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January 2007 Issue
  1. One Call Does It All At Elevations
  2. Credit Card Tricks: Have you fallen for these?
  3. Why I Love My Visa Check Card, and You Will Too!
  4. It's Not Your Grandparents' Retirement
  5. Full Service Baseline Branch Serves You Well
Contact Center One Call Does It All At Elevations
By Ed Beckmann, Marketing Communications and Research Manager
We've all been through it before. You want to make a phone call to a company, but you're afraid of what will happen. First, you fear that you'll be handed off from one person to another at the company like a hot potato. Then, each successive person you talk to will seem to know less than the previous one, and you'll end up having to explain the reason behind your call all over again... Read more.
Credit CardCredit Card Tricks: Have you fallen for these?
By Remar Sutton
If you had a choice, would you do business with a credit card company that deliberately tricks you with misleading advertising and marketing, then takes away all your rights to use the U.S. Court system if you find out you've been misled and ripped off—and then charges you far more in interest and excessive or completely unnecessary penalty fees than other credit companies?... Read more.

Check Card Why I Love My Visa Check Card, and You Will Too!
By Audra Wagner
The other day I was in a bit of a hurry as I pulled into a gas station. Not giving it a second thought, I used my Visa Check Card to pay at the pump. As I was driving away, I noticed a long line forming at the checkout counter. I was so glad I didn't have to wait in that line to pay for my gas.
Paper checks are becoming a thing of the past. Check cards are now being used to do a lot of things paper checks used to do.... Read more.

Retirement It's Not Your Grandparents' Retirement
By Gloria Wadzinski
Think of all the things that have changed over the last several decades — such as technology, music and clothes. Our work culture has changed too. Americans have become much more mobile. Today, the average person changes jobs 15 times and changes careers 3 times in their lifetime. ... Read more.

Baseline Full Service Baseline Branch Serves You Well
By Ed Beckmann, Marketing Communications and Research Manager
The Elevations Credit Union Branch on Baseline in Boulder enjoys serving an eclectic mix of members.  Because of its location in this diverse part of Boulder, when you visit the branch you are likely to meet people of all ages, backgrounds and interests-and that's a good thing! ... Read more.

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