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But, making all purchases default to a Visa credit card (instead of actually out of my POSITIVE balance bank account) is just another ploy to get people to run up their credit cards. $5 here and $5 there several times through the day all adds up by the end of the month. I use my debit card for probably anywhere from $10 to $100 worth of purchases a day (higher days = gas purchases), but I would NEVER use my Visa card the same way - I'd run up $500 or $1000 in a month easily before I ever saw my statement and actually realized how much I had spent.

Many will probably pay the minimum and expand their credit card balances as a result.

I'm sure that's their plan.

Many Canadians won't bite on that, and this is another plan doomed to fail like several others before it.]]>Oct 31st 2008 7:34AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/10/30/rogers-holds-hands-with-rbc-visa-for-mobile-phone-payment-pilo/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/10/30/rogers-holds-hands-with-rbc-visa-for-mobile-phone-payment-pilo/Nov 1st 2008 8:50AM