Shivikaa04 wrote:
I don't understand the logic behind C
Dear
Shivikaa04Happy to help you on this,
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Most banks that issue credit cards charge interest rates on credit card debt that are ten percentage points higher than the rates those banks charge for ordinary consumer loans. These banks’ representatives claim the difference is fully justified, since it simply covers the difference between the costs to these banks associated with credit card debt and those associated with consumer loans.
The bank representative's claim: the difference is fully justified, since it simply covers the difference between the costs to these banks associated with credit card debt and those associated with consumer loans.
Premises: Most banks that issue credit cards charge interest rates on credit card debt that are ten percentage points higher than the rates those banks charge for ordinary consumer loans
Hence in order to weaken this claim by the bank's representatives we need to show that there are other sources from which the difference between the costs may be covered.
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Which of the following, if true, most seriously calls into question the reasoning offered by the banks’ representatives?
You basically need to weaken the bank's representatives claim.
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(A) Some lenders that are not banks offer consumer loans at interest rates that are even higher than most banks charge on credit card debt.
(B) Most car rental companies require that their customers provide signed credit card charge slips or security deposits.
Absolutely out of scope. In first we aren't concerned what other lenders, who aren't bank, do.
Second certainly shows the value that credit card holds in the eyes of people as ready money, but has nothing to do with the bank representative's claim.
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(C) Two to three percent of the selling price of every item bought with a given credit card goes to the bank that issued that credit card.
If 2 or 3 percent of selling price of every item bought with a given credit card goes to the bank that issued that credit card. Then this clearly shows that bank representative make false claim about covering the cost of credit card debt. In such a case even if they keep the same interest rate of credit card debt and ordinary consumer loan debt, still they would end up earning an incentives on credit card debt through sales people make using the credit card.
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(D) Most people need not use credit cards to buy everyday necessities, but could buy those necessities with cash or pay by check.
Great then do use the cash, who stops you. Banks don't care for you guys. But banks won't stop either to call you and bug you for getting a credit card issued.
Out of scope.
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(E) People who pay their credit card bills in full each month usually pay no interest on the amounts they charge.
This rather strengthen the argument that bank representative's make. If people use the credit card free of cost, then how do banks cover the operational costs of credit card as a financial product offered by banks..