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...Holiday Inn (the logical sentence) if convicted of tax fraud -- it's hard not to be interested in these cases, but equally hard to have any impact on their outcome. How refreshing, then, to hear of a case, however small, in which one of us -- specifically, my pal Joey -- gets to be judge and jury. This is the story of Joey's revenge. It could save you a few bucks, or perhaps even earn you a first-class upgrade...
...crime, as Joey sees it, is the way some banks try to trick their customers. "Look at this!" he'll occasionally shout at me over the phone, as if I could see the checks he's waving. "They look just like regular checks! They've got my name and address preprinted on them, and my account number in magnetic ink at the bottom...
...well they give you this big friendly pitch about how you can use the checks for anything, like to pay the electrician or to pay tuition!" "So?" I ask. (I too think these checks are a minor scandal, but I like to hear Joey get worked...
Some banks, Joey thinks, use these checks as a way to trick thrifty cardholders, who normally pay their bills in full and accrue no interest charges, into starting the meter running...
...Joey, every time you get checks like these you call me. This is an old story...