Video: Consumers try in vain to read credit card agreementsConsumers throw up their hands when they see the indecipherable gobbledygookBy Angela Grant
CreditCards.com took to the streets of Austin, Texas, armed with a credit card agreement from a major credit card issuer. Then we asked the people we met to read it and see if they could understand it. It wasn't pretty. Here's what they had to say.
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Updated: July 29, 2010
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