Solicitation at College

[MissInformation]

The "get things free" stuff can be useful... My friends and I were so poor in college we used to go to the mall and fill out all of the forms for credit cards just to get the free stuff (which for some reason was almost always 2 liter bottles of soda). Oddly enough, we were never actually sent any credit cards...

Heidi

[Adam Y.]

Originally Posted by MissInformation

The "get things free" stuff can be useful... My friends and I were so poor in college we used to go to the mall and fill out all of the forms for credit cards just to get the free stuff (which for some reason was almost always 2 liter bottles of soda). Oddly enough, we were never actually sent any credit cards...

Heidi

I would double check that you were not issued those cards. My parents had a credit card stolen before it even left the state it was made in. Also, even if they weren't stolen having a lot of credit cards is a major no-no even if you don't use them.

Yes, religion is solicited as well. What's even scarier is when one of those people gets ahold of a microphone and something to stand on.

Heheh.... No offense to anyone but I am starting to get tired of liberal political groups with me living in the middle of Boston. The socialists, progressives, and democrats are starting to get boring especially since I see them everyday. There is one group that would always be singing as I walked to classes. Now I would just stand there and think what they were singing about. Aparently they were a liberal group but I could never figure out why until they handed me pamphlets. They were linked to an economist. I forgot his name. I also have had someone trying to sell me scalped tickets but unfortunately I bought and was carying the vex robot home with me so I had no money for that. Also, had the same person trying to get me to give him money in two differnt parts of Boston which was a bit creepy.

[MissInformation]

Originally Posted by Adam Y.

I would double check that you were not issued those cards. My parents had a credit card stolen before it even left the state it was made in. Also, even if they weren't stolen having a lot of credit cards is a major no-no even if you don't use them.

Uh... I left out the part that we usually didn't give accurate information on the forms... We had some really creative names, like Pinder Streudalsnoot, and what not...

Heidi

[evulish]

Originally Posted by Adam Y.

Having a lot of credit cards is a major no-no even if you don't use them.

Yeah, any credit card you get and don't plan on using you should cancel. Having credit cards that you don't use at all can hurt your credit. Most college kids don't have much credit, so it's probably best to avoid having credit cards lie around.

The people who always annoyed me were the political solicitors during the elections. Yeah, it's the day before the election and they're gonna sway my vote. Uh-huh.

[Beth Sweet]

Oh wow is there. With 50,000 people of the prime age for advertisers in the same place, seems like it would be a good idea to me. The religious groups on campus aren't very bad here. There are more pizza and Jimmy John's flyers stuck in my door than any person could use in a lifetime. It's funny though, college kids have less money than anyone else I know...