HomeMy WebLinkAbout05-5611IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
CIVIL DIVISION
DISCOVER BANK
ISSUER OF THE DISCOVER CARD
Plaintiff
vs.
ARBITRATION DOCKET
NO. UJ? SC, II ?(li?
CHRISTINE LEIGH APPLE
Defendant
Hearing
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 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.
LAWYER REFERRAL SERVICE - CUMBERLAND COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION
32 SOUTH BEDORD STREET
CARLISLE, PA 17013
(717)249-3166/(800)990-9108
HEARING NOTICE
YOU HAVE BEEN SUED IN COURT. The above Notice to Defend explains what you must do
to dispute the claims made against you. If you file the written response referred to in the Notice
to Defend, a hearing before a board of arbitrators will take place in Room __ of the
Cumberland County Courthouse, One Courthouse Square, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, on
at 9:00 am. IF YOU FAIL TO FILE THE RESPONSE DESCRIBED
IN THE NOTICE TO DEFEND, A JUDGMENT FOR THE AMOUNT CLAIMED IN THE
COMPLAINT MAY BE ENTERED AGAINST YOU BEFORE THE HEARING.
DUTY TO APPEAR AT ARBITRATION HEARING
If one or more of the Parties is not present at the hearing, THE MATTER MAY BE HEARD AT
THE SAME TIME AND DATE BEFORE A JUDGE OF THE COURT WITHOUT THE
ABSENT PARTY OR PARTIES. THERE IS NO RIGHT TO A TRIAL DE NOVO ON
APPEAL FROM A DECISION ENTERED BY A JUDGE.
NOTICE:
YOU MUST RESPOND TO THIS COMPLAINT WITHIN TWENTY (20) DAYS OR A
JUDGMENT FOR THE AMOUNT CLAIMED MAY BE ENTERED AGAINST YOU
BEFORE THE HEARING. IF ONE OR MORE OF THE PARTIES IS NOT PRESENT AT
THE HEARING, THE MATTER MAY BE HEARD IMMEDIATELY BEFORE A JUDGE
WITHOUT THE ABSENT PARTY OR PARTIES. THERE IS NO RIGHT TO A TRIAL DE
NOVO ON APPEAL FROM A DECISION ENTERED BY A JUDGE.
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IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
DISCOVER BANK NO. D S sL 1(
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ISSUER OF THE DISCOVER CARD
3311 MILL MEADOW DRIVE
HILLIARD, OR 43026
Plaintiff
VS
CIVIL ACTION - LAW
CHRISTINE LEIGH APPLE
77 BEECHCLIFF DR
CARLISLE PA 17013
Defendant(s)
NOTICE
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 (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 or any other claim or relief requested by the Plaintiff.
You may lose money or property 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 HELP. THIS OFFICE CAN PROVIDE YOU WITH INFORMATION ABOUT HIRING A LAWYER.
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.
NOTICIA
Le han demandado a used en la corte. Si used quarere defensas de esas demandas
expuestas en las paginas, siguientes, used tiene viente (20) dias de plazo al partir
de Is fecha de lademanda y Is notifiation. Used debe presentar una apariencia
escrita o en persona o por abogado y archivar en Is corte en forma escrita sus
defensas o sus objeciones a last demandas en corta de su persona. Sea avisado que
si used no se defienda, Is corte tomara medidas y psedido entrar una orden contra
used sin previo aviso o notificacion y por cualquier queja o alivio que es pedido
en la peticion de demands. Used puede perder dinero o sus propledades o otros
derechos importantes pars used.
LLEVE ESTA DEMANDA A UN ABODOAGO IMMEDIATAMENTE. SI NO TIENE ABOGADO 0 SI NO TIENE
EL DINERO SUFFICIENTE DE PAGAR TAL SERVICIO VAYA EN PERSONA 0 LLAME POR TELEFONO A
LA OFICINA CUYA DIRECCION SE ENCUENTRA ESCRITA ABAJO PARA AVERIGUAR DONDE SE PUEDE
CONSEGUIR ASSITANCIA LEGAL.
Lawyer Referral Service
Cumberland County Bar Assn.
32 S. Bedford St.
Carlisle PA 17013
800-990-9108
CVRNOT/PARET W&A FILE NO. 139198820
680109
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
DISCOVER BANK NO. OS- St, I/ C? -f:"
ISSUER OF THE DISCOVER CARD
3311 MILL MEADOW DRIVE
HILLIARD, OH 43026
Plaintiff
VS
CHRISTINE LEIGH APPLE
77 BEECHCLIFF DR
CARLISLE PA 17013
Defendant(s)
CIVIL ACTION - LAW
COMPLAINT
Now comes the Plaintiff, DISCOVER BANK , by and through its
attorneys, and the law firm of Wolpoff & Abramson, L.L.P., and files this Complaint
and in support avers as follows:
1. Plaintiff, DISCOVER BANK
ISSUER OF THE DISCOVER CARD
3311 MILL MEADOW DRIVE
HILLIARD, OH 43026
is a business entity doing business within the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the
other states of the United States.
2. Defendant, CHRISTINE LEIGH APPLE
a last known address of
77 BEECHCLIFF DR
CARLISLE PA 17013
COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND
, is an adult individual with
3. It is averred that Defendant(s) was/were issued a revolving credit
card account. The Terms and Conditions governing the use and maintenance
of the account are attached hereto, incorporated herein, and collectively
marked as Exhibit "A".
4. At all relevant times material hereto, Defendant(s) has/have used said
charge card for the purchase of products, goods and/or for obtaining services.
CPPNOF/PARET W&A FILE NO. 139198820
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5. Plaintiff provided Defendant(s) with copies of the Statements of Account
showing all debits and credits for transactions on the aforementioned credit card
account to which there was no bona fide objection by Defendant(s). A true and
correct copy of the Statement of Account is attached hereto, incorporated herein,
and marked as Exhibit "B".
6. As of the date of this Complaint, the remaining balance due, owing and
unpaid on Defendant's credit card account as a result of the charges made by said
Defendant(s) and/or any authorized users is the sum of $ 14406.63.
7. Despite reasonable and repeated demands for payment, Defendant(s) has/have
refused and continue to refuse to pay all sums due and owing on the aforementioned
account balance, all to the damage and detriment of the Plaintiff.
8. The amount in controversy is within the jurisdictional amount requiring
compulsory arbitration.
WHEREFORE, Plaintiff respectfully requests this Honorable Court enter Judgment
in favor of Plaintiff and against Defendant(s) in the amount of $ 14406.63, plus
the costs of this action and such other relief as the Court deems just and
proper.
Respectfully submitted,
Amy F. Doyle 11 #87062 / Daniel F. Wolfson x/20617
Philip C. Warh is #86341 / Andrew C. Spears #87737
David R. Galloway #87326 / Tonilyn M. Chippie /87852
Ronald M. Abramson x/94266 / Ronald S. Canter #94000
Bruce H. Cherkis x/18837
WOLPOFF & ABRAMSON, L.L.P. / Counsel for Plaintiff
Attorneys in the Practice of Debt Collection
4660 Trindle Road, 3rd Floor, Camp Hill, PA 17011
(717) 303-6700
CPNOF2/PARET W&A FILE NO. 139198820
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ATTORNEY VERIFICATION
I hereby state that I am the attorney for the Plaintiff, who is located
outside of this jurisdiction and in order to file the within document in an
expedient and timely manner, am authorized to take this verification on behalf of
said Plaintiff in this action and verify that the statements made in the foregoing
Complaint are true and correct to the best of my knowledge, information, and
belief, based upon information provided by the Plaintiff.
The undersigned understands that false statements herein are made subject to
the penalties of 18 Pa.C.S. Section 4904, relating to unsworn falsification
to authorities.
Date:
Amy F. Dbyle #87062 / Daniel F. Wolfson x/20617
Philip C. Warh is /86341 / Andrew C. Spears #87737
David R. Gallo y /87326 / Tonilyn M. Chippie x/87852
Ronald M. Abramson x/94266 / Ronald S. Canter #94000
Bruce H. Cherkis #18837
WOLPOFF & ABRAMSON, L.L.P. / Counsel for Plaintiff
Attorneys in the Practice of Debt Collection
4660 Trindle Road, 3rd Floor, Camp Hill, PA 17011
(717) 303-6700
PAVERF/PARET W&A FILE NO. 139198820
680107
EXHIBIT "A"
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DISCOVER
PLATINUM
IMPORTANT.INFORMATION
ABOUT YOUR ACCOUNT
CARDMEMBER AGREEMENT
The terms and conditions of your Account, including
how we calculate finance charges, our fees and an
Arbitration of Disputes section. You have the right to
reject the arbitration provision with respect to your
newAccount within 30 days after receiving your Card,
as explained in the "Acceptance of Agreement"
section ........................ SEEPAGES 1 - 12
PRIVACY POLICY
A summary of the personal information we collect,
when it may be shared with others, and how we
safeguard the confidentiality and security of
information. You may limit our sharing of such
information with others......... SEEPAGES 13 - 15
BILLING RIGHTS
Important information about your rights and our
responsibilities under the Fair Credit Billing Act .....
. . ......................... SEEPAGES 16. 17
CASHBACK BONUS' TERMS AND CONDITIONS
The terms and conditions of the Cashback Bonus-
award program, including a description of how we
calculate the award and how it is paid ............
............................. SEE PAGES 17 - 19
DESCRIPTION OF COVERAGE
The terms and conditions of the Scheduled Air Travel
Accident Insurance and the Secondary Rental Car
Collision Coverage that is provided at no charge to
you when you use your Card to purchase airline
tickets or rent an automobile..... SEE PAGES 19 - 26
V 2003 Discover Bank, Member FDIC 314001.090?`'
CARDMEMBER AGREEMENT
Please read this Agreement carefully before using your
Discover- Platinum Card Account. It contains the terms and
conditions of your Account, some of which may h ave
changed from earlier materials provided to you. In the
event of any differences, this Agreement shall control.
We respect your privacy. See the Privacy Section on page
10 and our Privacy Policy for additional information.
The Arbitration of Dispuses Section on page 11 includes a
waiver of a number of rights, including the right to a jury
trial.
CAROMEMBER AGREEMENT
Agreement Terms ............................ . 2
Acceptance of Agreement ...... ........... . 2
Use of Your Account .......................... . 2
Authorized Users ............................. . 3
Unauthorized Use ............................ . 3
Credit Limit-Available Credit .................... . 3
Promise to Pay ............................... . 3
Monthly Billing Statement ....................... 4
Monthly Payment Options. . ..................... 4
Minimum Monthly Payment ..................... 4
Credit Balances ................................ 5
Balance Transfers .............................. 5
Finance Charges ............................... 5
Periodic Finance Charges ........................ 5
Default Rate Plan .............................. . 7
Cash Advance Transaction Fee Finance Charges ...... 8
Balance Transfer Transaction Fee Finance Charges .... 8
Minimum Finance Charge ....................... 8
Returned Check Fee ............................ 8
Returned Discover Platinum Card Check Fee......... 9
Stop Payment Fee ............................. 9
Late Fee ........................ ............. 9
Pay-by-Phone Fee .............................. 9
Research Fee ................................. 9
Overlimit Fee ................................. 9
Default-Acceleration-Collection Costs .............. 9
Cancellation ..................... ............. 9
Privacy ..................................... 10
Electronic Communications ...................... 10
Credit Authorizations .......................... 10
Change of Terms ............................. 10
Change of Address ............................ 11
Assignment of Account ........................ 11
Arbitration of Disputes ........................ 11
Compliance with Interest Rate Limitations .......... 12
Governing Law ............................... 12
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AGREEMENT TERMS. The word "Account" means your Discover
-Platinum Card Account. The word "Card" means any one or more
Discover Platinum Cards issued to you or someone else with your
authorization. The words "you", "your", or "yours" refer to, in
addition to you, the Cardmember, any other person or persons who are
also contractually liable under this Agreement. The words "we", "us"
and "our" refer to Discover Bank, the issuer of your Discover Platinum
Card. The words "Authorized User" mean any person whom you
authorize to use your Account or a Card, whether you notify us or not.
The words "Pricing Schedule" mean the document accompanying your
Card and listing the Finance Charge rates that apply to your Account.
The Pricing Schedule is part of this Agreement.
ACCEPTANCE OF AGREEMENT. The use of your Account or a Card by
you or an Authorized User, or your failure to cancel your Account
within 30 days after receiving a Card, means you accept this Agree-
ment including the Arbitration of Disputes provision on page 11. You
may, however, reject the Arbitation of Disputes section by providing
us a notice of rejection within 30 days after receiving a Card, at the
following address: Discover Card, P.O. Box 30938, Salt Lake City, UT
84130-0938. If you were previously subject to arbitration with respect
to any Account this right to reject arbitration will not apply to you in
the event that the Account has been reopened or replacement Cards
are sent to you. Your rejection notice must include your name, address,
telephone number, Account number and signature and must not be
sent with any other correspondence. Calling us to indicate that you
reject the Arbitration of Disputes section or sending a rejection notice
in a manner or format that does not comply with all applicable
requirements is insufficient notice. In order to process your notice, we
require that the notice be provided by you directly and not through a
third parry. Rejection of arbitration will not affect your other rights or
responsibilities under this Agreement or your obligation to arbitrate
disputes under any other account as to which you and we have agreed
to arbitrate disputes. If you do not send a rejection notice, you ZI be
obligated by the Arbitration of Disputes section with respect to this
and any prior account you have had with us, even if you have
previously sent a rejection notice with respect to that prior account.
USE OF YOUR ACCOUNT. Your Account may be used for:
• Purchases - to purchase or lease goods or services from participating
merchants by presenting your Card or Account number.
• Cash Advances - to obtain cash advances from participating
automated teller machines, financial institutions or other locations,
or by means of checks which we may furnish to you, all in accordance
with such additional terms and conditions as may be imposed from
time to time.
• Balance Transfers - to transfer balances from other creditors or to
make other transactions by means of balance transfer coupons or
checks, in accordance with such additional terms and conditions as
we may offer from time to time.
In addition, your Account may be used to guarantee reservations at
participating establishments. You will be liable for guaranteed
reservations that are not cancelled prior to the time specified by the
establishment.
Your Account may be used for personal, family, household and
charitable purposes. Your Account may not be used to obtain loans to
purchase, carry or trade in securities, or to pay any amount you owe
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under this Agreement ("Prohibited Transactions'). Prior to its use, each
Card must be signed by the person to whom it is issued. We are not
responsible for the refusal of anyone to accept or honor a Card or to
accept checks that we have provided you. You must return any Card or
unused checks to us upon request.
If a merchant fails to provide your purchase to your satisfaction and, at
your request, we issue a credit to your Account you will be deemed to
have assigned to us your claim against the merchant and/or any third
party for the credited amount. Upon our request, you agree to provide
us with written evidence of such assignment.
Your rights and responsibilities under the Fair Credit Billing Act
described in the billing rights summary on pages 16-17 and on the back
of your monthly billing statement apply only to credit card
transactions. This special rule for credit card transactions does not
-apply to purchases made with a balance transfer check or cash
advance. Therefore, if you have a problem with the quality of goods or
services that you purchased with a balance transfer check, cash
advance check or the proceeds of a cash advance, you do not have the
right to withhold payment of the amount due.
AUTHORIZED USERS. If you want to cancel the authority of a current
Authorized User to use your Account OF a Card, you must notify us in
writing or by telephone and destroy any Card in that person's
possession. None of your rights under this Agreement (other than to
pay amounts owed) may be exercised by any person not a party to this
Agreement acting pursuant to a power of attorney, without our
separate written agreement (which we are not obligated to give).
UNAUTHORIZED USE. If a Card is lost or stolen, or if you think that
someone is using your Account or a Card without your permission,
notify us immediately. You can notify us by telephoning 1-800-
DISCOVER (1-800-347-2683), or by writing DISCOVER PLATINUM CARD,
PO Box 15156, Wilmington, DE 19866-1002. You agree to assist us in
determining the facts relating to any theft or possible unauthorized
use of your Account or a Card and to comply with such procedures as
we may require in connection with our investigation. If our records
indicate that you have enrolled in an automatic billing arrangement
such as a monthly gym membership, we will attempt to provide your
new Account number to that merchant. However, if you no longer
wish to continue the automatic billing arrangement you must contact
the merchant directly.
CREDIT LIMIT-AVAILABLE CREDIT. We will advise you of your Account
credit limit. We may impose a lower limit that will apply to cash
advances, referred to as the cash advance credit limit. You agree not to
allow your unpaid balance, including Finance Charges and fees, to
exceed your Account credit limit. If you exceed your Account credit
limit we may request immediate payment of the amount by which you
exceed your Account credit limit.
We may increase or decrease your Account credit limit or your cash
advance credit limit without notice. The credit available for your use
may, from time to time, be less than your Account credit limit. For
purposes of determining your available credit we reserve the right to
postpone for up to 15 business days reducing your unpaid balancewill
the amount of any payment that we receive. Your available credit not be increased by the amount of any credit balance.
PROMISE TO PAY. You agree to pay us in U.S. Dollars for all purchases,
cash advances and balance transfers including applicable Finance
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Charges and other charges or fees, incurred by you or anyone you
authorize or permit to use your Account or a Card, even if you do not
notify us that others are using your Account or a Card. We will convert
purchases and cash advances made in a foreign currency to U.S. Dollars
at a rate existing on the date of conversion. If you pay us in other than
U.S. Dollars, we may refuse to accept the payment or charge your
Account
be dawn on t funds on deposit m he U.S. You may not use a checks
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advance check, balance transfer check or coupon, or any other
promotional check drawn on any Discover Bank credit card account to
make payments on your Account.
If your Account is a joint Account each of you agrees to be liable
individually and jointly for the entire amount owed on your Account.
We can accept late payments or partial payments or checks and money
orders marked "payment in full" or with any other restrictive
endorsement without losing any of our rights under this Agreement.
MONTHLY BILLING STATEMENT. Unless we waive our right to do so, we
will send you a billing statement after each monthly billing period in
which you have a debit or credit balance. The billing statement will
show all purchases, cash advances, balance transfers, Finance Charges
and other charges or 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 Payment Due Date.
MONTHLY PAYMENT OPTIONS. You may at any time pay the entire
New Balance shown on your billing statement but each month you
must pay at least the minimum Payment Due. All payments must be
made in accordance with the terms, including the payment cutoff time,
stated on your monthly bi6ing statement, and we will credit your
Account in accordance with those terms. In addition, we reserve the
right to change those terms without prior notice. We will apply
pa menu and credits to the New Balance shown on your current
billing statement in order of the Annual Percentage Rate applicable to
the balance of each transaction category (as referenced in the Periodic
Finance Charges Section), from lowest to highest beginning with the
balance subject to the lowest Annual Percentage Rate. We then app
payments and redits to any new transactions using the same meths
However, we hcave the right to apply payments and credits to balances
With higher Annual Percentage Rates prior to balances with lower
Annual Percentage Rates, such as when there are two initial special
rates applicable to your Account and the lower Annual Percentage
Rate will expire before the higher Annual Percentage Rate.
MINIMUM MONTHLY PAYMENT. The Minimum Payment Due each
month will be the sum of any amount past due and the minimum
monthly payment. The minimum monthly payment each month will be
the greater of $10.00 or 1150th of the New Balance, rounded to the
next higher whole dollar amount. If any ANNUAL PERCENTAGE RATE
applicable to your Account is greater than 22.94%, your minimum
monthly payment will be the greater of $10 or 1145th of the New
Balance, rounded to the next higher whole dollar amount. Regardless
is less ethaAnnual n $10.00, Percentage
minimum monthly payment will be the amount
of the New Balance. Paying the Minimum Payment Due may 6e
insufficient to bring your Account balance below your Account credit
limit and, consequently, may not avoid the imposition of the Overlimit
Fee described in the Ovedimu Fee section. We may from time to time
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allow you to not make a minimum monthly payment, and will notify
you when this option is available. If you take advantage of this offer
and do not make a minimum monthly payment, finance charges and
any applicable fees will.acciue on your Account in accordance with this
Agreement and you must pay the Minimum Payment Due for the
following billing periods.
CREDIT BALANCES. We will refund any credit balance within seven
business days from receipt of your written request. If you do
not request a refund, we will automatically refund credit balances
greater than 57.00 which remain in your Account after two
billing periods.
BALANCE TRANSFERS. We may periodically offer you the opportunity
to transfer balances from other creditors or to make other transactions
to your Account by means of balance transfer coupons or checks. Each
offer will contain an initial special rate, which will be the Annual
Percentage Rate that will apply to transferred balances for the time
period specified in the offer, subject to the Default Rate Plan Section,
and may contain a Balance Trans?er Transaction Fee Finance Charge for
each balance transfer made during the term of the offer, as disclosed
in the offer and as set forth in the Pricing Schedule, if applicable. After
the expiration of this time period, the Annual Percentage Rate that
applies for purchases will apply to transferred balances. Balance
transfers subject to the initial special rate are referred to as special rate
balance transfers; balance transfers for which the initial special rate has
expfired are referred to as purchase rate balance transfers. Each offer
will contain an expiration date. If you attempt to transfer balances by
means of a check after the expiration date, we will treat the
transaction as a cash advance. We will not make balance transfers
attempted by means of a coupon after the expiration date.
FINANCE CHARGES. You can avoid payment of Periodic Finance
Charges on new purchases if you pay the New Balance shown on the
billing statement on which the purchase first appears by the Payment
Due Date, and the Payments and Credits on that statement equal or
exceed your Previous Balance. We call this the 'grace period.' You do
not have a grace period on balance transfers or cash advances. Periodic
Finance Charges are imposed on new balance transfers and cash
advances beginning with the date the transaction occurs.
PERIODIC FINANCE CHARGES. Periodic Finance Charges are imposed on
all transactions until the date of repayment. Repayment means
pa ment of your entire New Balance. However, if you pay the New
Balance shown on the current billing statement by the Payment Due
Date, and the Payments and Credits shown on this statement equal or
exceed the Previous Balance, we will not impose Periodic Finance
Charges on new purchases, that is, purchases first appearing on the
current statement. Otherwise, you will receive a billing statement the
next month that includes Periodic Finance Charges imposed until the
date of repayment.
We compute Periodic Finance Charges each day for purchases, cash
advances, and balance transfers (which we refer to as transaction
ca?ey?ries) by using the following equation: Average Daily Balance x
number of days in the billing period x Daily Periodic Rate. (You may
refer to the finance charge summary on the front of your billing
statement for these amounts.) Then we add all the Periodic Finance
Charges for each transaction category to get the total Periodic Finance
Charges for your Account. The Average Daily Balance is shown as zero
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if no Periodic Finance Charges apply to the balance in a transaction
category.
We use the two-cycle average daily balance (including new
transactions) method of calculating the balance upon which we
impose Periodic Finance Charges. This means if you did not pay the
New Balance shown on the billing statement you received during the
previous billing period by the Payment Due Date, we will impose
Periodic Finance Charges on new purchases that first appeared on that
billing statement, as well as new purchases that first appear on the
current billing statement, unless we already imposed Periodic Finance
Charges on the purchases on your previous billing statement. We
compute the average daily balance for each transacuon category by
adding up all the daily balances in a billing period for a transaction
category and ding the total by the number of days in the billing
ryde. We compute the daily balance for each transactor category on
each day by first adding the following to the previous day's daily
balance: transactions made that day, fees charged that day and
Periodic Finance Charges accrued on the previous day's daily balance;
and by then subtracting any credits and payments that are applied
against the balance of the transaction category that day. In
calculating the daily balance for the previous bil1 ling period, we
consider the "previous day's daily balance" to have been zero on the
first day of the billing period.
Special rate balance transfers and Balance Transfer Transaction Fee
Finance Charges are included in the daily balance of the balance
transfer transaction category. Balance transfers that were subject to an
initial special rate that has been terminated due to a late payment or
because your outstanding Account balance exceeded your Account
credit limit are also included in this category until the initial special rate
otherwise would have expired. In calculating the daily balance of the
balance transfer transaction category on the first day of the billing
period, we subtract the unpaid balance of those Balance Transfer
Transaction Fee Finance Charges and balance transfers that become
purchase rate balance transfers on that day and we add that unpaid
balance to the balance of the purchase transaction category.
All fees charged to your Account are added to the purchase transaction
category with the exception of Cash Advance Transaction Fee Finance
Charges which are added to the cash advance transaction category and
Balance Transfer Transaction Fee Finance Charges which are added to
the balance transfer transaction category. If a transaction is posted to
your Account after the close of the billing period in which it occurs, we
will treat the transaction as having occurred on the first day of the
billing period in which it is posted to your Account.
(1) Rate Plans
The Daily Periodic Rate and corresponding Annual Percentage Rate
that apply to each transaction category is either a fixed rate or a
variable rate as set forth in your Pricing Schedule. The Daily Periodic
Rate is 11365th of the corresponding Annual Percentage Rate. The
variable Annual Percentage Rate for a transaction category is deter.
mined by adding a specified number of percentage points to the Prime
Rate. This is shown on the Pricing Schedule as "Prime a (percentage
points)." For purposes of this Agreement, the Prime Rate is the highest
rate of interest listed as the "prime rate" in the money rates section of
The wall street Journal on the last business day of the month. The
Prime Rate is merely a pricing index and does not represent the lowest
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or best interest rate available to a borrower at any bank at any given
time. Your Annual Percentage Rate will increase or decrease when the
Prime Rate changes. This change will be effective beginning on the first
day of the billing period that begins during the same month as the
change in the Prime Rate.
(2) Annual Percentage Rate for Purchases
We may have offered you an introductory rate on purchases. The
introductory rate is the Annual Percentage Rate that will apply to pur-
chases for the time period specified in the offer, subject to the Defauk
Rate Plan Section. After expiration of this time period, the Annual
Percentage Rate for purchases will apply. The Daily Periodic Rates and
corresponding Annual Percentage Rates in effect on the date this
Agreement is furnished to you are set forth in the Pricing Schedule.
(3) Annual Percentage Rate for Cash Advances
The Daily Periodic Rate and corresponding Annual Percentage Rate in
effect on the date this Agreement is furnished to you are set forth in
the Pricing Schedule.
(4) Annual Percentage Rate for Balance Transfers
The Daily Periodic Rate and corresponding Annual Percentage Rate in
effect for special rate balance transfers will be set forth in the offer
from us under which you make the balance transfer. As indicated in the
Balance Transfers Section above, purchase rate balance transfers will be
subject to the Daily Periodic Rate and correspending Annual Percent.
age Rate that apply to purchases and the Default Rate Plan Section.
The Daily Periodic Rate and corresponding Annual Percentage Rate in
effect on the date this Agreement is furnished to you are set forth in
the Pricing Schedule.
DEFAULT RATE PLAN. We will review your Account on the last day of
each billing period to determine the Annual Percentage Rates thatwill
apply to your Account. In reviewing your Account, we will look at the
current billing period as well as the previous eleven billing periods. Any
increased rate described below will apply beginning with the first day
of the billing period in which we review your Account.
If we did not receive a required payment by the Payment Due Date
during the billing period in which we review your Account, then any
initial special rate on balance transfer and any introductory or
promotional rate on purchases that currently applies to your Account
and any such rate that we have previously offered to you, will
terminate and the standard Annual Percentage Rate for purchases will
apply to your balance of balance transfers and purchases as well as any
introductory or promotional rate on purchases and any initial special
rate on balance transfers that we have previously offered to you. In
addition, if the standard Annual Percentage Rate for purchases is less
than 19.99% and during the immediately preceding eleven billing
periods we did not receive a required payment by the Payment Due
Date, then the Standard ANNUAL PERCENTAGE RATE for purchases will
be increased to 19.99% la Daily Periodic Rate of .05477%).
If your outstanding balance exceeds your Account credit limit as of the
day we review your Account and your outstanding balance exceeded
your Account credit Jim it as of the last day of any billing period in the
immediately preceding eleven billing periods, then any initial special
rate on balance transfers and any introductory or promotional rate on
purchases that currently applies to your Account, and any such rate
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that we have previously offered to you will terminate and the standard
.Annual Percentage Rate for purchases will apply to the balance of your
balance transfers and purchases as well as any introductory or
promotional rate on purchases and any initial special rate on balance
transfers that we have previously offered to you. If the standard
Annual Purchase Rate for purchases is less than 19.99%, then the
standard ANNUAL PERCENTAGE RATE for purchases will be increased
to 19.99% (a Daily Periodic Rate of.05477%).
If your standard ANNUAL PERCENTAGE RATE for purchases is less than
24.99% and during the current and immediately preceding eleven
billing periods you either failed three times to make a required
payment when due or exceeded your Account credit limit three times
as of the last day of a billing period, then the standard ANNUAL
PERCENTAGE RATE for purchases and for cash advances will be
increased to 24.99% (a Dally Periodic Rate of .06847%).
CASH ADVANCE TRANSACTION FEE FINANCE CHARGES. We will
charge you a Cash Advance Transaction Fee Finance Charge of 3% of
the amount of each new cash advance. There is a minimum Cash
Advance Transaction Fee FINANCE CHARGE of 55.00 and no maximum
Cash Advance Transaction Fee FINANCE CHARGE. The imposition of
Cash Advance Transaction Fee Finance Charges may result in an Annual
Percentage Rate for cash advances that is higher than the nominal
Annual Percentage Rate. All forms of cash advances, including the use
of Discover Platinum Card checks, regardless of the purpose for which
used, are subject to Cash Advance Transaction Fee Finance Charges. To
obtain the total Finance Charge on cash advances for each billing
period, we add any Cash Advance Transaction Fee Finance Charges for
the billing period charged under this Section to any Periodic Finance
Charges calculated under the Periodic Finance Charges Section for the
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cash advance transaction category
BALANCE TRANSFER TRANSACTION FEE FINANCE CHARGES. If the
balance transfer offer you receive contains a Balance Transfer Trans.
action Fee Finance Charge, we will charge you a Balance Transfer
Transaction Fee Finance Charge for the amount of each balance
transfer made under that offer. If there is a Balance Transfer
Transaction Fee Finance Charge in conjunction with the offer you
received when you applied for an Account, it will be in the amount set
forth in the Pricing Schedule. The imposition of Balance Transfer
Transaction Fee Finance Charges may result in an Annual Percentage
Rate for balance transfers that is higher than the nominal Annual
Percentage Rate. To obtain the total Finance Charge on balance
transfers for each billing period, we add any Balance Transfer Trans-
action Fee Finance Charges calculated under the Periodic Finance
Charges section for the balance transfer transaction category.
MINIMUM FINANCE CHARGE. We will charge you a minimum FINANCE
CHARGE of $.50 for any billing period in which some FINANCE CHARGE
of less than 5.50 would otherwise be imposed.
RETURNED CHECK FEE. We will charge you a Returned Check Fee of
529.00 each time you pay us with a check that is returned unpaid. This
fee will also apply if a debit transaction to a deposit account from
which you have authorized us in writing, electronically, or orally to
periodically deduct all or a part of an amount you owe us under this
Agreement is returned unpaid. We will charge you this fee the first
time any payment is returned unpaid, even if it is paid upon
resubmission.
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RETURNED DISCOVER PLATINUM CARD CHECK FEE. We will charge you
a Returned DiKover Platinum Card Check Fee of $29.00 each time we
decline to honor a Discover Platinum Card cash advance check, balance
transfer check or other promotional check.
STOP PAYMENT FEE. We may charge a Stop Payment Fee of $15.00
each time we stop payment at your request on a cash advance check,
balance transfer check, or other promotional check.
LATE FEE. We will charge you a Late Fee if you have failed, as of the
Payment Due Date, to make the Minimum Payment Due that was
required to be paid by that date. The amount of the Late Fee is based
on the sum of all outstanding purchases, cash advances, balance
transfers, other charges, other fees and finance Charges at the end of
the billing period. If the sum is less than 5700, the Late Fee is $15. If the
sum is equal to or greaterthan S100, and less than 51,000, the Late Fee
is $25. If the sum is equal to or greater than $1,000, the Late Fee is $35.
PAY-BY-PHONE FEE. We may from time to time allow you to make
payments by authorizing us over the telephone to transfer or pay
funds from a deposit account to your Account. We will charge a Pay.
by-Phone Fee of $10 for each such transfer or payment.
RESEARCH FEE. We may charge you a Research Fee of $5.00 for each
copy of a billing statement or sales slip that you request. However, we
will not charge a fee if you request copies in connection with a billing
error.
OVERUMIT FEE. We will charge you an Overlimit Fee each time that, as
of the close of a billing period, your outstanding Account balance
exceeds your Account credit limit. This fee may be charged even if the
transaction which causes you to exceed your Account credit limit is
authorized by us or if you exceed your Account credit limit due to the
posting of Finance Charges or fees to your Account. The amount of the
Overlimit Fee is based on the sum of all outstanding purchases, cash
advances, balance transfers, other charges, other fees and Finance
Charges at the end of the billing period. If the sum is equal to or less
than $1,000, the Overlimit Fee is $ts. If the sum is greater than $1,000,
the Overlimit Fee is $35.
DEFAULT-ACCELERATION-COLLECTION COSTS. You are in default if you
become insolvent; if you file a bankrupt q petition or have one filed
against you; if we have a reasonable belief that you are unable or
unwilling to repay your obligations to us,, if you are declared
incompetent by a court or if a court appoints a guardian for you or a
conservator for your assets; if you die; or if you fail to comply with the
terms of this Agreement including failing to make a required payment
when due, exceeding your Account credit limit or using your Card or
Account for a Prohibited Transaction. If you are in default, we may
declare the entire balance of your Account immediately due and
payable without notice. If we refer the collection of your Account to
an attorney or employ an attorney to represent us with regard to
recovery of money that you owe us, we may charge you reasonable
attorneys' fees and court or other collection costs as permitted by law
and as actually incurred by us. We may delay enforcing or not enforce
any of our rights under this Agreement without losing or waiving any
of them.
CANCELLATION. You may cancel your Account by notifying us in
writing or telephone and returning or destroying every Card and
unused the that we have provided you. Of course, you will still be
responsible to pay any amount you owe us according to the terms of
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this Agreement. If your Account is a joint Account each of you may
. cancel your Account. We may cancel or suspend your Account at any
time without notice. We may choose not to renew your Account
(beyond the expiration date shown on the face of a Card) without
notice.
PRIVACY. We respect the privacy of information about you and your
Account. Our Privacy policy includes a summary of the personal
information we collect, when it may be shared with others, how we
safeguard the confidentiality and security of information and the steps
you may take to limit our sharing of such information with others.
Please read it carefully as it is part of your Cardmember Agreement. As
indicated in our Privacy Polley we may report to credit reporting
agencies and other creditors the status and payment history of your
Account, including negative credit information. We normally report to
such credit reporting agencies each month. If you believe that our
report of yyour Account status is inaccurate or incomplete, please write
us at the tollowin address: Discover Card, PO Box 15316, Wilmington
DE 19850.5316. Please include your name, address, home telephone
number and Account number.
We may from time to time review your credit, employment and income
records. Our personnel may listen to or record telephone calls between
you and our representatives in order to evaluate the quality of our
service to our Cardmembers without notice to you. We may use any
medium, including but not limited to mail, live telephone calls,
automated telephone equipment, prerecorded telephone calls, and e-
mail to contact you about your Account or offer you products or
services that may be of value to you. If you prefer not to be contacted
in one or more of these ways, call us at 1-800-225-5202 or write to us
at Discover Card, P.O. Box 30961, Salt Lake City, UT 84130-0961. We
provide various methods by which you can obtain information about
your Account. We will only release such information to you, any
Authorized User that our records indicate is an authorized buyer on
your Account and any other person with your prior permission, in
addition to as provided in our Privacy Policy or as required by law. Our
security measures cannot insure against unauthorized inquiries. You
agree that we will not be responsible for the release of information to
anyone who, even it without your authorization or permission, has
gained possession of a Card or has learned other identifying
characteristic about you such as your personal identification number,
Account number or social security number.
ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS. We may offer you the opportunity to
receive certain notices from us electronically rather than through the
mail, including monthly billing statements and change of terms
notices. The terms and conditions for receiving these electronic
communications will be described in the offer.
CREDIT AUTHORIZATIONS. Certain transactions will require our
authorization prior to completion of the transaction. In some cases,
you may be asked to provide identification. If our authorization system
is not working, we may not be able to authorize a transaction. We will
not be liable to you if any of these events happen.
CHANGE OF TERMS. We may change any term or part of this
Agreement including any finance charge rate, fee or method of
computing any balance upon which the finance charge rate is
assessed, or add any new term or part to this Agreement by sending
you a written or electronically delivered notice at least 15 days before
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the change is to become effective. We may apply any such change to
the outstanding balance of your Account on the effective date of the
change and to new charges made after that date. If you do not agree
to the chae, you must notify us in writing or electronically within 15
days after nga mailing of the notice of change at the address provided
in the notice of change, in which case your Account will be closed and
you must pay us the balance thatyyou owe us under the existing terms
of the unchanged Agreement Otherwise, you will have agreed to the
,hanges in the notice. Use of your Account after the effective date of
the change will be deemed acceptance of the new terms as of such
effective date, even if you previously notified us that you did not
agree to the change.
CHANGE OF ADDRESS. If you change your address you must notify us
of your new address within 15 days.
ASSIGNMENT OF ACCOUNT. We may sell, assign or transfer your
Account or any portion thereof without notice to yyoou. You may not
sell, assign or transfer your Account without first obtaining our prior
written consent.
ARBITRATION OF DISPUTES. In the event of any part, present or future
claim or dispute (whether based upon contract tort, statute, common
law or equity) between you and us arising from or relating to your
Account any prior account you have had with us, your application, the
relationships which result from your Account or the enforceability or
scope of this arbitration provision, of the Agreement or of any prior
agreement you or we may elect to resolve the claim or dispute by
binding arbitration.
IF EITHER YOU OR WE ELECT ARBITRATION, NEITHER YOU NOR WE
SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO LFTIGATE THAT CLAIM IN COURT OR TO
HAVE A JURY TRIAL ON THAT CLAIM. PRE-HEARING DISCOVERY
RIGHTS AND POST-HEARING APPEAL RIGHTS WILL BE LIMITED.
NEITHER YOU NOR WE SHALL BE ENTITLED TO JOIN OR CONSOLIDATE
CLAIMS IN ARBITRATION BY OR AGAINST OTHER CARDMEMBERS
WITH RESPECT TO OTHER ACCOUNTS, OR ARBITRATE ANY CLAIMS AS
A REPRESENTATIVE OR MEMBER OF A CLASS OR IN A PRIVATE
ATTORNEY GENERAL CAPACITY. Even if all parties have opted to
litigate a claim in court, you or we may elect arbitration with respect
to any claim made by a new parry or any new claims later asserted in
that lawsuit, and nothing undertaken therein shall constitute a waiver
of any.rights under this arbitration provision.
We will not invoke our right to arbitrate an individual claim you bring
in small claims court or your state's equivalent court, H any, so long as
the claim is pending only in that court and does not exceed $5,000.00.
Your Account involves interstate commerce, and this provision shall be
governed by the Federal Arbitration Act (FAAJ. The arha.?a,.? .h.11 r..
conauor at the option of whoever files the arbitration claim
either IAMS/Endispute (JAMS) or the National Arbitration Forum (F
in accordance with their procedures in effect when the claim is f
For a copy of their procedures, to file a claim or for other informal
contact JAMS at 1920 Main Street Suite 300, Irvine, C4 92614 (ph
1-8 aDo- n 352-5267) or NAF at P.O. Box 50191, Minneapolis, MN 55
(phone 1-800-474-2371). At your written request we will advance
arbitration filing, administrative and hearing fees which you We
required to pay to pursue a claim or dispute as a result of our elect
W arbitrate that claim or dispute. Send requests to P.O. Box 151
'dmington, OE 79886-1020. The arbitrator will decide who
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ultimately be responsible for paying those fees. 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 and our combined
court costs would have been if the claim had been resolved in a state
court with jurisdiction. In no event will you be required to pay any fees
or costs incurred by us in connection with an arbitration proceeding
where such a requirement is prohibited by law.
Any arbitration hearing will take place in the federal judicial district
where you reside. The arbitrator shall follow applicable substantive
law to the extent consistent with the FAA and applicable statutes of
limitations and shall honor claims of privilege recognized at law. If
requested by any party, the arbitrator shall write an opinion containing
the reasons for the award. The arbitrator's decision will be final and
binding except for any appeal rights under the FAA and except that if
the amount in controversy exceeds $100,000.00, any party may appeal
the award within 30 days to a three-arbitrator panel which shall review
the award de novo. The costs of such an appeal shall be borne by the
appealing party regardless of outcome. Judgment upon any award by
the arbitrator may be enforced in any court having jurisdiction.
Our rights and obligations under this arbitration provision shall inure
to the benefit of and be binding upon our parent corporations,
subsidiaries, affiliates (including, without limitation, Discover Financial
Services, Inc.), predecessors, successors, assigns, as well as the officers,
directors and employees of each of these entities, and will also inure to
the benefit of any third party named as a co-defendant with us or with
any of the foregoing in a claim which is subject to this arbitration
provision. Your rights and obligations under this arbitration provision
shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon all persons
contractually liable under this Agreement and all Authorized Users of
the Account. This arbitration provision shall survive termination of your
Account as well as voluntary payment in full by you, any legal
proceedings by us to collect a debt owed by you, any bankruptcy by
you and any sale by us of your Account.
COMPLIANCE WITH INTEREST RATE LIMITATIONS. We intend that this
Agreement will comply with applicable interest rate limitations. You
will not be required to pay Finance Charges or other charges at a rate
that is greaterthan the maximum amount permitted by law. If it is ever
finally determined that but for this Section, the Finance Charges or
other charges under this Agreement would exceed the maximum
lawful amount the Finance Charges and other charges will be reduced
to the maximum lawful amount. Any excess amount that you have
already paid will be used to reduce the outstanding balance of your
Account or will be refunded to you by means of a check in our
discretion.
GOVERNING LAW. This Agreement will be governed by the laws of the
State of Delaware and applicable federal laws. If any part of this
Agreement becomes unenforceable, it will not make any other part
unenforceable.
Discover Bank
DISCOVER PLATINUM CARD
Vice President
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PRIVACY POLICY
We Respect Your Privacy
Our mission is to provide you with superior products and services,
along with the peace of mind knowing that your privacy is secure. We
understand your concerns about guarding information about you and
your Account. We want to assure you that we have taken steps, and
will continue to take steps, to safeguard that information.
This Privacy Policy describes our efforts to meet these objectives. It
includes a summary of the following important information:
• A listing of the personal information we collect.
• The circumstances in which we may share information with others.
•The ways we safeguard the confidentiality and security of
information.
• The steps you may take to limit our sharing of such information
with others. See Section 4 for complete details.
Please read our Privacy Policy carefully. It will help you understand how
we collect and share information.
1. What Personal Information Do We Collect?
To serve you better and manage our business, it is important that we
collect and maintain accurate personal information about you. We
obtain this information from applications and other forms you submit
to us, from your dealings with us and others, from consumer reporting
agencies, and from other sources, such as our Web sites. For example:
• We may obtain information such as your name, address and date of
birth from applications and other forms you submit to us.
• We may obtain information such as Account balances, payment
history , your use of your Account and the types of services you prefer
from your transactions and other dealings with us and others.
• We may obtain information such as the balances of your loans with
other lenders and your payment history with others from consumer
reporting agencies.
-We may obtain information such as your Internet service provider,
your domain name, your computer's operating system and Web
browser, your Web site use and your product and service preferences
from your visits to our Web sites.
2. Is Personal Inforrnation Shared With Others?
We limit the shariny of information with others. Many of the offers
you receive for products and services are provided directly to you from
us. For example, a retailer that accepts the Discover- Card may come to
us with a special offer for Cardmembers, such as a discount certificate
or product upgrade. After careful consideration of the nature of the
offer and the company, we will create a list of Cardmembers who may
be interested in the Per based on certain characteristics. We will send
the offer directly to those Cardmembers on behalf of the retailer by,
for example, including an insert in their monthly billing statement or
mailing the offer ourselves. We control the information used to make
the offer; we do not share the list or any information about our Card-
members with the retailer. However, please understand that if you do
receive this type of offer from us and choose to take advantage of it,
the retailer may then learn information about you because only Card-
members with certain characteristics received the offer.
There are, however, circumstances in which we may share the
information we collect about you, as described in Section 1, with other
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,companies in order to provide you with access toproducts ductss below. an d rvices
and to service your Account effectively, a detailed require
these companies to adhere to our privacy standards and to use this
information only for the limited purpose for which it was shared. We
do not allow them to disclose it to others without our prior approval.
a. Sharing Personal Information with our Corporate Family
We are part of the Morgan Stanley family of companies. Dur corporate
family offers a wide variety of products and services that can help you
manage your finances. In order to provide you with access to these
products and services, we may share the information we collect about
you, as described in Section 1, with other members of our corporate
family. These companies include financial service providers that offer
mortgage lending services, securities and asset management services,
investment opportunities and mutual funds, and may include win-
financial service providers in the future as our corporate family
continues to grow.
b.Sharing Personal Information with Non-Affiliated Parties for
Marketing Purposes
We may share the information we collect about you, as described in
Section 1, with non-affiliated third parties, including those that accept
the Discover Card, in order to provide you with access to products and
services offered directly by these companies that may be of value to
you. These companies include financial service providers, such as
insurance companies, and non-financial companies, such as retailers.
c. Sharing Personal information with Others
we may share the information we collect about you, as described in
Section 1, with companies that perform support or marketing services
on our behalf, such as mailing, market research and data processing;
other financial institutions with which we have joint marketing
agreements; or companies that are our partners for cobrand credit
card programs or reward programs. We may also share such
information as permitted by law.
3. How Do We Protect The Confidentiality Security and Integrity Of
Information About You?
We maintain physical, electronic and procedural safeguards to protect
the information we collect about you. Access to such information is
restricted to individuals who need it in order to service your Account or
provide products and services to you, and who are trained in the
proper handling of such information. Employees who violate these
confidentiality requirements are subject to our disciplinary process.
Where third parties provide support services, we require them to
conform to our privacy standards.
It is important that the information we maintain about you is accurate
and complete. If you see information in your monthly billing state-
menu or elsewhere which suggests that our information is incomplete
or inaccurate, please write to us at Discover Card, P.O. Box 30943, Salt
Lake City, UT 84130-0943 so that we can update this information.
4. How Can You Limit Sharing of Information About You?
We respect your privacy and offer you choices as to whether we may
share information about you with others. If you prefer that we not
share the information we collect about you, as described in Section 1,
with non-affiliated third parties or if you prefer that we not share that
information with companies in our corporate family, you may opt out,
that is, you may direct us not to share that information. If you indicate
a preference that we do not share that information, please understand
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that you will not receive offers for products and services. provided by
other companies that could help you lower your costs, maximize your
financial resources and manage your finances.
To indicate your preferences, all us at 1-600-225.5202 or write to us at
Discover Card, PA. Box 30961, Salt Lake Gty, UT 84130-0961. If you
have previously notified us about your privacy Preferences, it is not
necessary to do so again unless you decide to change your
preferences. Your written request should include your name, address,
telephone number and Account number(s) and should not be sent
with any other correspondence. In order to process your request, we
require that the request be provided by you directly and not through
a third parry. You will need to provide us with your preferences for
each credit card account you have with us.
You may notify us about your preferences at any time. Your request
will remain in effect until you notify us otherwise. We will honor your
request and not share the information we collect about you, except as
permitted by law. For example, federal law permits us to share
information about you with consumer reporting agencies, service
providers and marketing partners. It also permits us to share
information about our experiences and transactions with you, such as
your Account balance and payment history, with other members of our
corporate family. If you are a new Cardmember, we will not share any
information about you, except as permitted by law, for thirty days after
we provide this Policy to you in order to give you an opportunity to
inform us about your preferences. If you are an existing Cardmember,
please understand that you may continue to receive marketing offers
directly from other companies that were already in production prior to
the processing of your request.
This Privacy Policy is provided to the primary Cardmember listed on the
Account. However, any joint Cardmember has the right to notify us
about preferences and we will treat that request as applying to the
entire Account. We do not share information about former customers,
except as permitted by law.
This Privacy Policy is provided to you by Discover Bank and its
subsidiaries, which currently include GTC Insurance Agency, Inc. It
applies to the Discover Platinum, Discover Gold, Discover Classic,
Discover Private Issue'', and Discover Titanium Cards, and the products
and services offered in connection with those cards, including The
Register- card registration service (with the exception of any
information registered in connection with the service, which will not
be shared). It is part of your Cardmember Agreement and providesa
further explanation of how we collect and share information. You may
have other rights under state laws that apply to this information.
Please note that you will also receive privacy notices for other credit
card accounts you have with us, as well as other financial products and
services provided to you by us and our affiliates. You will need to
indicate your preferences for each of these separately as disclosed in
the notice.
Vermont and North Dakota Residents - Your State laws require
financial institutions to obtain your consent prior to sharing
information about you with others. Except as permitted by law, we
will not share information we collect about you with non-affiliated
third parties or, if you are a Vermont resident, with companies in our
corporate family unless you call us at 1-800-DISCOVER and authorize us
to do so.
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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.
1. 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 of
paper at the address listed on your bill for Notice of Billing Errors.
Write to us as soon as possible. We must hear from you no laterthan
60 days after we sent you the first bill on which the error or problem
appeared. You can telephone us, but doing so will not preserve your
rights.
In your letter, give us the following information:
• your name and Account number.
• your dollar amount of the suspected error.
• describe the error and explain, if you can, why you believe there is
an error. If you need more information, describe the item you are
not sure about.
If you have authorized us to pay your credit card bill automatically
from your savings or checking account, you can stop the payment on
any amount you think is wrong. To stop the payment, your letter
must reach us three business days before the automatic payment is
scheduled to occur.
2. 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 Account credit limit. You do
not have to pay any questioned amount while we are investigating,
but you are still obligated to pay the parts of your bill that are not
in question.
If we find that we made a mistake on your bill, you will not have to
pay any finance charges related to any questioned amount. If we
didn't make a mistake, you may have to pay the finance charges, and
you will have to make up an missed payments on the questioned
amount. In either case, we wi I send you a statement of the amount
you owe and the date that it is due.
If you fail to pay the amount that we think you owe, we may report
you as delinquent. However, if our explanation does not satisfy you
and you write us within ten days telling us that you still refuse to
pay, we must tell anyone we report you to that you have a question
about your hill. And, we must tell you the name of anyone we
reported you to. We must tell anyone we report you to that the
matt er has been sett led between us when it finally is. If we don't
follow these rules, we can't collect the first S50 of the questioned
amount, even if your bill was correct.
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3. Special Rule For Credit Card Purchases
If you have a problem with the quality of goods or services that you
purchased with a credit card, and you tried in good faith to correct
the problem with the merchant, you may have the right not to pay
the remaining amount due on the goods or services. There are two
limitations on this right:
Wu must have made the purchase in your home state or, if not
within your home state, within 100 miles of your current mailing
address; and
(b) 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 goods or services.
DISCOVERe CARD
CASHBACK BONUS* PROGRAM
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
The Cashback Bonus • Terms and Conditions constitute a separate
and independent agreement from the Cardmember Agreement and
apply to Accounts that participate in the Cashback Bonus Program.
However, these Terms and Conditions are subject to the Arbitration
of Disputes section of the Cardmember Agreement, which is
incorporated herein.
1. Cashback Bonus awards are amounts denominated in dollars and
cents which may be accrued by Cardmembers by using their
Discover' Card for qualified purchases. Cashback Bonus awards
include Traditional Cashback Bonus awards and other Cashback
Bonus awards as described below. Cashback Bonus awards are not
accrued for Prohibited Transactions (as defined in the Cardmember
Agreement), cash advances or balance transfers..
2. Traditional Cashback Bonus amounts are calculated based on
purchases made during an annual period corresponding to the
Cardmember's anniversary year as described in paragraph 3 below.
The first anniversary year begins on the date the Card is issued and
ends on the last day of the twelfth monthly billing period which
follows. Each successive anniversary year is the approximate one-
year period comprised of the next twelve monthly billing periods.
3. Except as provided below and in paragraph 4 below, the accrued
amount of a Traditional Cashback Bonus award is calculated by
multiplyying the total qualified purchases at the end of each billing
period by
- .25% (.0025), if the purchases are part of the first $1,500 in
purchases during the anniversary year, or, if the purchases are
made at select warehouse clubs or discount stores, and
• .50% (.0050), if the purchases are part of the second $1,500 in
purchases during the anniversary year, and
• 1.0% (.01), if the purchases are part of the purchases in excess of
S3,000 during the anniversary year.
Any purchases made at select warehouse clubs or discount stores will
be ineligible for a Traditional Cashback Bonus award in excess of
.25% (.0025) of the amount of the purchases. However, these
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purchases will continue to be included in the total amount of
- purchases made during the anniversary year and used to determine
the applicable percentage rate listed above for other purchases.
Please call 1.800-347-7896 or visit our Web site at Discovercard.com
for a fist of these select warehouse clubs and discount stores.
The total of these calculations for each anniversary year is the
accrued amount of the Traditional Cashback Bonus award. The
accrued amount of the Traditional Cashback Bonus award will be
made available to Cardmembers as described below provided the
conditions contained in paragraph S below are met. The calculation
for the Traditional Cashback Bonus award begins again with the
beginning of each anniversary year.
4. Cardmembers may also be offered, from time to time, other
Cashback Bonus awards (i.e., by making a purchase at a specific
merchant), the terms of which will be disclosed in the offer. These
purchases will receive the award amount described in the offer. They
will not be considered qualified purchases for purposes of deter-
mining the annual level of purchases and calculating the Traditional
Cashback Bonus award unless otherwise disclosed in the offer. These
other Cashback Bonus awards will accrue in the Cashback Bonus
Account in accordance with these Terms and Conditions unless an
alternative method of disbursement is disclosed in the offer. In
addition, if, as of the date Discover Card determines whether a
Cardmember has met the terms of the offer, the Cardmember's
Account is closed or delinquent, the Cardmember will not receive
this other Cashback Bonus award unless otherwise &sdosed in the
offer, nor will the Cardmember receive a Traditional Cashback Bonus
award on these purchases. The accrued amount of these other
Cashback Bonus awards will be made available to Cardmembers as
described below provided the conditions contained in paragraph 5
below are met.
5. All Cashback Bonus awards will be held in the Cashback Bonus
Account. The Cashback Bonus amount available for disbursement is
the amount in the Cashback Bonus Account as of the last day of the
Cardmember's previous billing period. However, Cashback Bonus
awards may be redeemed in increments of $20 only. Cardmembers
have no right to accrued Cashback Bonus amounts of less than $20
or amounts within the $20 increments.
Only Cardmembers in good standing with open Accounts may access
the accrued Cashback Bonus awards in the Cashback Bonus Account.
To be in good standing a Cardmember may not be delinquent (as
described below) or in default (as defined in the Cardmember
Agreement), and a Cardmember may not have used the Account for
any prohibited Transactions. The Cardmember is delinquent if
Discover Card has not received a required payment by the Payment
Due Date shown on the monthly billing statement.
H an Account is inactive for 36 consecutive months, any amount of
S20 or more in accrued Cashback Bonus awards will be paid to the
Cardmember as an Account credit in $20 increments. If the $20
minimum or an increment of $20 thereafter is not reached, that
amount will be forfeited. If an Account is closed for any reason, any
Cashback Bonus awards in the Cashback Bonus Account will be
forfeited.
6. A qualifying Cardmember may have the opportunity to choose
the manner in which Cashback Bonus awards are disbursed including
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a credit to the Cardmembels Account, a check that is mailed to the
Cardmember, or an exchange of the Cashback Bonus award for
selected products or services, the terms of which will be contained in
the offer. Cardmembers may select more than one redemption
method, however each redemption and each redemption method
must be in $20 increments. Discover Card may change the
redemption methods in its sole discretion from time to time. It is the
Cardmember's responsibility to notify Discover Card in the event a
Cashback Bonus disbursement is not received for any reason.
Cardmembers may redeem Cashback Bonus awards by calling 1-877-
YOUR-AWARD (1-877-968.7292) (Monday-Friday, 7am - 7pm CST) or
on the Internet at Discovercard.com. Prior to redemption, the
transactions on which Cashback Bonus awards are calculated may be
audited for compliance with these Terms and Conditions.
7. In the event a Card is lost or stolen, the accrued amount of the
Cashback Bonus awards in the Cashback Bonus Account, the amount
of qualifying purchases and the anniversary date from the old
Account wifl be transferred to the new Account.
B. Discover Card reserves the right to make other adjustments to
Cashback Bonus amounts accrued based on Account activity: for
example, any returns will decrement these amounts as determined
in Discover Card's sole discretion. Discover Card also reserves the
right to truncate or round Cashback Bonus amounts to the nearest
cent as determined in its sole discretion. It the Cardmember receives
a Cashback Bonus award in excess of the amount in the Cashback
Bonus Account, the Cardmember's Account will be debited for the
entire amount of the erroneous award disbursement. This amount
will be subject to the terms of the Cardmember Agreement,
including but not limited to the imposition of finance charges.
9. These terms and conditions are subject to change without notice.
Chaitnges may be made at any time and may include, but are not
Limed to, modifying the level of purchases required to qualify for
the various tiers, establishing a maximum amount of Cash ack
Bonus award Cardmembers may receive, changing the amount that
must be accumulated in the Cashback Bonus Account before an
award may be redeemed, changing the types of transactions that
constitute a qualified purchase, changing the amount of Cashback
Bonus award accrued on certain types of purchases, imposing
additional restrictions, or terminating the program.
DESCRIPTION OF COVERAGE
SCHEDULED AIR TRAVEL ACCIDENT INSURANCE. Discover- Platinum
Cardmembers are provided with up to $500,000 Scheduled Air Travel
Accident- protection. Whenever you use your Discover Platinum
Card (the "credit card") to charge your entire Common Carrier Fare
Ticket on any Commercial Aircraft operated by a Scheduled Air
Carrier under a license for the trans ortation of passengers for hire
(herein called Scheduled Air Carrier you automatically receive this
valuable coverage at no additional cost.
The benefits of the Policy providing your coverage are governed
primarily by the law of a state other than Florida.
-Coverage is underwritten by National Union Fire Insurance
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Company of Pittsburgh, PA (the "Insurance Company"), with offices
in New York, NY. Certain limitations and exclusions apply.
PLAN FEATURES
Benefit Amount: $500,000 Family Aggregate Principal Sum
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ACCIDENTAL DEATH BENEFITS. Insurance coverage will be equal to
the benefit amount for accidental loss of life. The loss must occur
within one year of the accident that caused the Injury. Family
Aggregate Principal Sum means the total amount of insurance in
force on the Cardmember, his or her spouse and their dependent
children for any one accident. If more than one Insured Person dies
as the result of the injuries received in any one accident, the Family
Aggregate Principal Sum will be pro-rated and paid in accordance
with the claim payment and beneficiary provisions of the Policy.
Once the Family Aggregate Principal Sum is paid for any one insured
Person in a Family that occurs as the result of any one accident, no
further benefits are payable for further deaths in that Family due to
Injuries received in the same accident.
Maximum Accidental Death benefits payable under the Policy, if
more than one Cardmember suffers a loss from the same accident,
are limited to an aggregate of $20,000,000 for all Cardmemben
combined. Any reduction of benefits necessary to comply with this
limitation will be made on a proportionate basis to each Card-
member up to this aggregate limit of liability. As used herein,
Cardmember means Cardmember, his or her insured spouse and
insured dependent children. This aggregate limit does not replace or
in any way affect the Family Aggregate Principal Sum stated under
the Policy.
"Injury" means bodily injury: (a) which is sustained as a direct result
of an unintended, unanticipated accident that is external to the
body and that occurs while the injured Person's coverage under this
Policy is in force, and (b) which directy (independent of sickness,
disease, mental infirmity, bodily infirmity or any other cause) causes
a covered loss.
DISAPPEARANCE BENEFITS. We will presume you suffered loss of life
due to an accident if: you are riding in a Scheduled Air Carrier that
is involved in a covered accident and as a result of the accident, the
Scheduled Air Carrier is wrecked, sinks, or disappears; and your body
is not found within one (1) year of the accident.
The total of all benefits payable for you, your spouse and your
dependent children from the same accident will not exceed the
$500,000 Family Aggregate Principal Sum.
ELIGIBILITY. This automatic insurance is provided to eligible holders
of the credit card whose names appear on the credit card, their
spouses and their unmarried dependent children under age 19 (age
23 if attending school on a full-time basis and fully dependent on
you for support). However, the age limit does not apply to a child
who is incapable of self-sustaining employment by reason of mental
or physical incapacity.
EFFECTIVE DATES. Your insurance under this plan is effective on the
later of: 1) July 1, 2001; or 2) the date you become an eligible person.
Your insurance under this plan will cease on the earlier of: 1) the
date the insurance coverage is terminated; or 2) on the date you
cease to be an eligible holder of the credit card.
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THE BENEFICIARY- Unless you designate otherwise with a beneficiary
designation form, your death benefit will be paid, in equal shares,
to the first surviving class of those that follow: (1) your spouse; (2)
your children; (3) your parents; or (4) your brothers and sisters. If no
class has a survivor, the beneficiary is your estate. You may change
your beneficiary by writing to the Insurance Company at: Accident &
Health Division, 500 West Madison Street, Suite 2250, Chicago, IL
60661.
CLAIM PROCEDURE. Claim forms may be obtained through the
Insurance Company. Claims for benefits must be filed with the
Insurance Company within 90 days or as soon as reasonably possible
after the loss occurs.
PLAN OF INSURANCE COVERAGE. You, as a Cardmember, and your
spouse and children will be covered against injuries that result in an
accidental death while as a passenger in or on, including getting in
or out of, or on or off of, any Scheduled Air Carrier if the Common
Carrier Fare Ticket for the flight was charged to your credit card.
Companion tickets issued for free with the purchase of a full-fare
common carrier ticket and used by a spouse or dependent child will
be considered as fully charged to the credit card, if the
corresponding full Common Carrier Fare Ticket is charged to the
credit card.
Coverage is effective when you board the Scheduled Air Carrier,
provided the full Common Carrier Fare Ticket is purchased, or the
travel reservation is made for the companion tickets, prior to
boarding such Scheduled Air Carrier. Coverage ends when you alight
from the Scheduled Air Carrier.
EXCLUSIONS. Benefits are not payable if the loss is caused by or
results from: 1) self-inflicted injury or suicide; 2) sickness, disease, or
mental incapacity or bodily infirmity whether directly or indirectly;
3) infections of any kind regardless of how contracted, except
bacterial infections that are directly caused by botulism, ptomaine
poisoning or an accidental cut or wound independent and in the
absence of any underlying sickness, disease or condition including
but not limited to diabetes; 4) committing or attempting to commit
a felony; S) war or act of war, declared or undeclared; or (6) travel
or flight in or on any vehicle used for aerial navigation, as a pilot,
operator or crew member.
LIMITATIONS. Benefits will only be payable under one Cardmember
account, the credit card under which the Common Carrier Fare
Tickets were fully charged.
Benefits are not payable for losses due to injury sustained while on
a trip for which the tickets were purchased with a frequent flyer
voucher.
Complete provisions pertaining to this plan of insurance are
contained in Policy #9029072 issued by National Union Fire Insurance
Company of Pittsburgh, PA with offices in New York, NY. The
premium for this insurance is paid by Discover Financial Services, Inc.,
out of income derived from its credit card operations.
Please read this Description of Coverage. Keep it in a safe place with
your other insurance pocumenn. This Description of Coverage (Form
Number S30365DOQ is not a contract of insurance but is simply an
informative statement to each eligible individual of the principal
provisions of the insurance while in effect.
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If a conflict exists between a statement in this Description of
Coverage and any provisions in the Policy, the Policy will govern.
Claims administered by: ASH Claims Department, P.O. Box 15701,
Wilmington, DE 19850-5701, (800) 551-0824.
SECONDARY RENTAL CAR COLLISION COVERAGE PROVIDED TO
DISCOVER PLATINUM CARDMEMBERS DESCRIPTION OF COVERAGE.
COVERAGE DESCRIPTION:
• Secondary Rental Car Collision Coverage will reimburse You or the
Rental Agency for Covered Damages as a result of Collision
Damage on an excess basis (over and above any amount due from
any other valid and collectible insurance or any other form of
reimbursement payable by those responsible for the loss) on a
secondary basis. Covered Damages are those amounts, up to
$25,000 per incident, on claims for Collision Damage to the Rented
Automobile for which You or any authorized driver is legally
responsible to the Rental Agency. In no event will We be liable
beyond the amounts actually paid by either You or the Rental
Agency. Reimbursement will be on an Actual Cash Value basis.
• From the amount of reimbursement due, the amount of any valid
and collectible insurance, or the sum of $0 (whichever is greater),
shall be deducted.
DEFINITIONS:
• Actual Cash Value means the cost to repair or replace the Rented
Automobile at the time of Collision Damage, less depreciation.
• Collision Damage means the direct and accidental damage to a
Rented Automobile caused by upset or collision with another
object
• Eligible Card means the Discover Platinum credit card.
• Loss of Use means the charges imposed by the Rental Agency, for
which You are liable, due to Collision Damage to the Rented
Automobile, for the period of time the vehicle is being repaired.
• Rental Agency means a commercial automobile rental company
licensed under the laws of the applicable jurisdiction.
• Rented Automobile means a. four-wheeled private passenger-type
motor vehicle or a mini-van manufactured and designed to
transport a maximum of eight passengers and used exclusively to
carry passengers. It must be designed for travel on public roads and
rented from a licensed Rental Agency.
• We, Us and Our means Virginia Surety Company, Inc.
• You or Your meansthe eligible Cardholder, hereinafter referred to
as Cardmember, his or her spouse, and unmarried children under
the age of 19 (or age 23 if a full-time student at an accredited
college or university). Spouse includes domestic partner, which
means a person designated by and listed as a domestic partner on
the account of the primary Cardmember, who is at least 18 years of
age, and who during the past 12 months: a) has resided in the
same household as the primary Cardmember, and b) has been
jointly responsible with the Cardmember for each other's financial
obligations.
HOW TO GET COVERAGE:
• Initiate and pay for the entire rental transaction with Your Eligible
Card. If a coupon or voucher of any kind is initially applied toward
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ppayment of the Rented Automobile, at least one day of rental must
be charged to Your Eligible Card; and .
• Decline the collision/loss damage waiver offered by the Rental
Agency; and
• You must rent the car in Your own name and sign the rental car
contact. Coverage does not apply if You pay for someone else to
rent the car.
• It is not necessary for You to notify Us at the time of rental.
WHO 15 COVERED:
• You
WHERE YOU'RE COVERED:
• Coverage is available in the fifty (50) United States of America and
Canada. Coverage is not applicable where precluded by law or in
violation of the territory terms of the rental agreement or
prohibited by individual merchants.
PERIOD OF COVERAGE:
• Coverage begins when You pick up the car and ends when You
turn it in to the Rental Agency.
• The period of coverage shall not exceed thirty-one (31) consecutive
days.
EXCLUDED RENTAL VEHICLE:
-Trucks; recreational vehicles; campers; picku? trucks; minibuses;
full-size vans mounted on truck chassis; vehic es manufactured to
seat more than eight occupants; vehicles when used to carry, haul
or transport any type of cargo or property; off-road vehicles;
trailers; motorbikes; motorcycles; and motor scooters; antique
motor vehicles, (which means vehicles over 25 years old or any
vehicle which as not been manufactured for 10 years or more);
limousines; high-value motor vehicles (those whose replacement
value exceeds 550,000); limited-edition motor vehicles (which are
high-value, exotic, high-performance or collector-type vehicles);
special-interest or exotic cars (including Aston Martin, Bentley,
Bricklin, Daimler, DeLorean, Excalibur,- Ferrari, Jensen,
Lamborghini, Lotus, Maserati, Porsche, Rolls Royce or similar
vehicles, selected models of BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Cadillac, and
Lincoln).
WHAT IS NOT COVERED:
• Coverage is not all-inclusive, which means it does not cover such
things as personal injury, personal liabil"sty or personal propert y. In
other words, it does not cover You for damage to someone else's
vehicle, or property, Your property or personal property inside the
vehicle. It does not cover You for any injury to any party.
• Losses resulting from any dishonest, fraudulent or criminal act.
• Loss resulting from forgery.
-Loss that occurs while You are in violation of the Rental
Agreement.
• loss due to driving while intoxicated (as defined by the laws of the
jurisdiction where the loss occurred), or under the influence of any
narcotic unless prescribed by a physician, reckless driving, or due to
contraband or illegal activities.
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_ • Intentional loss or damage.
Loss resulting from hostility of any kind (including declared war,
undeclared war, invasion, rebellion, riot, civil commotion, or
insurrection) or confiscation by authorities.
• Loss due to nuclear reaction or radioactive contamination.
• Loss as a result of hail, lightning, flood, earthquake, windstorm,
water, or other weather-related causes.
• Loss resulting from falling objects, fire, theft or larceny, explosion,
malicious mischief or vandalism.
• Loss or theft of personal belongings.
• Loss caused by someone other than You.
• Loss due to wear and tear, gradual depreciation, freezing,
mechanical or electrical breakdown or failure.
• Blowouts and tire damage unless the loss is coincident with a
covered loss.
• Depreciation, administrative, Loss of Use, or other fees charged by
the Rental Agency.
• A single rental/contract of more than thirty-one (31) consecutive
days.
• Back-to-back rentals for more than thirty-one (31) consecutive days
(a back-to-back rental is two or more rentals of the same or
different vehicles within the same city, with the first ending and
next beginning within a 24-hour period).
• Leases or mini-leases.
• Expenses assumed, waived, or paid by the Rental Agency or its
insurer.
• Any obligation You assume under any agreement (other than the
standard rental car agreement).
• Loss resulting from an authorized driver's lack of reasonable care
in protecting the Rented Automobile before or after the loss
occurs including, but not limited to, mysterious disappearance of
the rental car keys, leaving the rental car running while
unattended, etc.
• Damage sustained on any road not regularly maintained by a
municipal, state, or federal entity.
• Loss or damage resulting from use of vehicles unlicensed for road
use.
• Expenses reimbursed by your insurer, employer, or employer's
insurer.
• Loss resulting from use of the Rented Automobile in tests, races, or
contests.
• Loss resulting from use of the Rented Automobile to carry
passengers and property for hire.
• Losses occurring in states or countries where prohibited by law.
• Losses not reported within the time period provided, as stipulated
in the claim procedure.
• Coverage will not pay for, or duplicate, the collision/loss damage
waiver offered by the Rental Agency.
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HOW TO FILE A CLAIM:
• After Collision Damage occurs, You must contact the administrator,
Aon Innovative Solutions, P.O. Box 220, Golden, CO 80402, so
coverage can be verified and a claim form sent to You. You must
report any Collision Damage within 45 days of the incident, or We
will not be able to honor Your claim.
• Report within 24 hours any damage or loss to the appropriate
official representative, including the police and Rental Agency.
• Complete and sign the claim form and attach all appropriate
documentation, including a copy of:
-The account statement showing the Rental Agency
transaction; and
• The automobile rental agreement (front and back); and
• The police report; and
• The initial claim report submitted to the automobile Rental
Agency; and
• The paid claim presented by the Rental Agency for the
Collision Damage for which You are responsible; and
• Proof of submission of the loss to and the results of any settle.
ment or denial by the appiicable insurance carrier(s); and
• If no other insurance is applicable, a notarized statement
from You to that effect; and
• Any other documentation We may request.
• Be sure to submit all above required documentation to the admin-
istrator within 180 days of the incident, or as soon as reasonably
possible, or the claim will not be honored.
• It is a condition of this coverage that You, as often as may be
reasonably required by Us, will submit, and within Your power
cause others to submit, to examinations under oath and will
produce for examination all writings, books of account, bills,
invoices and vouchers, or certified copies thereof, at such reason.
able time and place as We may designate and will permit extracts
and copies thereof to be made.
• If payment is made under the Secondary Rental Car Collision
Coverage, We are entitled to recover such amounts from other
parties or persons. Any party or person to or for whom We make
payment must transfer to Us his or her rights to recovery against
any other party or person. You must do everything necessary to
secure these rights and must do nothing that would jeopardize
them, or these rights will be recovered from You. However, We will
not require reimbursement against Your personal insurance carrier,
but You agree to repay Us for any reimbursement, up to the
amount of any recovery from Your personal insurance carrier.
FOR NEW YORK RESIDENTS:
The amounts of insurance set forth m this section are the maximum
allowed by New York law. Actual amounts of insurance may be
lower under the coverage.
• Secondary Rental Car Collision Coverage will reimburse You or the
Rental Agency for Covered Damages as a result of Collision
Damage on an excess basis (over and above any amount due from
any other valid and collectible insurance or any other form of
reimbursement payable by those responsible for the loss) except
when the Rented Automobile is used outside the United States, its
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territories and possessions, or when the Eligible Card was issued to
-You as an employee of an organization which has provide the
Eligible card for business use, in which case coverage is primary.
Secondary Rental Car Collision Cove: age is an insurance program.
Reminder: Please refer to the Insurance Disclosures section.
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Insurance Disclosures:
Secondary Rental Car Collision Coverage is provided under a master
policy of insurance issued by Virginia Surety Company, Inc. (herein
referred to as Company). All information in this Description of
Coverage (DOQ about these benefits is subject to the terms and
conditions of the master policy.
Coverage under Secondary Rental Car Collision Coverage is effective
July 1, 2001. Insurance benefits are provided to Cardmember
accountholders (individuals who have an open and active Discover
Platinum credit card account) free of charge and enrollment is
automatic. This DOC replaces all prior DOC's, program descriptions,
advertising and/or brochures by any party. We reserve the right to
change the benefits and features of all these programs.
Discover Financial Services, Inc., or the Company can cancel or
choose not to renew the Insurance coverages for all Insureds. If this
happens, Discover Financial Services, Inc., will notify the
Cardmember accountholder at least 30 days in advance of the
expiration of the policy. Such notices need not be given if
substantially similar replacement coverage takes effect without
interruption and is provided by the same insurer. Insurance benefits
will still apply to car rentals commenced prior to the date of such
cancellation or non-renewal, provided all other terms and
conditions of coverage are met.
The insurance benefit applies to you, the insured, whose cards are
issued by U.S. financial institutions. These benefits do not apply if
Your Eligible Card privileges have been suspended or cancelled.
However, insurance benefits will still apply to car rentals commenced
prior to the date that Your Eligible Card account is suspended or
cancelled provided all other terms and conditions of coverage are
met.
All parties are expected to exercise due diligence and prudent)'udoe-
ment to avoid or diminish any loss to the property insured under this
program. Coverage will be void if, at any time, the Cardmember has
concealed or misrepresented any material fact or circumstance
concerning this coverage or the subject thereof or the Cardmember's
interest herein, or in the rase of any fraud or false swearing by the
Insured relating thereto. No person or entity other than the
Cardmember shall have any legal or equitable right, remedy, or
claim for insurance proceeds and/or damages under or arising out of
this coverage. Salvage may be requested by the administrator. If
salvage is requested, it must be remitted to the administrator at the
Cardmember's expense. Failure to remit requested salvage may
result in denial of the claim.
No action at law or in equity shall be brought to recover on this
coverage prior to the expiration of 60 days after proof of loss has
been furnished in accordance with the requirements of this DOC.
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Renee K. Simpson
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John E. Slike
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1)5 - SL / / CIVIL TERM
ORDER OF TERMINATION OF COURT CASES
AND NOW THIS 29TH DAY OF OCTOBER 2008 AFTER MAILING NOTICE OF
INTENTION TO PROCEED AND RECEIVING NO RESPONSE - THE ABOVE
CASE IS HEREBY TERMINATED WITH PREJUDICE IN ACCORDANCE WITH PA
R C P 230.2
BY THE COURT,
CURTIS R. LONG
PROTHONOTARY
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