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IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
CIVIL DIVISION
DISCOVER BANK
Plaintiff
No: oS -I-f/!d-.- CI~tL~f;LYVJ
vs.
COMPLAINT IN CIVIL ACTION
RHONDA L STRAWSER
Defendant
FILED ON BEHALF OF
Plaintiff
COUNSEL OF RECORD OF
THIS PARTY:
James C. Warmbrodt,42524
WELTMAN, WEINBERG & REIS CO., L.P.A.
436 Seventh Avenue, Suite 2718
Pittsburgh, PA 15219
(412) 434-7955
FAX: 412-338-7130
04136960 C A pit KMJ
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
CIVIL DIVISION
DISCOVER BANK
Plaintiff
Civil Action No c&--I/IPJ. d(.)~t-r~
vs.
RHONDA L STRAWSER
Defendant
COMPLAINT AND NOTICE TO DEFEND
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 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 ABOUT AGENCIES THAT MAY OFFER LEGAL
SERVICES TO ELIGIBLE PERSONS AT A REDUCED FEE OR NO FEE.
LAWYER REFERRAL SERVICE
CUMBERLAND COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION
32 SOUTH BEDFORD STREET
CARLISLE, PA 17013
(717) 249-3166
COMPLAINT
1. Plaintiff, is a corporation with offices at 3311 MILL MEADOW DR.
HILLIARD , OH 43026 .
2. Defendant is adult individual(s) residing at the address listed
below:
RHONDA L STRAWSER
322 6TH ST
NEW CUMBERLND, PA 17070
3. Defendant applied for and received a credit card issued by
Plaintiff bearing the account number 6011002290579192 . A copy of
Plaintiff's Statement of Account s attached hereto, marked as Exhibit
"A" and made a part hereof.
4. Defendant made use of said credit card and currently has a balance
due and owing to Plaintiff, as of August 07, 2005 , in the amount of
$4388.30 .
5. Defendant is in default by failing to make payments when due.
6. Plaintiff avers that the Agreement between the parties provides
that Defendant will pay Plaintiff's attorneys' fees.
7. Plaintiff avers that such attorneys' fees will amount to $500.00 .
8, Although repeatedly requested to do so by Plaintiff, Defendant has
willfully failed and/or refused to pay the balance due to Plaintiff.
Wherefore, the Plaintiff prays for Judgment in its favor and
against Defendant, RHONDA L STRAWSER ,individually, in the amount of
$4388.30 with interest at the legal rate of 6.000% per annum from date
of judgment plus attorneys' fees of $500.00 , and costs.
W rmbrodt,42524
, WEINBERG & REIS CO., L.P.A.
eventh Avenue, Suite 2718
Pi t burgh, PA 15219
1 ) 434-7955
: 412-338-7130
136960 C A Pit KMJ
This law firm is a debt collector ttempting to collect this debt for
our client and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.
DlSCCVER'
./ CARD
new balance
$0.00
minimum paymerlt due
$709.00
$1
.ro;wnf number 6011 0022 9057 9192
enter amount enclosed below
payment due date
May 29, 2002
30 SDSN6Ao1 0000424
RHONDA L STRAWSER
322 6TH ST
NEW CUMBERLND PA 17070-1916
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Discover Card Account Summal'Y Closing Date: April 30, 2002 page 1 of3
previous balance $4,388,30
account number 6011 0022 9057 9192 payments and credits 4,388,30
payment due date May 29, 2002 purchases + 0.00
minimum payment due $709.00 cash advances + 0.00
credit limit $4,000.00
credit available $0.00 balance transfers + 0,00
9ash credit limit $2,000.00 FINANCE CHARGES + 0,00
cash credit available $0.00 new balance = $0,00
Cashback Bonus"
Cashback Bonu.s@ Anniversary Date:
February 26
Previous Cashback Bonus Award Balance
Purchase Award This Period
Other Awards This Period
Cashback Bonus Award Total
$
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0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Transactions
trans. post
dale date
pre"lous statement balances
FINANCE CHARGES: OLD BALANCE
FINANCE CHARGES: CASH
FINANCE CHARGES: PURCHASES
FINANCE CHARGES: BALANCE TRANSFERS
PRINCIPAL: OLD BALANCE
PRINCIPAL: CASH
PRINCIPAL: PURCHASES
PRINCIPAL: BALANCE TRANSFERS
tran date
Apr30
post date
Apt 30 INTERNAL CHARGE-oFF
EXHIBIT
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$ 0.00
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IMPORTANT INFORMATION
ABOUT YOUR ACCOUNT
CARDMEMBER AGREEMENT
The terms a.nd conditions of your Account including
how we calculate fin.ance charges, Dur fees. at"ld !In
Arbitration of Disputes section. You have the right to
reject the arbitration provision with respect to your
new Account within 3D days after re<eiving your Card,
as explainf!d in the "Acceptance of Agreement..
section. ., . .. .. ., . .. , . " .. ,.. .. SEE PAGES 7 . 14
F'RIVACY POLICY
A summary of the personal information we collect.
when it may be shared with others. and how we
safeguard the confidentiality anq, security of
information. You may Jim;t our sharing of svch
information with others,.. , . .... SEE PAGES '4. 17
BIWNG RIGHTS
1mportant information about your rights and our
responsibilities under the Fair credTt Billing Act .. .. ,
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CASH BACK BONUS' TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Tnt! terms and conditions of the Cash back Bonus.
award program, including! description of ho...... your
award is calculated and how to re-deem it. . . . . . . . . .
, ....... .. , '.. .. , . , ' .. , .. .... SEE PAGE.> 19.21
DESCRlmON OF COVERAGE
The terms and conditioN of the 5cneduled Air Travel
Accident Insurance that is provided at no charge to
y.ou when you use your Card to purchase ~irfine
tIckets. . . . . . . . . , , . . . . . . . . . . . , SEE PAGES 21 .24
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. CARDMEMBER AGREEMENT
p"ease read this Agreement carefully ~forl! using your
Distove~ Card ACCDunt. tt contains the terms and conditions of
your Account. some of which may have changed from "liier
tnltertals pro~ tOo YDU. .1n the went of any difference~, this
Agreerne:nt shan control.
We respect your privacy. ~e the f'rrv8cy SKtion tm page 10 and
our Privillcy Polity for addmQn.a' information,
The Arbitration of Disputes Section on pal}e '2 includes a waiver
of a ~umber t>f rights., induding the right 10 111 jury trial.
CARDMEM!ER AGREEMENT
Agree.ment Terms- ....................,...... 2
Acceptanc~ of Agreement. . . . . . . 2
Use.of Your Ao:e>>unt . '. _........ ..,. ".... 2
Authorized Usen . , .. ..... ...., ... .. .,.. ... .. 3
VnalJ'thori2edUse ........,.....,."............. 3
Credit Limit-Available Credit. . . . . . , . . , , , . . . . . . . , . .. ... 3
Prom;.s;eto Pay............,... _................ 4
Monthly Billing Statement......,.................. . 4
Monthly Payment Option.s.,.....,.................. 4
Minimum Monthly Payment... ..,.........,. S
Credit Balances.,........,.........,......,..,... ... S
Sa lance Transfers, . . . . . . . . . _ . . . . . . . . . . ' . . . . . . . . .. ~ .. S
Financl! Charges....... ...,........,............,.,. 5
Periodic Finance Charge-s . . , , . . , , , .. . , , .. , . . . , . . . . . " 6
C>efault Rat! Plan. . , . . . . . . . . . . , . . , . . . . . . . . , . . , . . . . . . . 8
c'sn Aavlnre 7tan~{tion Fe! rlNnce Charges. . . . . , . . . .. S
Balanc! Trlm:fer Transaction Fee finance Char9!! . . . . . . . .. S
Minimum Fir.aoce Charge. . . . . . . . . . , , , . . . . . . . . . . S'
Returned Check ree,.".. .,.............,..,........ 9
Returned Discover Card Check Fet . . . . . . , . . . , . . :9
Stop Paymet'lt Fee. . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . :9
lite Fee...... .......................... ..... ,..... 9
Paoy..by.Pho.r'te FI!/!'.,..... . . .. .,....... .. ... .... ..... 10
I\esearch fee.....:. .....".........,.,.......,..... 10
Overlimn Fee.............. .,...".,....... 10
Defauft.ACCt~ntion-Collection (tom.,.. .... . .. .. ...., 10
C~n'fllation.....,...,........,....." 10
P.rivacy ..........,.,...... 10
Elmronic Communications . . . . . . . , . . . . 1 ~
Credit Autnoriutions. ",.... .......... 11
Change of Terms... , ... . .,.. ... . .... . . . .. . . ... '1
~ange of Address. 12
Assignment of Atcount.,.............. 12
Arbitration pf Disputes. . . " . .. ....... ... . . 12
Compliance with Interest Rate limitations . . . , , . 13
G9ve:rning law ........, .. . . '3
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AGREEMENT TERM$.. The word "ACtDunt- muns your
Discover Ca.rd Account The word "'Card" means anyone or more
Discover Cards issued to you or someone ~l~e- with yelir authori.
zation. Th'i! words "you., "your", or "yourS"" refer to, in addition
to you, the Cardmember, any ether person or persons who ar!'
also contractually liable under this Agreement. The words "we",
"us" and "our" refer to Discover Bank. th'i! issuer of your
Oisc.over Card. The words "Authorized User" mean any pef'50f'l
whom you authorize to use your Account or a card. whether you
notify us or not The words "Pricing Schedule" mean the
clDcument accompanyin-g. your Card and listin9 the Finance
Charge rates that apply to your Account. The Pricing Schedule is
p:i!lrt of this Agreement. - .
ACarTA.NCE OF ACiREEMEN1. The use of y-our Accoun1 or a CiI'rd
by you or an Authorited llier. or your faj~lJre to cancel your I
Account within 30 days a.fter reQiving a Card, means you accept
thh: Agreement,. including the Arbitration of Disputes provision
on p"ge 12. Ypur may. however, reje:ct th~ Arbnration of
Dis.putes 5ection by providing us a. notice of rejettion within 30
days after receiving a CiI'rd. at the followlng address: Discover
C.ard, P.O. 80.1: 30938, $att 1.ake City, UT ~130-0938. If you were,
previously subject to a.rbitration with respect to any Account I'
this right to reject arbitranon will not apply to you in the event
that the Account has been reopened or r~pla(ement Cards are !
sent to you. Your rejection nOtice murt indude your name. i
address. tele~hone number. Account number and signature and I
must not be sent with iny other correspondence.. Calling us to I
indicate that you reject the Arbitration of Disputes section or
sending a rejection notke in it mar,"er or 'format that does not
(om ply with all applicable requirements is insufficient notic~. In .
order to process your floth, we req uire that th~ notice be :
provided by you directly and n01 through a third party. Rejection .
of arbitration will l'lo1 affect your other rights or res.ponsibilities ,
under this Agre-emen1 or your obligation to arbitrate disputes ~
under any other aCtOlJn1 ~5 to which you and we have agreed to ~
arbitrate dU:futl!S, tI you dO' not send a rejection notke. you will i
be obligate- by the ArbitratiDn of DISputes section with respect
to thi1 and any pdor actount you have had with 1)5, evt;n if you
have previously sent a rejection notice with respect to that priof
account
USE OF YOUR ACCOUNT. Your Account may h.e U5ed for.
. Purchases . to purchase or lease goods Of services from
participating merchi'nu by presenting your Card or Acc.ount
number.
. Cash Advat\te1 . to obtain cash advances !rom participating
automated teller machines, financial inrtitvtions or other
locations, or by means of checks which we may furnish to you,
all in accordance with such additional terms and conditions as
m"y be imposed from time to tilm..
. Blflanc! Tr~nrlen . to transfer balanCe! from other creditors Dr
to make othtr tri!lnsactions by means of balonce transfer
coupons or ch~cb, in accordance with such additional terms
and conditions as we may offer from time to time.
In addition, your Account may be used to gu.arantee: reservi5tions
at partidpating establishments. You will be liable for
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guaranteed reservations that are 001 canceled prior to 'i:he time
specified by the establishment .
Your Account may be Vied for penonat, family, household and
charitable purposes. Your Account may (lot be used to obtain
loans to purchase, carry or tradt- in securities, or to pay any
amount you owe under this Agreement ('"?rohibited
transactions"}. Prior '1:0 in use. .each Card must be signed by t~
person to whom 'rt is issued. We are not responsible for the
refusal of anyone to accept or honor a Card Dr to accept checks-
that we have provided you, You must retum any Card /Jr unused
checks to U1 upon request.
If a merchant fails to provide your purchase to your s.ati~acr.ion
and, at your reQuest, we: i~sue a credit to your A<:coun\ you will
be deemed to hav.!' aSSigned to us your claim against the
merchant andlor any third party for tht erecited amount. Upon
our request, you agree to..provide us with written evidence of
such assignment.
Your rights and responsibilities under the Fair Credi1 Silling Act
dessr1~d in the billing rights summary on pages i7~ 1 S and on
the back: of your monthly billing statemen1. apply only to credit
card transactions. This special r.ule for cretlit card transactions
does not apply to purchases made witt'! ii balance tranrltr che(~
or cish advance. Therefore, if you have I problem with the
quality of goods or :;eTVices that you purchased with a balance
tran~er cneck. cash advance check or the proceeds of a ca$h
advance, you do not have the right to withhold payment of the
amOLJnt due. .
AUTHORrZED USERS. Ii' you want 1:0 (",ncel the authority of a
cur~ent Aytho~i~ed User to use your ActOUnl or a Carr:!. you must
notify us tn wrnmg or by 1elephone and destroy any Card in that
person's pos~ssion. None of your rights uncler thrs Agreement
(other than to pay amounts owed) may be exerdsed by any
person not a p~rt'j to this AgrHment ,acting pursuant to a power
oi anomey, WIthout our separate vmtten a9r~meflt (which we
are not obligated to give).
UNAU'THORIZED USE. If a Card is lost or stolen, or If YOlJ think
that ~or:neone is. u~ing ~our A~rount or a Card withol.rt your
permlm~n, notIfy us ImmedIately. You (an notify us by
telephcnmg 1.BOo..DISCDVER (1-BDD-347.2683), or by writin9
DISCOVER CARD, PO Sox 15156. Wilmington, DE 198B6-1oo2.
'fou agree to assist us in determining the facts relating to any
theft or POs5,ible unauthorized use of your Acrount or a Card and
to (Dmply WIth such procedures as we may require: In col'\trection
wi'ttl our lnvenigation. If /Jur records indica1e that YOIJ have
enrolled in an aytomatis billlng arrangement such as a monthly
gym membershIp. Wf! WIll attempt to provide ye>UT new AccoLin1.
number to that merchant. HOwever, if YOLl no longer wish 1e>
continue the automatic billing arrangement, you must contact
the merchant _directly.
CREDIT LJMIT.AVAILA8LE CREDIT. We will ad....ise you of your
Account credit limit We may impose a lower limit that wW apply
to cash advances, referred to as the cash advance credl't limit,
You agree not to allow your unpaid balance, indudine Finance
Charges and fees, to !xceed your Account credit limrt. tf YOLi
exceed your Account credi1 limit, we may reque~ immediate
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pByment oi the- amount by which you exceed your A"ount
credit limit
Wit. may increase or decrease your Account credit limit or your
cash advance credit limit withowt notice. The credit availabfe for
your use may, from time to time! ~e less than YO}Jr Account.credit
limit. For purposes of determining your aVi31lable credIt, we
reServe the right tD postpone for up to 15 business days reducing
your unpaid balances by the amount of any paymerrt that Wit.
receive. Your available credit will not be Increased by tht
amount of any credit balance.
PROMISE TO PAY. You agree to pay us in U.s. Oollars fOor all
purcha.&es, ca~h advances and balance transfers ,Including
applicable- Fir.ilr'lCe- Charges and other charges or fees, lncurr.ed
by you Of anyone you authorize or permit to use )lour Account
or a Card, even if you do not notify \.IS that others are using your
Account or a Card. We will conv~11 purchases -and cash advances
made in a foreign currency to U.S. Dollars at a rat'! existing on
the date rri conversion. If you pay us in other than U.S. Dona~. '
we may refus! to accept the payment pr charge your ACtDurrt
our tort to convert your payment to U.S. DoHars., All checks rnurt
be drawn 01'1 funds on deposit in the U.S. You may not uS!:' a cash,
ad\lanc:e check, balance transf-ef cheek: or coupon, or any other I'
promotional check drawn on any Discover aan~ credit card
account to make peyments on your Account !
!f y~l:Ir Acco-un1 is .01 joint Ac.cDunt ea~h of you agrees to he- liable :
indIvidually and JOintly for the entIre amoun, owed on your;
Account We can accept late payment!: or partial payments or
checks and money crders marked *payment in fuB" or with any
otner restrictive endorsement without losing any of our rights
um:ler this Agreement.
MONTHLY SILlING STATEMENT. Unless we wai....e our right to do f
so, we will send you a billil'og statement after each monthly
billing period in which you hav~ a debit or creen balance of ,
~1.00 or more:. The biliing statement will show all purchase1, !
cask a.d\lances. balance trClnsfer1, Finance Charges a.nd other I'
charges Oor fees and all payments or other credits posted to your
Account during the billing period, It will show your New
Balance, Minimum Payment Due and Paymen1 Due Date.
MONTHLY PAYMENT OPTlONS. You may at any lime pay the-
entire New BaJanct shown on- your billing rtatement. but each
month you must pay a' lean t'he Minimum Payment Due, All
payments must be made- in accorda.m:e with the: terms, including
the payment cutofl time, stated 011 your monthly billing nat~
ment and we will credit your Account in accordance with tho~e
terms. In addition, we reserve the right to change those terms
without prior notice. We will apply payments and crediu to tne-
New flalante shown on your current billing rtattment in order o-f
the Annual Pe-rcentage P.ate applicable to the balance of each
transaction category (a~ referenced in the Periodic Finance
Charges Se-cticm), trom lowest to highest. beginning with the
balance subject to the lowe!>'t Annual Pe.rcentiigE' Rate. W~ then
appty pa~nts and credits to any new transactirms using the
same method. However. we nave the right to apply payments
and credits to balances with higher Annual P~rcentagf Rates
prior to balances with lower Annual Perce-nttlge Rates, such IS
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Account and the lower Annual Perc.enti!lge- Rate will expire-
before the higher Annual Perc.entage Rate.
MINIMUM MONTHLY PAYMENT. The Minimum Payment Due
uch month will be the sum of any amount past due and the
minimum monthly payment The minimum monthly paymer\t
each month will be the greater of $10.00 or 1JSOth of the New
13alance, rounded to the next higher whole dollar amount. If any
ANNUAL PERCENTAGE RATE appiicable to your Account is
greater thal'\ 22..99%, your minimum monthly payment will be
the greater of S 10 or 1I45th ofthe ~ew Balance, rDunded to 'the
next higher whole dollar amount. R.egardle$s of the Annual
Percen1:iJg~ Rates on your Account,. if the New Balance is less
than S ~OJ?O, the mil"limum montnly payment will be the amount
of th~ New Balance. Paying th.e. Minimum Payment Due may be
insu~ic:.ieryt to bring your Account balance below your Accoun't
tre-drt hm!t ~nd. consequently. may not avoid the Imposition of
the Ov~rhmlt F~e dtscribed in the Overlimit Fee Section. We may-
from t,me to tIme allow )'0\.1 10 not mal::e a minimum monthly
payment, and willl"lotify you.when this option is available. If you
take a.dvantage of thiS offer and do not make i!I minimum
monthly payment. fif)ance charges and any applicable fees will
accrue on your Account in occoraance- with this Agree-ment and
you must pay the Minimum F',;Iymen1 Due for the follo~ing
billing periods.
CREPIT a:~LANCES. We will refund any credh balance within
~\le-n bUSiness days from reteipt of yOUl written request. If you
do r.ot requert a refund, we will ilutomatically refund credii
balanc.e~ greater than $1:DO whic.h remain in your Account afier
two billing periods.
BA~NCE TRANSFERS. We may periodically offer you the oppor-
tUnity to transfer balances from other crediton or to mal\e other
transactions to your Account br means of balance trinsfer
co~pons ?r chec~. Eilch offer wil contain an ini1ial special rate,
whIch Wll! be the Annual PercentillgE' Rate that will apply to
tra\lsfem.d balances for the time periC;'d speclfied in the oftet,
subject to the Default Rale P1an SectIon, and may c.on,ain a
Balance Tranrler TransactiDn Fee Finance Charglt. for each
?alance transfer made during the term of the offer, as disdos.ed
In the offer a,:,d as set forth in the fl-ridng Schedule. if applkable.
After the e):.ptra'tion Df this time period. the Annual Percent..ge
Rate that applies for purcnase~ will apply '0 trlnnerred
balances. aalance. transfers s.ubj~ct to the initial special rate ire
referred to as spedal rale balance tran.sterr; balance trannl!r5 tor
which the initial speda! rate has expired are- referred to as
purchase rate balance tran~fers_ Each otter wHl {orrtClin .an
expiratidn date. If you attempt to transfer balances by means: of
~ che<:1< after the e;r;piratiQn date, we will treat the transacticn as
a Cash advance-. We wilt not make balanct transferl attempted
by muns of a coupon after the ex.pir.rtion date.
FINANCE OlARGES, You can avoid payment of Periodic Finance
Charges on new purcha~es lfyolJ pay the New Balanc~ shown on
the bitling statement on which 1he purchase fint appears by the
Payment Due Pate. and the Paymef'lu and Credits on that
statement equal or exceed your P.revious Balance. We caU this
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tranSTen: O{ ca~h aDvanc~s. Periodic Finance Char!,?es are imposed
en new balance transfers and cash advances beginning 'Nith the
date tM transaction DCCUr$..
PERIODIC FINANCE CHARGES.. Periodic Finance Ch-arge5 art
impo$ed on all transactions until the date of repayment.
Repayment means payment of your entire New Balance.
However, if yeu pay the New Balance shown on the current
bWing rtatement by the Payment Due Date, and the Payments
and Credits shown on thIs rtatement equal or exc:eed the
?revious Balance, we will not impo~e Periodic Finam!' Cha.rges
on new purchases, that is, purcha!.~ first appuring on the
current rtjl;tement. Otherwise, you will receive a billing
statement the ne):t month that includes ?erlodic Financfl
Charges imposed until the date oi repayment
We compute P~rtodic Finance Charges each day for purchaseI,
cash advan<:es, and balance. transfen (which we rflfer 10 as
transaction categories} by using tnt! following equation:
Average Daily Balance x number o-f days in the bimflg period x The Daily Periodic Rate and correspondlng Annual Percentage
Daily PeriodIC Rate. .(You may rd.er to tht! finance charge Rate that apply to each tramartton cate90ry is either a fi):ed rate
summary on the front of your blllin~ statement for these r or a variable rate a3 set lo-rth in your Pncing Schedule. The Daily
amounts.) Then we add all the Periodic Finance Charges for each' Periodic Rate is V355th of the corresponding Annual Percentage
tram,action categOl)' to get the total Periodic Finance Charges Ratt. The variClble Annual Percentage Rate for a transaction
for your Account. The Average Darly Balance is shown as 2er~ if category is determined by adding a specifIed number of
no P~r1Ddic Finance Charges apply tD the balance in a transactIon percentage points to the Prime. Rate. This is showl"i Dn the Priting
category. Schedule as "Prime '" {per(entaw~ pcinul." fOor purposes of this
We use the t'wo-qde average dally balance (includjoS/ MW A9ree~e~t the ?~l~ Rate is t e hi9nest .rate of interest listed
transactions) method of calcurilting th~ balance upon whICh we as the pnme rate In t.he money rate! stctlon of The ~aI15t{E'~r
impose Periodic Finance Charges. This ry'learu if you did 1'\01 pay Journal on ~e la.st buslnen clay of the month. The Pnme F.ate t!.
the New Balance shown on the billing statement you received ~erely il pncmg l.nde~ and doe3 not repre~ent the lowest or ?est
during the p.revious billing period by the Payment Due Date, we mtere$'t rate avaIlable to a borrower <It. a~y bank at any gwen
wf/l impose Periodic Finance (harge~ on new purch<lses that first time. Your A,nMual Percentage Ral~ wll! Incre2~e or detre~se
appeared on th6t billing statement, liS well as new purchases wh~n ~he Pnme Ra~~ changes. Hm .c~anQ!" ~!ll be effect~ve
that first appear on the current billing sta1ement, unless we , beg.lnnlng en the fIrst day of the bl}hng pe~lod that begln3
already Imposed Periodic Finance Charges on the purchases on ! .dunng the same month a3 the change In the Pnme Rate,
your previous billing statement. We compLlie the ave-rage daily (2) Annual Percentage Rate for Purchases
balance for each transaction ca1egory by adding up all the daily .
balanceI in a billing ~riDd for il trilnsacticn tategol)' and ~e may have offe~eo you an mtroduct~ry rate on purcha.sfs. The
dividing the total by tM number of days In the billing (yde, We IntroduC1Pry rate lS t~e Annl:lal Pflrc~nla9~ Rate that WIll. apply
compute the dally bal<lnce for each transaction category on flach to purchases fer the tIme PE:'\,od.speClfied l~ 1h~ offer, sU~Je<:t.to
day by first adding the following to the prevlcu3 day'S daily the, Default Rate pran Section. After expIratIon ~f thIS time
balance: transactions: made that day, 1eel charged that day and pe~rod, t~! ~nnual Percentage Rate. for purchases WIll apply. Th.e
Periodic Finance Charges il"rued on the previous day's daily paliy Pt!POd,C F.ate~ and,correspondu'l9 Ann~al Percentage Rates
balance: and by then subtracting any credits and payments that tn eff~ct on th.!!: .date thIS Agree~nt 1$ furmshed to you are set
are appliE'd against the balanc!!: of the transartion tategory on forth In the PncJng !>(nedu)e.
that dil)'. In calC\Jlating the daily bela!)c!!: for the previous billing (3) Annual Percentage Rate for Cash Advances
period, we consider the "previous day's dany balance" to have ... .
been zero on the first day of the billing period. The l?ad~ Pen odIc Rate and co.rrespondJng ~nnua!. Percentage
. . Rate In effect on the date of thIS Agreement rs furnIshed to you
SpeCial rale balance transfers and Balance' Transfer TransactIon are set fol1h in the Pricing Schedule.
Fee Finance Charges are included in the daily balanc.e of the
balance transfer transaction category. Baf<lnce transfers that (4) Annual Percentage Rate for Balance Transfers
were subject to an initial ~pedal rate that has bee~ terminated The Daily Pe-riodic Rate and corresponding Annual Percent21ge
due to a late payment or because yo;.v .outrtandl,!g Acrou~t Rate in effect for special rate balance tranrle,", will bf set forth
ba.lancf' exceede~ your.~c~ouf1t c~edlt Ilmrt are ~!30 Included In in the offer from us under which you make the balame transfer.
'thIS category until the lnrtlal sperlar rate otherv.'lse would have /J.s indicated in the BalClnte Transfers Section above, purchase
expired. In caiculating the daily balance o.f the balance transfer
tranSaction category on the first day of the billing period, we
subtract the unpaid balance of tho~e Balance Trll;nsfer
Transaction Fee Finance Charges and balancl' transfers tha'!
become purchase rate balance traTlsfers on that day and we add
that unpaid balance to the balance of the purchase transaction
category.
All tees charged to your A(.covn1 are added to the purchase
transaction c.ategol)' with the e):ception of Casn Advilnce
Transaction Fee Anance Charges which are added to the cas.h
advancf transaction cate90ry and BC,llance lra-nsTer Tr<lnsaction
Fee Finance Charges which are added to the balance transfer
transaction category. Ii Cl transaction is ported to,your Account
after the close of th~ bimn~ period in which it OI:.ClJr.s, we will
trut the trans.action as haVing occurred on the fir5't dil'Y of thE
bilfing period in which it i~ po!cted to your ACCDunt.
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rate balance transfers will be subje-ct to th~ Daily Periodic P,ate 3% of the amount of each new ca~h advance, Ther!!' is a
and corres.ponding Annual Percentage F:ate that apply '!:o minimum Cas.h Advance Transaction Fee FINANCE CHARGE of
purchases and th! Default Rate Plan Section. $5,00 and no maximum Cas.h Advance Trans-action ree FINANCE
The Daily Periodic Rate and corresponding Annual Percentage CHARGE: The imposition of Cash Advance iransaction ree
P.ate in effect on the date thi$ Agreement is furnished to you are Finance CharQes may result in ar. Annual Percentage R.ate for
set forth in the Pricing Schedule, cash advances that is higher than the nomina! Annual
DEfAULT RAn PlAN. We will reYiew your Account on the last Pen:entag~ Rate, AU forms of cash advances, including the use of
day of each billing period to determine the Annual Pen:entage D;~cover Card checks., regardfess of the purpose for which used
Rates that will apply to your Account. 11'1 r~view;ng your AccoIJnt, are subject to Cash Advance Transaction Fee Finance Charges, T~
we willlDoK at the current billing period as well as the previous obtain the total Finance Charge on cash advances fcr each
eleven billing periods. Any iocre-ased rate described below will billing period. we add any Cash Advance Tramaction Fee Finance
apply beginning with the firrt day of the billing period in which Ch~r9':s f,?r tho.:! bifling period charged under this Section to any
we review your ACCOLlnt P~nodlt: Fmance Charges calculated under the PerIodic Finance
Charges Section for the cash adv~nte transaction (ategoN.
If we did not rt:teive a r~quired payment by the Payment Due 'J
Cate durjn~ the billing period in which we review your Account BALANCE TIl.ANSFE~ TAAN5AcnON FEE FINANCE CHARGH. If
then any ,nitial 5pecial rate on balance transfers and any the balance transfer offer you recer,,! contaIns a Balance
introductory or prcrnotiDnal rate on pl,.lrchases that currently Tranner Transection Fet Fmance Charge, we will charge you a
applies to your Account. and any such rate t"a' we have blance Tranrler Transaction f~e Fmance Charge for the amount
previously ofiered to you, will termina'!:/! and tne standard: of ucn balance transfer made under that effer. If there is a
Annual Percentage- Rate for purchases wiH apply to your balance ' 8~lance Transfer Tran.saction fee Finance Charge in conjunrtiCIfl
of balance transfers: and purchases as well as anr introductory or w!th the, offer you rece-jve-d when you applied Tor an Account. it
promotional rate on purchases ilnd any initia special rate on WIll b~. m the amount set forth In the Pridng Schedule. The
balance transiers that we nalJe previoutly o;:fered to you. In! imposition ?f Balance Transfer Transaction Fee Finarrc! Charges
addition, it the standard Annua! Percentage Rate for purcha$es: may ~e5u!t In an Annual Percentage Rate for balance transfers
is les~ than 19.99% and during the immediately preceding,that,rs higher tha,n the nominal Annual ~rcentage Rate, To
eleven billing period~ we did not receive a required payment by, o?~am the, totar F1T1ance Charge on balance transfers for each
the Payment Due Date. then the Standard ANNUAL' bl/llng perJod, we add any 8afanre Transfer Transaction Fee
PERCENTAGE RATE for purchases will be increased to i9,SS% {a nna,nce Cha'rges caltulated under the Periodic Finance Charges
Dillily Periodic Rate of .05477%), section fOT the bala(\Cf transier transaction category.
If your outnanding ~alilnce exceeds your Account cTeditlimi~ as MINIMUM FINANCE CHARGE, We will charge you a mjnimum
of the day we re\(If.:W your ACCO\.lnl and your outstanding fiNANCE. CHARGE of $,50 10r any billing period in which some
balance exceeded your ActolJnt credit limit as of the la$"( day of) FINANCE CHAP,Gf ot !es:s than S.SD would otherwise be imposed.
any billing period in the immediately preceding eleven billing' RETURNED CHECK fEE 'U h
perk)ds, then any initial ~pecial rat! on balance transfers; and any! 2 .' We WI c arge you a Returne~ Check Fee
Introductory or promotional rate on purc:hase5 that curr~ntly' of Jat~7a,t'l tl(~e tau pay l:'s wlth.a checl:. t,ha! IS retume~
applies ttl your Actount. and any such fate that we have unPDU~. IS ee wll! a so apply iT a deblt tr~!'ls.artlon ~o a d~~Slt
previously offered to you will tetminat~ and the standard ace t, from which you ~ave authomed us In wtltmg,
Annual Percentage Rate for purchases will apply to the balance electr~ntcaUy or orally to perrl?dically dedu~ all or a part of ~n
of your balance transfe-H and purchaSES as well as any iltnOU ,t you owe us un~er thIS Agre~men~ IS return~d unpal~.
introductory ot promotional rate on purchases and any initial ~eurw,U charQe you ~l~ .fee ~he flnt tlJ'ne ~n.y payment IS.
.special rate on balance transfers that we nave previously offered ~t fled unpaId, even If It IS paId upon resubmIS'slon,
to you. If th~ standard Anr"lual Purchase Rate fer purchases i5 less RETURNED DISCOVER CARD CHECX HE. We wi!! charge YOIJ a
than 19.99%. then the standard ANNUAL PERCENTAGE RATE for Returned Check Fee ef S2S,00 each time we de-cline to honor il
purchases will be ir,(teased to 19,.99% Iii Oaily Periodic Rate pf Discov-er Card ca~h advance check, balance transfer ch~d:. Of
,05477%). other promotional chetk.
!f your sun"dafd ANN~Al PERCENTAGE R~TE- fDrpurchases fs l.es5 STOP PAYMENT FEE, We may charge a Stop Paymen1 Fee of
than 2'4.~9,~ ilnd ~urmg the .current,and lmmed~.ately precedmg $15.00 each time we stop payme-nt at your request on a ca.s:h
elev,:n bIlling ~nods you erthet faIled thr~e tlme-s to make.a advance ched, balance transfer check.. or other promotional
reqUIred payment when clue or exceeded your Account c:redl' check.,
limit three times as of the last day of a biJHng period, then the ,
standard ANNUAL PERCENTAGE RATE fer purchases and for cash LATE:F~E. We Will charge y~u a late F~e,if you have failed, as of
advances wW be increased to 2.1l,99% (a Daily Periodic Rate ot the ?~,ym~nt Due Date" to make the MIflI/TllJm Payment Due that
.06847%), _ was :-equlred to be paid by that date. The ilmount of 1he Late
. fee- IS ba$ed en the sum e1 all outstanding purc:ha.sf:'! cash
CASH ADVANCE TRANSAmON FEE F,INANCE CHARGES, We will advances, balance tranrt'ers, other charges, other fee~ and
chargf.: ~u a Cash Advance TranSClc1.1Dn Fee Finance Charge of Finance Charges a'!: the end of the billing period, tf the sum is less
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than $100, tilt Late Fee is S 15. H the sum is e-qual to or greate pthers, how we safeguard the confidentiality and _se-curity of
than S100, and less than $1,000, the Late: Fee is $25. lfthe sum 1 infDrmation and the steps you may tah to limit our sharing of
equal to or greilter than S',OOO, the: Late Fee ;s $35. wcn information with others. Please read it carefully as it is part
pf YOUT c.ardmember Agreement. N indicated in our Privacy
PAY.BY.PHONE FEE. We may from time to time allow you to Pohey, we may re.p-cn to credit reporting agencies and ether
make payments by authorizing us over the teleJ)hone to transfer creditors the status and paym~nt history of your Acc\)unt
or pay funds from a de-pDsit acc\)unt to your Account. We will including negative credit information. We normally re-pon to
charge b Pay-by-Phone Fee of $10 for each such transfer Or wen 'r~drt reporting agencj~ each month.. If you believe _that
payment. ' our report of yovr Account status is Inaccurate Of ir.complet!,
RESEARCH FEE. We may charge YDU a Research F-ee of $5,00 for please write us at the following address: Diswver Card, PO Box
ucl'1 copy of iI billing statemtnt or sales slIp that you request 15316, 'Mlmingtof\ DE 19850..5316. Please include your name,
However, we will not charg~ it fee if you request copies in address, home telephone numbt!r and Account number.
connectIon with a billmg error, We may frDm time to time review your credit, employment <!Ind
QVfRUMIT FEE.. We will charge you an Dve.rlimit Fff each time- incom~ records. Our personnel may Iist~n to. or record telepoone
that as of tne dose of a billing period your outstanding calls be~een you an~ our representatrves In or~er to eViI.luate
Account balance exceeds your Account c:red~ limit. This fee may the quality 01 our servICe 1.0 ou~ Card:nembers W!th~u1 notJce ~o
b charged even it the tnmsanion which causeI you to exceed ~OU, We may use any medIum. mcludtr\g bl11 not nmlted .to mad,
e . , ' '. 'i live telephone callI, automated telephone equIpment.
your Account cre~rt .h~lt IS avthonzed l?Y us o~ I you exceed prerec.orded telephone talIs, and e-mail to rontact you about
your Account credit IImrt due to the posting of Flnanl!=e ,Char9~s your Account or offer ou productJ or services th,1t may be of
or fe~ to your Account. The am.ount of the Over Imlt Fee I}! value to you. If you prefer not to be contacted in one or more of
baled on the sum of all outstanding purchases, .tal-h advances., these ways call LJS at H~,()O-225.5202 or write to ~ 011 Discover
balance trilnsiE'tS.-. ?t~er cha!ges. other fee~ and FmClm:e Chargt.si Card, P.O. Box 30961, Salt Lake City, UT 84130--0961. We provide
at the end of the ~lllt.n9 pen~d. If the sum IS equ~l to or Jess than 1 various methods by which you can obtain information about
S1,DOO. the Ovtrll~lIt Fe~ IS S15. If the ~um IS_ greater th=m~ your Account. We will only release SLJch information to you, any
S 1,000, the Over lmrt Fee IS S35. ; Authorized User that our records indicate is an authorized buyer
DEFAULT.ACCELERATION-CDLLEcnON COSTS. You are in defi!luh on your ActClunt, and any other person with your prior
if you be-come insolvent; if you file a bankruptcy petition or have permiSSion, in addition to as provided in our Privacy Policy or as
one flled ilgainn you; ii we have a rus.onable belief theft you are required by law. Our seturity mea~ures cannot insure against
unable or unwilling to repay your obligations to us; if you are unavthorlzed inquiries. You agree that we will Tlot be
declared Incompetent by a CDurt or jf a court appoints a responsible for the release of iniormation to anyone who, even
9.uardia0 for you or a ::C?nselYiltor for y~ut asseu-; if y~u die~ or if withput your authorization or permission, has g,ai~ed
dy,ovfaJltocomplyw1ththetermsofthlsAgreement,lndudmg: possessIon of a Card Of has learned other identl1Ylng
hilling to mak.~ a required payment when due, exceeding you'; characte-rinic.s about you such as your personal identificiltion
Acc.ount credit limit. or using your Card o-r Account for a' number. ACCDunt number or social security number.
P'(o~ibit~d Transaction. If you are ,in def~ult, we may declare the ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS. We may offer you the:
.__'. er:'tlre balll~c~ of your Account Imm~dlately due and payable oPPDrtunity to receive certain notices from us electrDnically
.. 'without notltl:'. If we refer the collection 01 your A:ccount to an rather than through the mall, including monthly billing
attorney or employ an attorney to represent us WIth regard to ~tate.ments:. and change of terms notices. The terms and
recovery ot moneY,that YOIJ owe Ut, we may ~harge you conditions for receiving these elertronic communitatiom will be
re~so~able attorneys fees and to!:'rt or other collectIon cosu al described in the offer.
permitted by law and as actually Incurred by us. We- may delay
. e~forcing o! not enfot~e any of our rights under this Agreement CREDIT. A~THOR~ZAT10NS. Ce~jn transartions wil~ reQLJire our
\ . WIthout loslflg or waiVIng any of them. alJthcmzatlon pTlor to tomplet/on of the transaction.. In some
-- T I b .!y' . cases, you may be asked 1D provide identification. If our
CA.N.all-A ION. You may cance yo~r Account Y,notl mg us In authorization SYf;tem is not working, we may not be ilble to
wntmg or by 1:elephone and returnl:'9 or destroytr\9 every (a~d authorize oil transilction. We will not be liable to you if an)' of
i!,?d LJnused ch~pk that we hav! prOVIded you, Of coUr~, )'~u Will thes.e events happen,
stIll be responSIble 10 pay any amount you owe us acc.ordmg to
the terms of this Agreement. If your Account i5 il' joint Account CHANGE OF 7ERMS. We may chaoge any te.rm or part of this
each of you may cancel yoUt Account. We may cancel or suspend Agreem@rl1. indudin9 ilIn)' finance charge rate, f~@ or method of
your Actount at any time without nolic.e; We may choose not to computing liny balance upon which the finance cnarge rate is
renew your Account (beyond the expiFation date shown en th assessed, or add any new term Df part to this Agreement by
face ot a Card) without notice. ~ndin9 )'ou a writtt>n or el~ctronically delivered notice lil least
. C W ..l..' f. f . b d 15 days before the (hang!' is: to be(ome eff&tTvE!. We may apply
P<\IY.A. y, e respect U.IE! ptlvacy 0 .In orma110n a out you an any such chi!lngettl the outstanding balance of YDur Ac(ount Dn
your Acc~unt. OUT P-nvacy Polity rncJu~es a. svmmary of t.ne the effective date of the change and to ne-w charges: m dafter
persona! rnformatlon we collect, when It may be shared with a e
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that date. If you dC/not agree,to the tha"ge;'-Yl?u'.rnust,rotlfy:;us
in writing or electrC/t1icalJy withilY1S .,di!Ys ,j<lfte.r:.'~he;mai!io9 "of
the - notke of change. at: tne, 'a:ddresr.provided', iri ,"'the/notice~ot
than,,!, in which case your;Account will. be t1os~d and you'mus:t
p,ay us the balarl-te thai,yoll' O'weJJS under:,the exiS1i~g. ter.r;ns of
the unchanged Agre-emel1t. 'O'ther:w:l.se-,.;y"u.will have:-aqretd.to
the changes in tht:- notit:e;:-tlse.'~of .your,;, Accou,ntr ilfte,' the
l!Hectiv~ date of the 'change',,;,iJI':be .d~~med.::~ccepta:nt:! ~f the
ne~ terms a5 of suc~- effer~1.1ve-;date..~.~....en.lf. y..orJ, preYlously ~
notlfled us tha1 YOU-'dld'l\ot agree to the- d}an9t. ; '::! :>-:"': '. t
CHANGE. OF Aj)DRE~S:,i(\y:6'8.\61~~$i.f"'yb\h:':addr-eiS:_~_&~:Dil1~t ~
notify us of your n~ ,ilddre~ w~~I~_';iS;:~arl:~-.'~?:~.'-/--:" --;,:~~.~:~,
ASSIGNMENiO~ AtcbuN"T.:we}i\iym;~'nign~rir:,l1~~.J~r:Y0i5r
Account or' any p"i-tio,n: t~e!..~Qt-, ~t~oY,'t;_p'o~ice. t'?"V~\{';;!au. _!'l!ay
not'se!l, a~i~n:,ti~ ~~sfer::~l?Clr:A.cr:Q~!n~:w,I!~Oi.!F;fir~.I?,~!~IPlrg
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ARBITRATION OF PISPU1'f.S.ln the event of any past, present-or
f1JtlJre claim or dispute (whethfr based upon contract. tort.
statute, common law or equity) betwnn you and us arising frl?m
or relating to your Account. any prior account you have had Wltn
us, yo'ur applICation, the re-!~tiomhlps whi~h re5~lt 1ro,m y?ur
Account or the entorceabllrty or scope of thIS arbItratIon
prOViiiorl, of the Agreeme-nt or of any prior agreement, you o.r
we may elect 10 resolve the claim or dispU'l.e by blndiog
arbitratIon.
IF ErTHER YOU OR WE E,ECT A!\BITAATION, NEITHER YOU NOR
WE SHAll HAVE THE RIGHT TO lmGATE. THAT CLAIM IN 'COURT
OR TO HAVE A JURY TRIAL ON THAT CLAIM. -PREHEAIUNG
DI>COVERY RIGHTS AND POST-HEARING APPEAL RIGHTS WIll.
BE llMITED. NErTHER YOU NOR WE SHAll BE ENTITLED TO JOIN
OR CONSOllOATE CLAIMS IN ARBITRATION BY OR AGAINST
OTHER CARDMEMBERS WITH RESPECT TO OTHER ACCOUNTS,
OR ARBITAATE ANY CLAIMS AS A REPRESENTATIVE CR MEMBER
OF A ClASS OR IN A PRIVATE ATTORNEY GENERAL CAPACITY,
Even if all parties ha....e opted to litigate a claim i~ court. yo-u or .
we may elect arbitration with respect 'to any claIm made by a
new party or any new daims ~a:ter asserted in thai lawsuit,- and>
nothing undertaker'! therein shall" constitute a waiver -of: any
rights under this arbitriiltion provision. ' ,~.; ..:,~: .:;:'" . .;.;. ~.:;~ ':,.. :.~ ,
We will not invo\::.e our right to. arbitrate a,nind;vidu,aldaimyou
bring in small claims coun or; your state's iQwiva.TehrC:oun.;.if"~ny,
so: long as tne- cJ.ai.m it:pending o,~1y,.i~,:~,ha1~~uct.and,~ot!;~_.~ot
exceedS5;OOO.OO. ., ';'-,_.-'-;"~' .~"~' .~': .- -:.
Your Accoun't in...olve5 interrtate:..tt;~m~tc~::.'~:l)'d:.thi~ :pr.D~is.ib'n
shall be governed by the-Federal,'Arbitfati,go__~ctAF,AA). The.
arbitration shall be. conducted, at the option of whoe:y~r file3 the'
arbitr~tion daim,by. eitt:!~".t-JA~ndfsp0.e:,..{JAMS)":'or' tn.e
Natior;af .Arbitration - Forum, {NAF:}~lrr~ao;oTd",nc!. wltn-.:tnen
procedures in effect when the '-claim;,is fil~dl For ? -copy:'Of .their
procedures, .tome a.:dailll .or:for:othe( 'inf.ormation,('tontact
JAMS at 1920 Ma,iTl Street,.Su~te'3DG: Irvine; CA'92614,(pboM-1.
80p.352-5267)'or NAFat P,O;,80, IDlll; Minneapolis: MN 5S405 .
{phone 1.g00.:474-237,11. --At~';yout"'wrftte'fl:'feql.lest". we: will.
advance any arbitration filing,' Pdminimativeand he-aring fees
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whic.h you would be' required to PilY topuntl~~a clailti.oF di~put~
as a result of our electing to arbltnitt tha'LcJairo. nr-dispine. ,Sei\d
requests to P.O. .ao~ :151.92" Wilmington, DE 19886-1020. The
arbitrator will decide whc_ will ultimately be 'responsible- for
paying those fees': In no' event Will you be required to'reirnbu/'3!
U$ ~Qr:any .arbitration filing, administrative, Of hearing 1e~s in an
~r!'p~nt greater than what YOlJf and our combined co.urt com
wo.uld have.bee;n if 1he claim had been resolved in a state court
with jurisdiction. In no event will you be required tD pay any tt:~s
or ~oru incurred by vs in connection with an Drbitration pro-
~ee~ii!"l9. where ..such ~ requiremer:t IS prohibite::! by. law. Any
arbItratIon hearln.9 wlll.take place In the federal JudICIal district
wh'~r~. you resi_de. T'ne;arbit::ator shall Joll~ applicable sup.-
~t"antW-~ la:w to ;th~:"erten1 S:?l'}Si,s1eryt .with the' FAA a_nd appfi.
S~_t?:lenal.yt!2~ 9.f Hm.itafip'ns and shall :hqn9r ,doim~ of privilege
recogm,ze:d at law. 'If requested by any party, the arbrtrafor shaH
wtite an "pin.iao"contaTmng the- rea$On.5 for tfle--award:"The
arbitrator's decisiorr ,will- be final and binding e~c:ep1 for any
appeal righu under the FAA and except ihat if the amount in
controversy exceeds SiDQ,oeO.DO, any, pany may appeal the
aw~rd within 30 days to a three-arbitrator panel which shall
revIew the aware de novo. The costS o.t such an appeal shall be
borne by the appealing party regardless of o'J'ttome. Judgment
upon any award by the arbitrator may be entcn:ed in any court
having jurisdiction.
Our rights and obligations under this arbitration provision shalt
inure to the benefit of and he binding upon our paren1 torpo-
ratioru, subsidiaries, affiliates (including, without limitation,
Dis",ver Finandal Services, Inc.), predecessors,--succes~ors,
assigm. as well as the otfi-.;ers, directors and employees ,of ea~h
of these entities, and will als.o inure to th'i! benefit of any third
party named as III co-defendant with us or with any of the
foregoing in a claim- which is subject to this i1rbitration proviSion,
YOUf rights and e>bligatiom under this arbitration prov!sion shall
inure- to the benefit of and be binding upon all perSDt'l~
contractuall~ li~ble 'under this Agreemen't and ..II AlJ'thorized
User.s of the A~co1.mt. This arbitration pn:wi~ion shall-'.survive
termination of your ACCDunt as well as voluntary payment iri'fvll
by you,.'any ,legal pr.oi:~edings b)f' u~ to :'olJ~c1 a debt ,ow~d by
you, any._~ankruptcy by you a.nd any'~ar~'oy~us o'fyolif-A1:cc;{jnt'
COMPo";"tE WITH INTERESTRAT( UMiTATION5?W, infe},,.
that thIS" Agreen,e'n't-' wilrcomp!y'~';;;hh.:app1ic.1bie';Thfer~iFi~te
limitations. You- will not be required to pay Fir,ance Cnarges10r
Dther~ charge~ al: a rat.f that':is :9reat~r-'thal'i'lKe ::rr-,ax-imum
amount permined by ~aw. If it is ever finally determinelfthat,
but fanhis SectIon, the Finan"ce Charges or otherc.hargenmder
this Agre~ment would exceed the maximiJm lawful amount. the
Finance. Charges and other charges' will be reduced to,:.!ne
maximum .Ia-wful amount. Anye)':cess am.ount that,yov'nave
already paid wit! be use.d to reduce., the oU!rtandjng balance of
your Account-or will be,refunded toycu.by meampf a chec~ in-
our discretion..' . . ._ " " :' ".' :: :,;
GOVERNING LAW. This 'Agreement will be. gove'r:niod by the ~~ws
of the State of Delaware and applicable fe-der;;lllawLlf ilny part
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u~rvic~i, afong with, the .,peac.!! .ot .mind ..K~DW''1g .th~t ~)'?ur
privacy is .seC'ure, We understand your con,ern.s about guardmg !
information about you and your Account. Wf. want to a~surt you
that we have taken rteps., and will continue to take steps, '1:0
safeguard that information.
This Privacy Policy describe5 our efforts to meet these objectives.
It includes a summary of the ft:)lIowing lmpon.ant information:
. A listing of the persona! information we collect. .
. The circumstances in which we milY share informatio-n with
others-. .
. The ways we $afeguard the confidentiality and .security of '
information. ' . '- ":~', _.:-;,~"- . ~ '.. I
. The steps you may take.. t6 ,Ii.m~ '_OUT ',.sbadrig 'of:...s~ch -
information with others. See Section 4 for complete detaIls.
PleaM! read our Privacy Policy carefully. It will help you under,
stand how we collect and share information.
1. What Personal Information 00 We Collect?
To serve you better and manage our busines.1.. it is important that
we collea and maintain accurate personil!l information about
you. We obtain this information from appli~atjons and otJ':ler
forms you submit to us, from your dealings with us and others,
from ,con.s\.lmer !.e-porti~g i5gencies., and ,fr~~_...,ot~~~ ..s~u~~.:s.u1Q
a5 'pur Web sites.. F~r~exan:'rple:., ;';,.' ~".: "..:,:y; ~!:,~.: .'n.:. ''':: i
~ ,W~ Jnay. obtai~- lof_ormatioCl. such,.as:yC?yr :~m:e'.;~,9die.ss<~nd'
'~ ~at~_,2f.,.b!rth f~~l,Tl '-.~Pl?I!F~tio,~~_ ,ap9:~o,'!!1fr i9~~ l~W.:.~~~1J1~.t~
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payment history, ,your, use_.of. your Acq~~"lnt.,a"d the type~ of
se.rvic:es rOlJ pa~!er, fro.~ !~~~ ~~a.~~..ct~O,l"l:s ,and othe..r dealings
,wlthuf and others" ",:,;,.", . ".r' ._."'''.':'"'' _ _
. We-may. obtain info-rli)a,tio'1 su~,as"t~~ ba'lal"!ces- Df-yoi.mloans.
'With other'lenderr.and.your paytTle;nt histpty with othersir.om'
consumer reportin9.i19~ticiei;t,,:.: ./-::: ,,~~~,-:. ",;_ ::. ':_.,1_ ';; ;.:,~::" .
.~If'!! may 'obtarn '1nfP!matiart:sw~'h:'_Bs'>y'odr,' !rrt~.r.iE;t"..S~~~~~
prOVider, your domain,_ name.,. your. ,computer'5' ,Op.etqtlng.;,
system and Web brDWSec your '~e'" sne',use. and _your~product
and service p(~ferencesJrom your,vi$its to our Web-shel.,
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L'ls Pe'rwnal:lnfor.mOluori Share.d.With Dthers.?;~~"t t-':i;K:~iS.~
We';"hmrt"the sharing ol'info~at!,QM' .with o~efi': '_M~n'y; 01' t~~'
offets.yo\f receive for products ,and. servkel are.pr6vided dfrectly
to you from 'us, For example: a'r"'et:ali-er thafilice;pts'tne 0iscove,~
Card may tome to us with,~ spe:cia! offer flllr Cardrnembers-, -s,ucH
as:.a d"iScoun1 certifi(ate:~bf;:predtlct upgrade,'.' Atl:ef\.careflll
consideration 01 the nature: of. the; offer and-the cprripj~ny;'w!
will crute a list of Cardmernbers ,who. may be interested in the
offer based on certain .~h-a.r~cterjrti<:~: -We wm ,s-endjhp'.o.ffer
pirectly to thDse Cardmemb~ri.' qn..behal_f of the. i:f;taBer.by.~'tor
example~ 'ind!oidlng _an':ipserfi'n:ffieir fno:ntt1!v,.tiflJjn9':sutement
or mal ling ~~~ 0.f1~(?2~~!rift1W~..'~n.tT?t t~~. ~Qr~ati9~..u~ed
to mal:.~ tl:ie,.offer;':we..:~6.;!iClt}.~~,~e -~e:l!:st..or a:n)')r'l.f.orm,atloD
abolit OW: ,Catdmeml>e:rr':W;rlt.:1he" reta}ler_'_Howtver. _ple-as.e.
unden1a~l t,fi'aflf y~a' 90', 'r~d!.;v'e. t,his type '_of offer fro~ ijs' and
cnoo.se to .take. advantage of it' the retairer may then ,learn
information about you because only (aromembers with '~rtain
characteristics received the offer.
There ar~, however. ,irC'umstantes in which we may shart the
information we collect abovt you. as descrjb~d in Section 1, with
other companies in order to provide you with iCC!'S$ to produrn
and services and to seNicl! your Account effectIvely, iU r;ietailed
below, We requir! these companies to adhert to ou( privacy
standards and to use thi.s information only for the....limited
purpose for which it was shared._ We do ,n.ot _illow.Jhem to
disdo~ it 10 others.withou:t,q~.l:;p'rit?T,_?pprovaJ. ., ~,.......'., ~;o .
a. Sharing Pe~onaf tnforrriitioo. -with, Ouf Corpor~te: }amiiy
We- are' part or the Morga~ Stahley family of c.ompanies, .our
corporate family offers a wide varietY of products- and services
that carl help you manage your finames, In order to provide you
with iCte!S to these products and services. WI! may shart! the
information we collect aboLfl you, OIl described in Section 1, with
other members of OI,lT corporat!: fimily. These l;ompan;es in~!udt
finandalserVice pro:viden:.tha1:,pff~r,mbrtgage'lending se~i,ces,
securities and assef' mima'gl!ment' services.;"";nvestmel"ll
opportunities and mutuakfunds; 'end m_aY'.lnc'udel'lon~financi;al
seiVid prDwderr~nttl:\e;f.ut\i'r(is:-cu1- corporate.':farriily co'ntinues
tp .9row,~,;..~}~ ~"~::'~~ t.;, ,:';-},,~}':".~".~;~L;;--;>.1 "': ,P" ;,':',/;i :..?'::
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We may sha.re the"r~fpi-matj'o~.'w~ '{oJl~c1 a~olit /iou::' a!
described in Senton. 1, with non-affiliated third partjes,
including _those. that .accept the Disco."tf CarcL,iri,'order. t'?
provide you with access to products a':ld services offer~.;i 9'i,rectly
by these companies that may he- of value. 10 you,,;.The,se
companies i!,dude finaflc1al serv!te providers, such as in.s\.!rance
COtT'l'p~ry.1e:~'.ya,t\d.no-n~f.i,n,anci,~I.comp.anie:s. s~c~ as ret,ai,l~rs.~, ;''''
c. Sharing p'ersonallriformation.with Others
We may _share the 'informati'D/1 '-W~ collect about y.OlJ, -'as
described in Section " with companies tha1 perform SUPPOr1 or
marketing ~T\fi(e$ on our be-half, such a5 mail1ng. market
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which we have joi;lt marhting, agre~mentI; or c.cmpanjes..th~t
are pur partner5 for cobran~-"F~edit. card 'pr'_D9ra~s..or.Je.Wac:d
programs. We may a!s.o' sha-re,sl.!ch lp.fo.rrriation:as'~rin~~d by
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3. How DD' We PTotect~.fhe CDTlfldentiality, SetLJ~ity And
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W~ maintain phy>icaC eleqronk andJ,;-o2~'uraT sate_9uar'ds- ~o
prot~ct the lliformatiqn. w~ :~.olle~-a~out'.)'Du~_.A<c:!'!~,"tD..>u.c~
ihfDTmatiof1 is iertri~~d.t6)-ndi\.._jdu~ls~no need ,Witi'ordeit~
s,erVic~. y?ut A~coub~;pr~::-.p.r9v.l~~"Pf~~}J~~~,~~ serv.~'e(,to', iotf.
and, wh~rare trained in' tM: pT"per ha.ndlmg .ohuch inforrn~ti,on~
Employees' who violste.'these" co'nfideniiaritY' _ r'eQulf.ement:5':-a(e
nJbj~ to our disciplinary ptOC~s':.-'Whe-r'e thirp patties,'-'pr'pyide
siJpport. $ervk~s, we reQuiri'tnem-to,"CDnform to our privacy
rta.r.dards,. . .
It is 'important that the information W~ maintain abO\J1 you is
!ccurate and complete. If you see infDrmatioil in yOUT monthly
billing statements Dr e!s.ewhere which suggests that our
info-rmation is incomplete or inaccurate, please wrh:e to us at
DiKOller Card, ?Q, Box 309Jl3, Salt Lake City, UT B4130-0943 so
'that we c.an'update this information.
4. How Can You Limit Sharin; Of IntDrmati-on About You?
We respect your' privacy and otferyou:c~okes ,ilS to wh~ther we
may share ;r,formatio'n about yb'u:';vltff:01he'rf:.Wyop-prefef."t'rla.t
we not shille the Jnformation w~,coJlect'aboutJ'6r.i; .as described
in Section i, with non~a:tfmated third parties or if you prefer that
we not sharI!: that information with companies in our corpora'l.e
family, you may opt out, that is., you may direct us not to share
tha1 information. If YOIJ indicate a preference that we do not
share that information, plea~ understand that you will not
retelve offers for._ productS and, servls:es, 'provlded,~:by_. Qtiler
com'pani!s that caliRi help you \o~ei fD:U(.<9~ti~,Ifl~i!mi:Z(YDur
fin~.f!da..I.resources and ma::.il,ge ~.?,~~,t.it'\~J~.~.: ~ ... .,~ '-'_",
10. .indicate your preferentes;-:-:tall:-us~at i-_~.&OO-225.,5202 .or wri.te
to U5 at Disttwer Card; P~O. Box 3096J..5altLd::e ,<;:jtyi'U:rr~'8Ot
0961, If you. have previou~)' notif!ed uS'.abou1.ycuf:prhl,acy
?ref~~n~es.. it is r.ot.n~c,"s.sari,;tCl. dqiS-O _~9ain-. unles.s- y~.u' decide
to chang'i YOiJrp'references: YouT..;iri1ieri\~.qlie~.lb?1;!IrJ;.!p.~,1Jde
your r.ame. ?ddre$s.:t~,lephol'\~ l)urnper.a:AO.~tcDufit nU,mbet(~)_
and should not be" s'~nt wltl{a__ny otM!,f .forre~po_nde~~e:~l<ordei'
to process your request. we requl~e thgt the -reQuest,be provided
by you diret\.ly'and not-thr.ougha-thiro.parry. Yo'u will need to
provide us with'YoiJr.pre.f~rerices 'fl?(:e~(h'i;.J'etllt'nro' ac~09nt.
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Tequert'wilf iemain ih"~ffett.'until'y6v.hb1if{us':othefWi~e: We
will honor your request ~ncl fIO't'ShaTe:~he-.iritor.liiation we 'collect
about you, ute-pta.s permlned by.,tew;'Forexamp!e;Jede~allaw
permits us to share. information about you: witb to.osumet
reporting agencies.. service providers and marketing partners, It
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also. ~r.rOffi:~_t~tc'-s~,re.informCl;i~n' about:ou;-"experiehces and
transacti?n5J. wit~.- YOUr such. as .your. Account' balance- and
payment. history; with other members of cur corporate 't':amify. If
YOl:l. are a,-oe"'!_._Cardmembf!:t, we wUl no1 :shar.e any jnformiltTon
ab~t you, except as pt:rmitted by law, for 'thirty days Dtler'w~
provide- this Policy: t~y~~ in Drder.t~ 9iv~ you a:n_ opportunity to
Inform. Ui about your' prefe~eN.:es: If you are an exhting
CaTdmember, please undernand' that you may continue to
receive marketing Qffen directly from other companies that
wer.~., i'flfea?y., i':l produ,?!,ion prior to the processing Qf your
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ThIS Pnyacy. f'ph{j. ,-s;prC).~,d.ed,,'to, the .prll:nary, Caidr:netnber- listed
Df).~~e .f-~cou~r~l ~~W~~~l'.:.~~ny jpir),jCar,~e.rryber_ h~s ,the right to
~9tlfY.rYS ap8',~ ,pr.ei~re.o~e5_,:~n,p' W~:w:H.t,trea1.Jl;.af reqpeSt"a:s
app!ymg to ,the.entlr~ _AC~Dur!'~.: We .~do.'not'shaTe' information
about .former customerS'; .e.x,~pt'as perrnlrted by law, '
This Privacy Polity is provided to you by Di~O\Ier Sank and its
s.ubsjdjari~s, which currently include GiC lnsuranc.e Agency Inc
It applies to the Discover Platinum, D-i-s.cover Gold Dis-~ove;
Classic. Dis-cover Privatt' Issue"", Discover Titanium Cards, and the
produ~ and services oHered in connectioTl with those cards,
mdud'.F19 The R~gjrter- caro registration serv-,icf (with the
E:x:ctptlon of an)' Information regi$tered in toonectlon with the
service., which will not be s.hared}, It is part of your Cardmember
Agreement. and proYi~e~..,il fvrtheL expl~.n.a.tio.rLOf J1Q~ ,we
collect and share'lnfa.r.matio",.=tolJ;lT'!ay:~ave,qthei:flghu,tlpder
st~te laws th~t app.ly to .thi>. if\fcrmatior\,-PleClse, l'1ote,thi:lt'yotJ
WIll also receIve pnvClty notIces for other credit card acco\.!nt~
YOIJ ~ave wl't,h us, as well as othernnantial prc~uCts and services
prDvlded to you by us and our aftilia1es. You will ne.t>d to
indicate your preferences for each of these separately a~
disclosed in the notiCl!,
~ermD.nt ~nd. No:th Dakota ,Residents - Your 5tate laWi require
!maooal. InstItutIOns .to obtaitl your ,consent -prior to sharing
mfoTr:<atlon about. you wit~ others. El:.cept as pe.rmltted by law,
we. ,:""lllnot',share ~f.or.ITU~~lor:hwe .co!!ect~o.u:t.tt'ou. with !'Ion-
aff\[la1,!!:d thIrd paroeS,.or,Jf_)'ou an~_ a"Verm_ont resident with
tompa.riles ,in' '!ur .C?~WrW f!,triPy:.uhl.ess y.~~ 'call, 'us ~t ;~800:-
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Errors..Write. to ULa,s SODI! as possible. We: must hear,from you
no later than. 6D days _after we-se.~t.you thefjrst bill'on whicb the
error or problem appear~d. Yoy',can telep~one '1lS. but doing so
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~heJl! is. an erro,'--tf you.:need ~~re}~~~rm.~t~~[l,...?::cri~~:t~:e
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Ii yop" ha.v(.au,t~Qr.iz,~,d'_;:,4~'.J~::. P8)'.'-if,OIJF,::credit ~ cafl;i:,;ib1!1
automatically' tr9m _ YOlJ_~ :5Olvings ;t>r _ checking, at:;c.olmt, Yo.u.'. <;lD
stop the payment Oh a~yirr.'o~nt.Y!?u thinkis.Wr-otig.To:s1.bP'the
payment. your lener musrrea'cJi us three business days beiofe
the automatic payment is scheduled to occur.
2. Your Rights and Our ~esppnsjbiJities After We Rece;v~ Your
Written Notic~
We mus1 acknowledge your lener within 30 days. unless we nilve
corrected the elior by then, ,lNithrn 90 days, we must either
correct th~ error or explaIn why we helieve the bill was correct
Arter we receive your letter, we cannot try to cDllect any amount
you question, or report you. as deJinquen~ Wecan continue- to
bill you lor tne ampunt you quertjO'1i- J.fIdudtrig ,fir.atl-c~_charQes,
and .~. can .'apply any .piipaitJ arribuht . igaif1st, youf..,o;cco~nt
tTedit limit Yt>u do not hav~' to. pay any-questioned amount
while we ~re investigating, but you are still obligatE'd to pay the
parts of your bill that are not in question.
If we find that we made a mirtah on your bill, you wilt not have
to pay any finance charges related to any Questioned amount, If
we didn't make a mirtak.e, you may have to pay th~ finance
chargei, and you will nave to make' up any mis.s.ed paym~hts on
the questioned amount In' either 'case, .we will 5end -you a
statement of the 'amount you owe afld the .date .that)t:,is due.
If you 'f~i('tti' pa:/ th~'~'ITlt>unt tha,t W~~:ttl;rryo~'.o;ii/We;-ipay
:e~ort'you as delinciue~t. H.~~~.v~~,-1,f'o.u~',~J:p\ary~11~.IT,.dC?es~not;
satIsfy yt:nJ and you wrrte liS -WIthin ten oa)'3 telling us,that'yt>u
still r.efuse to'pay; we criu~ tell anyone ,\"Ie report you-to that y~u
nave a.quesUoo abou~ your'bill. And; w~ must tell you the rta,me:
of anyone wi reported you to. We mLlst tel/' anY~.n1!: w~ report
you to tha1 the matter has been settled betwe:en us' when it
finally is. If we don'i follow tti~ie 'rules, weun'tcolled the first
SSO oi the questioned.amOiJnt, evenif')lour bUl was correct. .
3. 5p~Ja7 Ruie for C;edir C;rd P~~h~s;s '. ,.., -..'
tf ;ou .h~v~a pr~ble~,~ith ;;;~' .Q~'~ihy.~C)r_~;~~s';o~. ~e'~ke~' ~h?t
YOLl pj,trcha:~,ed' with a qe.di:t card, "a~q Y~,v,tfjed in good j'aith to
correcnhti:problenfwrrh th-e 'rryerthant;-yol'J iTlay ,have the' right
nottp--pay !he.remaining amount due:.e.n the 'goods or services:.
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not-Withi~,-yOt:>r: home st.ate, Within 100 miles: of your current
rn~i~ng.~ddf.es.s; ilnd
(b~)h~ p~'rfhaS,e price must have been more than $,50.
Th';;~'~Ji;i;ti~ns do not apply if we own or operate the
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CASHBACI( BON P S'PROG RAM
TERMS ANb~t6NbITIONS
The Cashback. 8.onus"~ Ter~s and Co'j,ditions constitute a
separate and independent. agr~ment irom the Cardme.mber
Agreement and apply to Accounts that participate in the
Cashbad:. Bonus Pro9r.;lm, However. the"! Terms and Ccmditions
are subject 1.0 the Arbitration of Disputes section of the Card.
member Agreement. which is incDrporated herein.
1. Cashbatk Bonus awards are amounts denominated in dollars
and cents which may be accrued by Cardmembers by using their
Discol/er"' Card for qualified purchases. Casnback Bonus awards
inclLJde Traditional Ceshback BDnus awards and other Cashback
Bonus awards as described below. Cash bad: Bonus awards are
not accrued for Prohibited Transactions (as defined in the Card.
member Agreement), cash advances or'bala.ncl! transfers..
2. Traditional C:a~hbad:: Bonus amounts are calculated based on
purchases made during an annual period conesponding to the
Cardml!mber"s anniversary ye.ar as: dest.ribed in paragraph 3
below. The first anniversary year begins on the date the Card is
iuued and ends on the Ian day of the twelfth monthly billing
period which lollows. Each successive anniv~rsary .year is the
appro);imat~ one-year period comprised of the next twelve
monthly billing periods.
3. E):{,ept as provided below and in paragraph 4. below, the
act.rued amount" of a Traditional Cashback. Bonus award is
.c;a}culated by muftipfying the tDtal qualified pun:;hase5 at the
end of each billing peori6d by:
.25% (.0025). if the purchases aTe part 01 the' fi~h' s1:5oo in
purchases during the anniversary year; Dr; if the'pufChi!l!.es are
mad-e at select warehouse clubs or di.scount nores, and
. .50% (.0050), jf the purchases are part of the seco~d, 1'1,500 in
purchases during the ann;versaryyear, and ":~ . .
. 1.0% (.01', if the purchases are part of the purchases' in excess
of$3;.oOO during the anniver1ary year. :' ,c,' ~.:;::..:.,,, '.
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Any purchases mad~ at select warenouse dubs-'or discouh{ rtcires
will be ineligible for ill Traditional Cash bad:: BOnus' ilmrd in
exc.eu of .25% 1.0025) of the amount of the purchases. However,
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of; purchases_ 'rnade- dLtrlng,~Jhe.~.aon_iyersary' ye6c.and-',os-ed ,to
determine the applicable percentag~ :rate' fisted- abo've or_or, other
purthases., .P!ea~ ,caU 1~Bop..3-47,~?~3p'",ci.t,yl~!t. o~!,-, Websit.e at
Discoverca-rd.com -jor a list of these ~lEct-wareh"ouse-clubs and
discount stores, ",t':_ ":It.. .';">;"""~'N' .'- ."
fhe:tots', of these ca-!t"ulations tOr eaa;:;~~rMih~ary. YEra.Lj~.'try'e
accrued amount of the Traditional Cash bad:: Bon.u~ award, Th~
accrued amount of the Traditional Cashback Bonus award will be
made ilvili~able to Cardmembers as ,descr;ibed below prs>vided
the conditions con:ti!.il}ed:if,'l'.parag.iilph,:-5:.b'~!DW are...me~ The
calculation for the.Tradjticm~1 Gsbback, a.onus'award begins
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4. Cardmemoers may al(qbi offered,from'tim~_.tq tmi~: other
Cashbacl:: Bonus awards rr.e.::iJy making a-purct,lls,e-at1a speCific
merchant), the- terms. of which, will be disclosed in the offer.
TMse pUTcha!oe-s will receive the award amount described in the
offer. They will n01 be: comidered qualified purchases for
purposes of determining the annual le"el of purcha....es ilnd
calculating the Traditional Cash back: Bonus award unless
otherwise disclo....ed in the offer. These other Cash baCK Bonus
awards will acuue in the Cashbaclc Bonus Account in accordance
with these Term.s and Cot\dition$ unless an alternative method of
disbunement is disclosed in the oHer. In addition, it as of the
date Discover Card d~termines whether a Card member has md
the: terms 01 the otter, the. Cardmernoe(s Account is dosed or
delinquent, th'! Cardfjlember will'n_P"t .r~(e'i'v~...t~Js. Qth,ei, C.a~shb~tk
Bonus award unless otherwise di5clo~e-d.irrth~ otfer,'-no(WiJI the
Card member receive a Traditional Ca~hback Bonus aWilrd - on
these purchases. The accrued amount of these other Cas.hbacK
Bonus awards will be made available to Cardmembers as
de..'lcribed below provided the conditions contained in paragraph
5 below are met.
5. AI) Casnbad: Bonus awards will be held in the Cashback Bonus
Account. The CashbacK. aon"u~ amount avan-able. for
disbursement is the amount in the Cashback Bonus Al:count' a; of
the .Ian da,y of the- ,Cardmember's.,-pn~vious - b',iling::.~eriod.
However, 'Cllshb"a-tk_ Bonus...awar9s" may ',be ,recfe:emed:'in
increments 'of $20.only..-Cardmembers ~ave no_right" to 'accrUed
Cashback Bonus amounts of less' than S-20~cr-amDuni{withjr(the
$20 lf1creme.nts~ , . ' . >.; ';'- '('~'~,:;: /;;;L:~r",.,:::: .
Only.Cardmembers in good,rta,nding with. open ACCounts ,may
access the accrued :Casbback. Bohusaward~., in the ,'Ca:shbiltk
Bo.nus Account T9 t;te,in..go_od standing a CarQ'memb~r m~Y_flO:t
be delinqu@nt las -oestribE'~ below) ~r..if1.def~uJt(as defifi,.~d in
the CarcfTlembe.r Agreem~nt}, !'no,a Cardmem'ber may not have
used the ::Ac;count: 'fo~; ,any prohibited: lransaC'tions:;':iThe
Cardmember is 'delinquenr:.-it .Discover',Card.has' not _rf:t@ivt"Q:a
required payment by the. Payment Due, Date shown' D~ the
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S~ 1D)~lfu9~:;,c?t.:abil~qe~~b.t .of P9},h'ete.~\1~!, 1~:~9't're~~e,d;
t~'~\~;amq~}'1'~"YHJ!pe..fptier~;ei::J. If. an,. AfSoun!".rs cll:'s~~':fpr3t1r
rl!a~on::'ani;:-Cas:Koack Bonus awards lrI the [aslit?a_c~~.Bon.us
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choose the ,:'manner ..;Tl whicn.'C.;shbad:. Bonus- award\c are
disbl:lrsed. including. a credit.to the, Car.dmember's A((o~nt:,a
che<k that is mailed to the Cardmember, or aA-exchange otthe
_'a~hback Bon4.~. il;W~rd, fo~r,~s~_\ecy~d..produ~: ,oX sr:,ojff;~, Jbe
terms 6f which ~~If.~,b~,~o~ta!r_eQ.j~:t.h~ '~ffe_r.:J,a'n:lJTI,e~~e.rs inay
select more than one"redemptlon' method,:howeveT~eilch
redemption ~:'and~ e~ai'""redemptionmethod ,;murt be -in :'S20
increme~tr, :Disl:iovep;Qar,dftlay.:thange the:'!edemption :metnods
in fu:sole disq,etiol1 Tr,om--time. to _time. It.is .the Cardmember's
responsibiJ{ty t6 notify Discover Card i!l tht event a Cashbad::
Bonus disbursement is not received jor any rUSOn.
Cardmembers 'may redeem Cas.hback Bon~ awards by c"dling 1.
En.YOUR AWARD (1.B77-.96B-7292 {Monday-friday, 7am - ?pm
CST) or on the 'nternet at Discovercard.com. Prior to
redemptiorl, the transactions on which- Cash back: Bonus awards
are calculated may be audited 'for compliance with these Terms
and Conditions.
7. In !hI! event a Card is (ostor stolen, the accrued amount of the
Cashback BOrius, iilwardS,in the, Ca's:hback:'B.6nu5"~(c6ut;t, the
amount of_ 'qualifying purchas.e~";and':tAi_~a'nnii;e~~ry''d~t(iioni
the old Account will be transfe'rre~dfcl the'n~w A.ceoum. ~ L(.:.
B. Discover Card reserves the right to mak.e other adjuS'tlTlehts to
Casnbad: Bonus amcunts accrued based on ACCOunt activity: 'for
example., any f!turm will decrement these amounts as
dete:rmined in Discover Card's sole discretion. Discover Card iillso
reserves the right to truncate or round Ci!lshbaclcBonus, a/Tlounu
to the nearest cent as determined in' its sole discretion. 'If the
Cardmember receives a Cash bacK Bonus awar-d jnexcess of the
amoun.t i!(__ t.I)~. ~~hb,ac~~: a.~nu~~,SF~~.ry.tJ.;,hej: ca!~OO~TTf~e~~
Acc,ou.nt.vvlll..be'"de~rted_ ~pt ,tne.entv.e.' ~1)1ounr.of ~he erro,l)eous
a~.ard:~ist)'l:'rseme6r,~h'is:a,:"ount v.-iII~!ifs~1:~93o ~~l.t~rhlS"of
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notice. Changes may be made at any time;C1nd- may' inClude', 'bat
are not limited to, modifying th.e level_of purcha.ses!.e:Quir.~d..!o
QuaJity,:tor th.e various ti':m, establishi):1g a /)l'~x1muni arnour:li:-'of
Casb~a_ct B,oo.us_'award Cardmernbers,fT\a~. r:etei\'e, "chllhgiri"g' .the
amp_unt,.,that must be accucnula.ted' in'th_e ,Ca,shback_ f.onUs
Ac~ouot..bffor:e;,~n awa'rd may bttre~etmed,'~qa/'lging the _types: ,
of trahsactions that, constitute...a, q~alifred: pY'fchase" ctianging.. .
the amount of Ci!lshb,aa Bonus award a'urued _o'n certain type.s
of purchases; :iniposing additional rertr{ctions,~'of-terrriinating
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Classic. Cardmernbeqi ~ 'a re,~prov1R_e~~..~ wiin:up,,~ tp~. ,$;; 1 $0,000
Scheduled Il-.ir, Tr~y.el-A.ti:ideT)t", pro:~eqjoll:;:%e'n~,:,_e-[.yoy~~;,e
your Discover' Classie Card (the' -credit-card.:): lli Ch~rg~ 'your
e-ntire Common Carrier Fare Ticket on :any Comfr;e.tc~a\ Aircraft
operated by a Scheduled Air.: Catrier.'-~r.lder.~ a::;lic:e'rise,~io( the
transportation of passengers . for hire (herein' ~a/Jed.Si:hedul~d
Air Carrier), you,autt;>matically receive 'thIs valuabl~ c:overage.at
no-additional cost :.",'i '.';' . :'::. .,;., ;;-::"r '~.'
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The benefit$_of..th, pouC)' pr,ovjliiin,9 your coYera~e ar,!! governed
pri~ar.i,J~,.~~t.~,e ~rr..:~f.~~~it~?t~e~ ;~~i&-!.J~f~E.~i ,;~:.:/ _;'." '
-"'Coverage is. underw'(ltten by:. Natlonal'..Unjoo. FJre ':"Jlisurance
.company of PittSburgh: Pki (the;'''lns\;/ran'e'~Com'PanY~'l; with
offlces in New Yor."- NY. Certain limitations ~nd,~x.ch.i.5ions:;ppJy.
PLAN FEATURES
I Benefit Amount.s,SO,OOO Fa.mily A99re9..t~ Principal Sum I
ACCIDENTAL DEATH BENEFITS. Insurance coverage will be equal
to the benefrt amount fDJ:. accidental loss of life, The Joss must
occur within one year of the acclden't 1:hat caused the Injury.
Family Aggregate Principal Sum means the total amoun1: of
insura.nc~ in force on the Cardmember, his or her spouse and
their depen~errt. children,toe, .ar'ly o[le;~,.c;d.dent.rtmof.e..t~an ~n~
Insured Person 'dieSi:~ tf:;e_ result oi me.:l,':lj4r\es".re~ej"l'e.tl'.in.!any
one arcident. the Family' Aggrega'te :rrindpar 5Gm~wjlr 'pe-;'"p:ro-
rat~d and pard in ac.c'orcaoce ~jth' the Claim payment i>'~dJ:5~hl!:-
fkiary provisions of the Policy. Once the Family Aggregale
Principal Sum is paid 'lor anyone Insured Person in a Family that
occurs as the result of anyone accident. no further benetits are
payable for further deaths in that Family due to ll"ljurilts received
in the same accident.
Maximum Acdden'tal Death benefit> payable under th~ Policy, if
more than one Cardmember 5uffer{ a loss from the'sam'!!.
accident.. ar,e limited ,:to- an aggregate, of, S20.000,DOQ,_for. aU
~~~~rrie.qlbers. ~O:mbirle~., /i.ny reductioh ~{heriefrtS ryecessatY .~b
c~.mp'1y ~irh, ~hJs'.limitat\o,n': :-viU b~; m,aoe ,o.n:a ,prtipot.tip.nat~
b~sis.tb eadv~ardmemb~r,upto thit :agQ~E(gate,lirn~o:fllabill1y;
Ai_' used'" h'~r'ejn,' Cardmember 'mea6~:'.,~ardtr~rri.b.e.r..)f~;~?,L~~{
insur~d spouse and insured dependent chifc:fr'en; This iggrega'te
limit:does notJeplaceor-in any,way_affect1:he Family-Aggreg-ate
Pnncipal Sum 'stated underthe P.otiC')>,' ,,:. .__.:.
-Inlury~ means b'od_!iy injury:,(a)'which'js:)urtained.' ?s;,a<dk~ct
fes~lt. pf .J3n, unintended,' l:Inant~<;lp.ate.d'.a~ci9.enf 1_k,at: is,':'e~_einal
t~, the bpdy'"and'that o~cur~ iN.nile t~e'iriju'rec_pe.rsbn\'c.6~e~eg~
under thji'p~licy is'in ;force.'a~g'(brwh.ir;h dire'aly (io_d~pe.r\de.~t
9.f)id:;~ess:, disfa~e, .l)!en!~l' jl}fir.ifiit)-, ~~.6dJly Jnfi.r~lty::9r,'.aF)Y
othe:rc.ause}. c~y.se~,.a c?:ve'r~.d.l.oss:':'" ;'__ ,- :,' "':"'; :-.:..: ". ;,._~' ..- -
DI5A~PEARANCEiENEfITS.: We -will 'pr~;ume.yo~ 5u.tfer.~d 'Jos~ '~f
life due to an accident If: you ~re riding in a- Scheduled Air
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Ca~le r:tka't'..~rih~tll9.e{tWi-'~ 't6ir~ red. accIdent - ani:!' 'c:s.- a - resul1,~.o1
ttJi acdd~t,.:ltlie:;>chedured'-Air Carrier_ is. :wreckeiii'~sjnl:.s;: or
disippe!rs;.'and'your 'oody is "not.found withitrone (H year of the
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Th(1~tafQf atl.'.ben~f)~.piyable for you, yoUdp'OU5~ ano')'ou'r
dependen(ct1iloren from tne same actident will 'not exceed the
5150,000 Family Aggregat~ Prlncipal.sum: . ' - ,.
EUGrBIUTf. This livtomatic im.uranc~' is provided to ~ligible
ho'Jdel1 of the credit card who51! names appear on the 't:redh
tard, -.thf'ii"- spouses and their LJnrrarried dtpenQ.ent chi!dre.l'I
under age is (iOge 23 if atte'ndi-ri9 5CMo'O! on aful!~time'baii5 and
fully depenq~n~-9t}: YOU:,1or s!'!Pl?or:t). How~ver.;~e, ag~ Ijmit.do.e~
not apply to, a:;'G!lUp'~l!"h.o. is .(t\capable o1,;.s_eI1.s(!rtaining
employment by reeso"n of mental or physical incapacity. ' .
EFFECTIVE DATE5. Your insurance under this plan is df~rtive on
the later of: 1) July 1, 2001; or 2) the date you become an eligible
person. Your insurance under thij plan will ceas~ on the earlier
of: 1) the date the ;murilnce coverage is terminated; or 2) on the
date YDU cease 'to be an eligible holoer of the credit cilrd.
THE BENEFICIARY. Unless you designate otherwi5e with a
beneficiary designation form, your death beneiit will be paid, in
equal shares, to the first surviving class of those that follow: (1)
your spouse; (2) your children; (3) your parents; Dr (4) your
brothers and sisters. ,If.,po ,~_lass, b~s.a survi.vor,the.beneficiary is
your estatt:. You may _~!\ciVge.y,~_~T .beQeti~i~iy qy.writingJ:o the
Insurance Company at: Accident &' Health Divis.ion, SOD_Wert
Madison Street. Suite 2250, Chicago, Il 60661.
CLAIM PROCEDURE. 'Claim 1o"rms may. be obtaIned thrcugh the
Insurant!' Company, Claim5 10r benefit5 must be filed with the
. Insurance Company within 90 days Dr as soon as reasonably
possible aft~r the los.s occurs.
PLAN OF INSURANCE COVERAGE. You, as a Cardmember, and
your SpOU5e and children will be tovered againsi injuries that
~e5ult ,in an accidental death while as a pass.e-nger,in Dr on,
including getting in or Ot.lt of, or on Dr off 01, any Scheduled A.ir
Carrier i1 the Common Carrier Fare Ticket for the flight was
charged to your credit cartl.
Companion lic~e't3 i~u~d for fr~ with the purc/:la~e 01 a full-
fare common carrier ticket and used 'oy a 5pous.e or dependent
child will be considered as fuJJy charged to the credit card, if the
corresponding 1ull Common Carrier Fare TIcket i5 charged to tne
credit cord,
(oyerage is eHectlve when you board the Scheduled Air Carrier,
provided the full (ommon Carrier Fare Ticket is pUl:chased, or
the travel reservation is made 10r the companion tickets, prior-to
boarding such Scheduled Air Carrier. Coverage ends when 'you' ,.
alight from the Scheduled Air Carrier., . ._','.~
EXCLUSIONS, Benefits are not payablt if tile loss is caused by or ':
results from: 1) seH.inflicted injury or suicide; 2} slckro.e5s, disease"
or mental incapacity or bodily infirmity whethef directly_ ~r
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UMlTATIoNS; ~~eri;f!t(Y.J,it~n1y~:t;~rt~fi~:;~!~er:j'p~~~~'~~d:
member account! the crerlit., ~ard ~.tJnder""'\'\Inkh ~t.h~. Comrpnn
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Beneftti are. not payable .lcr-1bn~s:~e~~fnjtirY1u~!nea\Yhjje
on a trip fDr which the tickets.we.r-i!'purcn-ased'witha'.tre:quent
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Complete provisions pertaifljog to this plan of Insurance art
contained in Policy 1/'9029072 issued by National Union Fire
lmurance Company of Pittsburgh, fA WIth office3 in New Yor~,
NY. The premium for this lnsuranct is paid by Discover Finallcial
Services, Inc., out of. income derived from its credit <a.rd
operations.
Plus!! read this De-scription of Coverage. Xe:t:p it in a sate place
with your otn~r insurance documents. This Pen:rrption of
Co...er~Qe (Form Num~r S3Q36SP"OC) knot' ii ~c&ntract~l'of
Insurance bUt Is simply an informative rtatemenficeac:h'eRgtble
Individual of the prindpal provls:ions:'6f't~;"e' Insurance 'WtlHe In
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If 8 tonflict exlrts between a statement in this Description of
Cov~r~ge and any provisions in tne Policy. the Policy will govern.
Claims a.dministered by: A&H Claims Department. P.O. BOl:
15701, Wilmington., DE 19850.5701, (800) 551-0824.
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VERIFICATION
The undersigned does hereby verify subject to the penalties of 18 P A.c.s, 34904 relating to
unsworn falsifications to authorities, that he/she is
'Rnhpl"{- J\Clkin~
(Name)
Discover Financial Services Inc., servicing agent of the plaintiff herein, that
(Company)
Accounts Manager of
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he/she is duly authorized to make this Verification, and that the facts set forth in the foregoing Complaint
in Complaint are true and correct to the best of his /her knowledge, information and belief.
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SHERIFF'S RETURN - REGULAR
CASE NO: 2005-04182 P
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA:
COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND
DISCOVER BANK
VS
STRAWSER RHONDA L
SHANNON SUNDAY
, Sheriff or Deputy Sheriff of
Cumberland County,Pennsylvania, who being duly sworn according to law,
says, the within COMPLAINT & NOTICE
was served upon
STRAWSER RHONDA
the
DEFENDANT
at 1935:00 HOURS, on the 8th day of September, 2005
at 322 6TH ST
NEW CUMBERLAND, PA 17070
by handing to
BRIAN STRAWSER, SON
a true and attested copy of COMPLAINT & NOTICE
together with
and at the same time directing His attention to the contents thereof.
Sheriff's Costs:
Docketing
Service
Affidavit
Surcharge
18.00
27.20
.00
10.00
.00
55.20
So Answers:
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R. Thomas Kline
me this
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day of
09/09/2005
WELTMAN WELNBERG REL~
By:J~ .
Deputy Sheriff
Sworn and Subscribed to before
A.D.
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IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
CIVIL DIVISION
DISCOVER BANK
Plaintiff
vs.
Civil Action No, 0054182CIVIL
RHONDA L STRAWSER
Defendant
PRAECIPE TO SETTLE, DISCONTINUE
AND END WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO REFILE
TO THE PROTHONOTARY OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY:
SIR:
Settle, Discontinue and End the above-captioned matter upon the records of the Court without
prejudice to refile and mark the costs paid.
SWORN. TO AN~SCRIBED
before me this -L day
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WELTMAN, WEINBERG & REIS CO" L.P.A.
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