[Vrindavan]

>> does the interest free period matters so much ?

you can compare it to cash loan rate instead of deposit rate make you happier

so are the very low rebate rate too
like saving out of mung beans and peanuts

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Originally Posted by Vrindavan

phone # work a again now
it is still a great mystery why it does not work before.

UOB interest free period has been cut down many days, less attractive than before

now best rebate options
Standard Chartered AE
DBS Bank VISA Credit Card

But is the card still available?

I'm still thinking about applying and seeing what happens.

[Vrindavan]

UOB was gone. Confirmed
Go for my above options, very good too

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Originally Posted by Vrindavan

UOB was gone. Confirmed
Go for my above options, very good too

Yep, cheers. Am still tempted by the Citibank offer for the Asia Miles.

BTW looked at DBS visa credit card, but couldn't work out the rebate details.

[beafan]

how about this one http://www.dahsing.com/dsb/rbd/html/..._01_0705_e.htm
5% octopus rebate. so that means i can get 5$ for every 100$ i add to my octopus? seems too good to be true. must be a lengthy T&C

[Vrindavan]

is it for long term or just a short period ?

[Vrindavan]

asked DS this morning

5% rebate for 12 months only, after that no more rebate

- plus every month at least once retail sending using the card

- plus $20 fee charged by Octopus for transfering bank doing auto-add value


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will have some gain for one year , but take the trouble to apply and later stop using the card after 12 months

i better stick to my own cards

[beafan]

that's SOOO stupid. so there is a $20 transfer fee each time? that means you need to add 500$/transfer to benefit from the 5%. then u'd have to use ur octopus for everything like paying for groceries to add up more rebate. that's kinda dumb.

Originally Posted by Vrindavan

asked DS this morning

5% rebate for 12 months only, after that no more rebate

- plus every month at least once retail sending using the card

- plus $20 fee charged by Octopus for transfering bank doing auto-add value


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will have some gain for one year , but take the trouble to apply and later stop using the card after 12 months

i better stick to my own cards

[PDLM]

No - the $20 is a one-time setup fee for automatic add value...
http://www.octopuscards.com/consumer...s/en/index.jsp

[beafan]

Originally Posted by PDLM

No - the $20 is a one-time setup fee for automatic add value...
http://www.octopuscards.com/consumer...s/en/index.jsp

well then that's not that bad. but still have to put in 500$ to finally get the actual rebate out of it.