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The clerk smiled and said, "I've just the thing for newly-
weds." Taking a tray from a closed cabinet, he turned back to
them both, "This is a lifetime present. Something you'll both
always enjoy. These two Rolex watches symbolize the his and hers
of gifts."
Jay immediately thought that would be good. Rolex was a
name that was very easily converted to cash when written on
watches. Jay presented the American Express card, and they were
soon on their way to the next store.
This was about the end of the major purchases that could be
made on the cards; from here on the shopping would have to be
done on a basis where the store didn't verify the purchase
through the credit card company. That would mean limiting the
amount of the purchases as well as going to different departments
or stores for each purchase. That seemed boring to Jay as well
as a waste of time. He took Julie on a last round of the stores
buying a pair of shoes or a dress in each shop.
This would also be the last hotel bill that he would use the
credit cards to pay, and the last time he would use them for
filling his car. At the service station where he filled the car
with gas, he cut the last card into small pieces and placed it in
the bag that contained the pieces of the other cards. When he
came from the rest room, he dropped the bag in the large trash
container in the middle of the island. He wouldn't like it, but
it had to be cash the rest of the way. He had the thirty-two
thousand dollars that he had collected in Kansas City for his
previous week's business.
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