[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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