Quote Originally Posted by Glenski View Post
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Yup, and my friend was vice-president of his company for almost 20 years.
I read quite an interesting case that a Japanese medical doctor in his 40, owing his house, feeding his family etc.. was rejected to get a cheap credit card. Of course, he has premium cards.

The advice (or a guesswork) from a website, "Help! What to do with my application!!!", goes...
that some credit companies do not always want to issue unnecessary cards which, the companies think, are not supposed to use, esp., when you have already got other cards of the same credit company;
and that he should not worry about it (the rejection) and should keep using his premium cards.

If you need the source or other sad and unbelievable stories esp., of Japanese, I am glad to bring it here, but you or your friend can get a practical advice here from FrustratedDave.
If I were him, I would ask the gas station owner to help me with the card.
After getting it, I would be glad to join here to share my own story.