[docs] Credit card chapter updates

doug foskey lemans4 at dodo.com.au
Tue Sep 2 21:06:08 CDT 2003


On Tuesday 02 September 2003 11:49 am, Jon Lapham wrote:
> David Kågedal wrote:
> > Jon Lapham <lapham at extracta.com.br> writes:
> >>I updated the credit card chapter ... [snip]
> >
> > I wouldn't write the first sentence like this:
> >
> >     Since you probably write a check or make an electronic payment to
> >     the credit card company each month [...]
> >
> > But that's probably because most people here in don't use credit
> > cards.  Using cards that withdraw money directly from your account is
> > much more common.
>
> Great!  Then all the people that live there can skip the chapter
> entitled "Credit Cards".  Maybe you could write a chapter entitled
> "Debit Cards"?
>
>  > Don't assume to much about your user, just tell her how it works.
>
> Uh, okay.

That is not as silly as it sounds. Debit cards are usually a bank account, 
where you draw from your money. Credit cards are a loan. (so one asset & 
t'other liability.)

regards Doug



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