OverGmit Fees. Generally, credits to your account, such as
arose generated by merchants or by person-to-person money
transfers, are not treated as payments and will not reduce
your Total Minimum Payment Due.
See Supplement To 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 Minimurn
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 credit your 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 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 top
portion of your statement accompanying it Payments received
after 5 p.m. 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 We 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.
26. PROMISE TO PAY APPLIES TO ALL PERSONS
AN 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 outstanding
balance, we may refuse to release any of you from liability
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 terns of this Agreement.
V. DEFAULT
You will be in default of this Agreement it (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
It you are in default, then 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 Arbr mdan and
Lf6gatfon 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.
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; incuudung
those marked with `paid in full' or with any other restrictive
words, shag operate as an accord and satisfaction w 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 data shown
on the check. We are not Gable to you for any loss or expense
incurred by you arising out of the action we elect to take.
X PAYMENT HOLIDAYS AND REDUCED PAYMENT OFFS
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 payment or make a
reduced PaYnlan, 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 late fee.
You must resume mating your regular Total Minimum Payment
Due each month following a payment holiday or reduced
payment offer.
31. YOUR CREDIT LIMIT
Your credit Pimit Is disclosed to you when you receive your
card and. generally, on each monthly statement. We may
change your credit lint 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, finance
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 ovedimit Fees, Ion
of Promotional Rates, and Default Pricing.
32. WHAT WE MAY DO IF YOU ATTEMPT TO EXcmo
YOUR CREDIT LIMIT
The total outstanding balance on your account plus
authorizations at any time must not be more than your QWZ
limit. If you attempt a transaction which results in your total
outstanding balance (plus authorizations) exceeding your
credit limit, we may. (t) 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 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 presenting the Check
Cash Advance or Balance Transfer that credit has been
refused, that there are InsufBdent funds to pay the Cheer Cash
Advance or Balance Transfer, or in any other manner.
If we have previously permitted you to exceed your credit limit,
it does riot mew that we win permit you to exceed your credit
limit again, if we decide to permit you to exceed your credit
limit, which could trigger a promotion tum-off event, we may
e also charge an Overt'anit Fee and/or apply Default Pricing as
provided in this Agreement
i 33. WE MAY AMEND THIS AGREEMENT
We may amend this•Agreement at any time. We may amend
it by adding, deleting, or changing provisions of this
t Agreement. We may kxxsase or decrease any or all of your
APRs. We may hxxease 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
S that tune. The amended Agreement (including any higher rate
or other higher charges or fees) will apply to the total
outstanding balance, including the balance existing before the
amendment became effective. if an amendment gives you the
opportunity to reject the change, and R 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
any 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
36. 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.
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 include a refusal to honor your card or account number or
any check 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
providing us with the access check number, dollar amount, and
payee exactly as they appear on the access check. Oral and
written stop payment requests on an access check are effecfive
for sk months from the day that we place the stop paymBrt.
39.yoU MAY NOT POSTDATE AN ACCESS CHECK
you may 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 waffing
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.
4o.TRANSACTIONS MADE IN FOREIGN CURRENCIES
If you make a transaction in a foreign currency, the transaction
wig be converted by Visa international or MasterCard
international, depending on which card you use, into a U.S.
dour 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 currency conversion rate to be used is either
(1) a wholesale market rate or (2) a government-mandated rate
in died 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 the posting date.
41. BENEFITS
We may offer you certain benefits and services with your
account 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 documents
pradjed 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 shall be subject
to the Arbitration 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
transfer. your account, any sums due on your account, this
Agreement, or our rights or obligations under your account or
tiffs Agreement to any person or entity. The person or entity to
whom we make any such sale, assignment or transfer shall be
enned 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 accurate records for your benefit and ours.
The post office and others may notify us of a change to your
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address. When you change your address, you must notify us
promptly of your new address.
44. WHAT LAW APPLIES
This Agreement is made in Delaware and we extend as(K to
you from Delaware. This Agreement is governed
of the state of Delaware (without regard to its conflict of laws
principles) and by any applicable federal laws.
45. THE PROVISIONS (* THIS AGREEMENT ARE
SEVERABLE
if snY provision of this Agreement is found to be invai'. the
remaining provisions will continue to be effective-
4& OUR RtG4iTS CONTINUE of our rights under this
our failure or delay in exercising anY
Agreement does not mean that we are unable to exercise
those rights later.
47. UNAUTHORIZED USE OF YOUR CARD
or possible
Please notify us immediately of the toss. th32-91'd
unauthorized use of Spanish. at (800)
(800) 681-28o3 for Sp
4& ARBITRATION AND LITIGATION lies to unless
This Arbitration and Ljtigatlon provision app You
you were, given the opportunity to reject the Arbitration and
Ltigation provisions and you did so reject them in the manner
and timeframe required. If you did reject effectively such a
provision, you agreed that any litigation brought by you
against us regarding this account or this Agreement shalt be
brought in a court located in the State of Delaware-
Any claim or dispute (-Claim') 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
any prior Agreement or your account (whether under a fie,
in contract, tort, or otherwise and whether for money
damageS, penalties or declaratory or equitabis relief)e shall,
upon election by either you or us, be resolved by binding
arbitriar. The arbitrator shall resolve any Claims. including
the applicability of this Arbitration and Litigation section or the
validity of the entire Agreement or any prior Agreement,
except for any Claim challenging the validity of the Class
Aclion Waiver, which shalt 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 ff 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.
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The arbitration shall be conducted by the National Arbr'tratiaa?
Forum (" NAF" ), under the Code of Procedure in effect at the
tints 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, wwar.arb-
tnrusn.com. or P.O. Box 50191, Minneapolis, Minnesota
554CS, telephone (800) 474-2371. It the NAF is unable or
israilfing to act as arbitrator, we may substitute another
nalicirtally recognized. Independent arbitration organization
that uses a similar code of procedure. At your written request,
we wig advance any arbitration fling fee, administrative and
hearing fees which you are required to pay to pursue a Claim
in arbitration. The arbitrator well decide who will be ultimately
respoble for paying those fees. If you file a claim against
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us, in no event 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 it the
Claim had been resolved in a state court with jurisdiction.
Any arbitration hearing at which you appear will take place
witivn 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
intestate commerce, and shall be governed by the Federal
ArtOmMon Act, 9 U.S.C. §§ 1-16 CFAA"). Judgment upon arty
arbitration award may be entered in any court having
j dsdiction. The arbitrator shell follow existing substantive law
to the extent consistent with the FAA and applicable statutes
of Urnitations and shall honor any claims or privilege
recognized by law. If any party requests, the arbitrator shall
wr8e 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 act as a class representative or
parlicipata as.a member of a class of claimants with respect
to arty Claim submitted to arbitration (Class Action Waiver).
The parties to this Agreement acknowledge that the Class
Aeon 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
cbeumstances 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
AdAration 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, eve"
and `us" means FIA Card Services, N.A., its parent,
subsidiaries, affiliates, licensees, predecessors, successors,
assigns, and any purchaser of your account, and all of their
officers, directors, employees, agents and assigns or any and
al of them. Additionally, "we or 'us" shall mean any third party
providing benefits, services, or products in connection with the
account (iru:Juding but not limited to credit bureau% merchants
that accept any credit device issued under t#te amount,
revvards or enrollment services, credit insurance companies,
debt ooeteators 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 EITHER YOU OR
WE ELECT TO ARBITRATE A CLAIM, THIS ARBITRATION
SECTION PRECLUDES YOU AND US FROM HAVING A
RKM OR OPPORTUNITY TO LITIGATE CLAIMS THROUGH
COURT, OR TO PARTICIPATE OR BE REPRESENTED IN
LITIGATION FILED M COURT BY OTHERS. EXCEPT AS
OTHERWISE PROVIDED ABOVE, ALL CLAII;RS 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 About 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 farm provided on your bill) at FIA Card
Services, N.A., 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 bid 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
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 e)PIanation, 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
automa0cany from your savings or cheddng account with us,
you can stop the payment on any amount you think is wrong.
To stop the 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 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 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 bifi that are not in question.
If 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
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 dale
that it is due.
if you fail 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 tell anyone we
report you to that you have a question about your bill, and we
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 bfii was correct
Special Rule for Credit Card Purchases: 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 ft property or
services. There are two limitations on this right:
(1) You must have made the purchase in your home state or,
if not wittin 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.
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Ronny R Anderson
Sheriff
Jody S Smith
Chief Deputy
Richard W Stewart
Solicitor
FIA Card Services
vs.
Kari R. Travitz
SHERIFF'S OFFICE OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY
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2011-1962
SHERIFF'S RETURN OF SERVICE
02/22/2011 Ronny R. Anderson, Sheriff, who being duly sworn according to law, states that he made a diligent search
and inquiry for the within named defendant to wit: Kari R. Travitz, but was unable to locate her in his
bailiwick. He therefore returns the within Complaint and Notice as not found as to the defendant Kari R.
Travitz. Request for service at 8 Jenny Drive, Boiling Springs, Pennsylvania 17007 the defendant was not
found. Deputies were advised, Kari R. Travitz is thought to be residing in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
SHERIFF COST: $38.40 SO ANSWERS,
February 22, 2011 RON R ANDERSON, SHERIFF
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FIA CARD SERVICES, N.A.
In the Court of Common Pleas of
Plaintiff CUMBERLAND County, Pennsylvania
Civil Division
vs.
: NO: 11-1962
KARI R TRAVITZ
Praecipe to Withdraw Civil Complaint
Defendant :
PRAECIPE TO WITHDRAW
To the Prothonotary of CUMBERLAND County Pennsylvania:
Please enter the above Praecipe to Withdraw the Civil Complaint.
you,
Mich?F. Ratchford, Esquir
Edwin A. Abrahamsen & A sociates, C.
Lawyer ID # 86285
120 N. Keyser Avenue
Scranton, PA 18504
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