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Kardashians Want Out of Card Deal
The Straits Times ^ | November 30, 2010 | Unknown

Posted on 11/29/2010 8:12:54 PM PST by Walts Ice Pick

NEW YORK - THE Kardashian sisters are seeking to cut ties with a venture that sold prepaid debit cards under their name after coming under attack for the card's high fees.

The card, which launched three weeks ago, was aimed at young adults, the same group that watches the sisters' hit cable TV show Keeping Up With the Kardashians. An attorney for the sisters sent a letter on Monday to parties affiliated with the card asking them to immediately stop using the names and images of the three sisters.

The notice came after Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal warned on Friday that he would investigate the program to see if it violated state laws to protect consumers. He called the card's fees 'predatory'.

The Kardashians - Kim, Khloe and Kourtney - launched the card on Nov 10, with much fanfare. The 'Kardashian Kard' includes a picture of the trio on one side, and the sisters said at the time of the launch they were 'excited... to create their very own financial product'. But almost immediately the Kardashians came under attack by consumer advocates for attaching their names to a card with fees that far surpassed other prepaid debit cards on the market.

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Just to buy the card and use it costs US$59.95 (S$79.00) for six months, or US$99.95 for 12 months. That does not include any money on the card.

I like capitalists with good ideas, but the Kardashians are really just predators who should be locked up.

1 posted on 11/29/2010 8:12:57 PM PST by Walts Ice Pick
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“Predators”? You give them too much credit. I doubt these pretty twits even knew what a debit card was when they signed on. Likely whoever holds their leash in these publicity matters was bribed handsomely to convince them that lending their names and cleavage to this venture was easy money with no downside.

What’s that Simpson’s episode where Bart and Lisa are sent to “Kamp Krusty” for the summer and it turns out to be a fiendish slave labor camp? Krusty the Klown didn’t think twice when offered big money to bestow his seal of approval.


2 posted on 11/29/2010 8:19:57 PM PST by sinanju
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3 posted on 11/29/2010 8:21:14 PM PST by dr_who
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but the Kardashians are really just predators who should be locked up.

and what of the dumbasses who bought them? Some form of forced birth control to prevent the spread of their DNA.

4 posted on 11/29/2010 8:22:12 PM PST by TomServo
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To: dr_who

That’s a funny graphic. But I believe that more than one Bimbo is involved.


5 posted on 11/29/2010 8:23:52 PM PST by Rocky (REPEAL IT!)
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6 posted on 11/29/2010 8:24:59 PM PST by packrat35 (I got your tag line..)
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To: Walts Ice Pick; June K.
I usually don't comment on the silly going's on of stoopit celebrities or their ilk, but these 'reality shows' and the mad frenzy that they generate in the press are just simply a laugh to me ... who in heck cares what some dumb bimbo is doing or what she/he says?

Has nothing to do with anything in real life ..... GEEZ !!! /laughs

Comically, many vapid ppl do care, and spend way too much good $$$ on *celebrity news* and such .. and then go complain that they are out of money for life's basics such as food and such ... oh well, /rant off ;)

7 posted on 11/29/2010 8:27:18 PM PST by Mr_Moonlight
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To: packrat35

It was a smart moove to use this pic they would have had to made the card the size of a poster board to fit her booty in the picture!! LOL


8 posted on 11/29/2010 8:29:52 PM PST by jakerobins
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To: Rocky

Actually, that’s the logo for a Spanish line of snacks. Bimbo.

Full of air. Like the heads of the K tribe.


9 posted on 11/29/2010 8:30:10 PM PST by exit82 (Democrats are the enemy of freedom. Sarah Palin is our Esther.)
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To: packrat35

Why not call it the boob card?


10 posted on 11/29/2010 8:31:16 PM PST by Last Dakotan
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To: packrat35

It was a smart moove to use this pic they would have had to made the card the size of a poster board to fit her booty in the picture!! LOL


11 posted on 11/29/2010 8:33:22 PM PST by jakerobins
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To: Walts Ice Pick

They got raked over the coals today. What the hell are they anyway. Mama’s a whore and the girls are just that. This Country befuddles me at times.


12 posted on 11/29/2010 8:37:12 PM PST by eyedigress ((Old storm chaser from the west)?)
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To: exit82

it’s a bakery company that owns several brands including Arnold, Thomas’ and Entenmanns


13 posted on 11/29/2010 8:38:28 PM PST by ari-freedom (Islam is at war against America, while America is at the mall.)
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To: Mr_Moonlight

MM,

:) I have never,EVER, watched a reality show!

I’m so out of touch with the celebrity scene I don’t even recognize many names OR faces -lol- OR bodies- these days!

Oh, well, I’m happy with this way and don’t feel I’m missing anything of any importance!

J.


14 posted on 11/29/2010 8:47:47 PM PST by June K.
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To: sinanju
Likely whoever holds their leash in these publicity matters was bribed handsomely to convince them that lending their names and cleavage to this venture was easy money with no downside.,

That very well could be. However, I doubt they did this on their own without their own lawyer being involved. The 3 monkeys could have been given good counsel but they wanted the deal anyway.
15 posted on 11/29/2010 8:49:58 PM PST by presently no screen name ("Thus you nullify the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down.." Mark 7:13)
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To: sinanju
Likely whoever holds their leash in these publicity matters was bribed handsomely to convince them that lending their names and cleavage to this venture was easy money with no downside.,

That very well could be. However, I doubt they did this on their own without their own lawyer being involved. The 3 monkeys could have been given good counsel but they wanted the deal anyway.
16 posted on 11/29/2010 8:53:18 PM PST by presently no screen name ("Thus you nullify the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down.." Mark 7:13)
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To: eyedigress

When did Bruce Jenner undergo that sex change??


17 posted on 11/29/2010 8:57:51 PM PST by Luigi Vasellini (End the political class.......TERM LIMITS NOW!!!!!!!!!!)
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To: June K.

Bless Ya, Kiddo ......


18 posted on 11/29/2010 9:01:42 PM PST by Mr_Moonlight
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To: Walts Ice Pick
The Kardashians - Kim, Khloe and Kourtney

I don't think both their names and their tits could be real. That would be too silly.

No, this is a real Kardashian:


19 posted on 11/29/2010 9:11:14 PM PST by dr_who
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“. who in heck cares what some dumb bimbo is doing or what she/he says?”

People who voted for Obama and HFCS “freepers” who watch too much “tv”. The commercials alone will alter your brain chemistry.

Don’t get me wrong here’s some good visual audio/video entertainment out there, but my OMG, the “commercials” are braindeath!


20 posted on 11/29/2010 9:39:21 PM PST by wolficatZ (Somebody once wrote "Revenge is a dish that has to be eaten cold")
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