Easy Credit is an account offered by Community Marketing Partnership (the “Lender”). By applying for this account, you agree to these Terms and Conditions, which include the Agreement and the Privacy Policy, which will govern your account.
EASY CREDIT ACCOUNT AGREEMENT
RATES AND FEES TABLE
INTEREST RATES AND INTEREST CHARGES
Annual Percentage Rate (APR) for Purchases
0%
Paying Interest
Your due date is the day after the close of each billing cycle. We will not charge you any interest on non-promotional transactions if you pay your entire balance by the due date each month.
FEES
Annual Fee
None
Penalty Fees
Returned Payment to $30.00
How We Will Calculate Your Balance
We use a method called “average daily balance”.
Billing Rights
Information on your rights to dispute transactions and how to exercise those rights is provided in the Account Agreement.
TYPES OF TRANSACTIONS
You may use your account to make purchases (standard and promotional) by choosing Easy Credit when you make a purchase from us, by telephone, or at another authorized location.
Returned Payment Fee
We will charge this fee, which is sometimes referred to as a “return check fee” or “non-sufficient funds fee,” if any check, other instrument, or electronic payment authorization you provide us in payment on your account, is not honored upon first presentment for any reason, including if the payment is returned by drawee for “not sufficient funds.” We will not charge this fee if the check, instrument or electronic authorization is later honored. This fee is equal to $30
STANDARD PROVISIONS
ABOUT THE CREDIT CARD ACCOUNT AGREEMENT
This Agreement
This is an Agreement between you and Community Marketing Partnership, 7400 N Oracle Road, Suite 310, Tucson, AZ 87504, for your Easy Credit open-end account that is the subject of this Agreement. By opening or using your account, you agree to the terms of the entire Agreement, and you make the promises it contains by either applying for or accepting an account or making a purchase using Easy Credit after receipt of this Agreement. The entire Agreement includes this document, including any amendment or addendum thereto, and the application you submitted in connection with the account. These documents replace any other agreement relating to your account that you or we made earlier or at the same time.
Parties To This Agreement
The person who applied for, opened and/or uses the account may be referred to as “you” or “your”. The Lender, Community Marketing Partnership, may be referred to as “we”, “us” or “our”.
Changes To This Agreement
We may change, add or delete terms of this Agreement, including interest rates, fees and charges.
HOW TO USE YOUR ACCOUNT
Use Of Your Account
You may use your account only for lawful business purposes. You may use your account for the types of transactions explained in this Agreement. You may not use your account to pay amounts you owe us on this account or any other account you have with us. We may charge your account for purchases, and you authorize us to charge this account for the cost of any you or anyone to whom you have given permission to use this account make, using Easy Credit.
You Promise To Pay
You promise to pay us for all amounts owed to us under this Agreement.
Your Responsibility
You may not allow anyone else to use your account. If you do, you will be responsible for paying for all charges resulting from their transactions.
Transaction Limits
To prevent fraud, we may limit the number or dollar amount of any type of transactions you can make in any particular amount of time. We also may decline any particular charge on your account for any reason.
Credit Limit
You will be assigned a credit limit (which may also be referred to as a credit line), which is the dollar amount of credit available for you to borrow on your account, of at least $2,500, that we may increase or decrease from time to time. If we approve a transaction that makes you go over your credit limit, we do not give up any rights under this Agreement and we do not treat it as an increase in your credit limit. However, we may, from time to time, increase your credit limit, including after approval of such a transaction. If you seek to open a new account to make a purchase, you agree that if we identify your existing account, your purchase will be charged to your existing account and a new account will not be opened.
HOW AND WHEN TO MAKE PAYMENTS
When Payments Are Due
You must pay the payment due on your account by the due date of each billing cycle in accordance with the requirements set forth on each billing statement. Payments received after the due date will be credited as of the next day. You may at any time pay, in whole or in part, the total unpaid balance without any additional charge for prepayment. If you have a balance subject to interest, earlier payment may reduce the amount of interest you will pay. We may delay making credit available on your account in the amount of your payment even though we will credit your payment when we receive it.
Payment Options
You can pay by mail, online or by phone. Your payment must be made in U.S. dollars by physical or electronic check, money order or a similar instrument from a bank located in the United States.
Address/Phone Change
You represent that any phone number that you provide to us belongs to you and/or that you are authorized to provide that number. You also agree to tell us right away if you change your address (mailing or email) or any phone number.
Consent to Communications
You consent to us contacting you through any channel of communication and for any purpose, as permitted by applicable law. For informational, servicing, fraud or collection related communications, you agree that we may use the phone numbers that you provide to us to contact your cellular phone or wireless device with text messages, artificial or prerecorded voice calls, and calls made by an automatic telephone dialing system. Text frequency may vary and may be recurring. This consent applies even if you are charged for the call under your plan. You are responsible for any charges that may be billed to you by your communications carrier when we contact you. Message and data rates may vary. We and any carrier are not liable for delayed or undelivered messages.
Telephone Monitoring
For quality control, you allow us to listen to and/or record telephone calls between you and us
Emails
You consent to us emailing you for any lawful purpose, including marketing.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR ACCOUNT
Closing Your Account
You may close your account at any time by sending a letter to the address shown on your billing statement or calling customer service. We may close your account at any time, for any reason. If your account is closed, you must stop using it. You must still pay the full amount you owe and this Agreement will remain in effect until you do.
Collection Costs
If we ask an attorney who is not our salaried employee to collect your account, we may charge you our collection costs. These include court costs and reasonable attorneys’ fees.
Credit Bureau Reporting
We may report information about your account to credit bureaus. Late payments, missed payments, or other defaults on your account may be shown in your credit report. Tell us if you think we reported wrong information about you to a credit bureau. Write to us at 7400 N Oracle Road, Suite 310, Tucson AZ 85704. Tell us what information is wrong and why you think it is wrong. If you have a copy of the credit report that includes the wrong information, send us a copy.
Default
You are in default if you make a late payment, do not follow any other term of this Agreement or become bankrupt or insolvent. If you default or upon your death, we may (a) request payment of the full amount due right away, (b) take legal action to collect the amounts owed, and/or (c) take any other action allowed.
Disputed Amounts
The billing rights summary in this Agreement describes what to do if you think there is a mistake on your bill. If you send us correspondence about a disputed amount or payment, you must send it to the address for billing inquiries. We do not give up any rights under this Agreement if we accept a payment marked “payment in full” or given with any other conditions or limitations.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THIS AGREEMENT
Assignment
We may sell, assign or transfer any or all of our rights or duties under this Agreement or your account, including our rights to payments. We do not have to give you prior notice of such action. Any person, company, or bank to whom we assign this Agreement shall be entitled to all of our rights under this Agreement. None of your rights or obligations shall be affected by such assignment. You may not sell, assign or transfer any of your rights or duties under this Agreement or your account.
Enforceability
If any part of this Agreement is found to be void or unenforceable, all other parts of this Agreement will still apply.
Governing Law
Except as provided in the Resolving a Dispute with Arbitration section, this Agreement and your account are governed by federal law and, to the extent state law applies, the laws of Arizona without regard to its conflicts of law principles. This Agreement has been accepted by us in Arizona.
Waiver
We may give up some of our rights under this Agreement. If we give up any of our rights in one situation, we do not give up the same right in another situation.
RESOLVING A DISPUTE WITH ARBITRATION
PLEASE READ THIS SECTION CAREFULLY. IF YOU DO NOT REJECT IT, THIS SECTION WILL APPLY TO YOUR ACCOUNT, AND MOST DISPUTES BETWEEN YOU AND US WILL BE SUBJECT TO INDIVIDUAL ARBITRATION. THIS MEANS THAT: (1) NEITHER A COURT NOR A JURY WILL RESOLVE ANY SUCH DISPUTE; (2) YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN A CLASS ACTION OR SIMILAR PROCEEDING; (3) LESS INFORMATION WILL BE AVAILABLE; AND (4) APPEAL RIGHTS WILL BE LIMITED.
- CLAIMS AND PARTIES. If either you or we make a demand for arbitration, you and we must arbitrate any dispute or claim between you (including any other user of your account), and us (including our parents, affiliates, agents, employees, officers, and assignees, and Easy Credit and its affiliates) that directly or indirectly arises from or relates to your account, your account Agreement or our relationship, except as noted below. In addition, any assignee, agent, or service provider of ours that collects amounts due on your account are intended beneficiaries of this Arbitration section and may enforce it in full (notwithstanding any state law to the contrary).
- This Arbitration section broadly covers claims, including counterclaims, based upon contract, tort, consumer rights, fraud and other intentional torts, negligence, constitution, statute, regulation, ordinance, common law and equity and claims for money damages and injunctive or declaratory relief, even if they arose before this section took effect. You may not sell, assign or transfer a claim.
- Examples of claims subject to arbitration are disputes about an account transaction, fees, charges or interest, the events leading up to the Agreement (such as any disclosures, advertisements, promotions or oral or written statements, warranties or representations made by us), an application for or denial of credit, any product or service provided by us or third parties in connection with the Agreement, credit reporting, benefit programs related to your account including any reward program, the collection of amounts due by our assignees, service providers, or agents and the manner of collection.
- However, we will not require you to arbitrate any individual case in small claims court or your state’s equivalent court, so long as it remains an individual case in that court. Also, even if all parties have opted to litigate a claim in court, you or we may elect arbitration with respect to any claim made by a new party or any claim later asserted by a party in any related or unrelated lawsuit, including modifying an individual claim to assert a class, representative or multi-party claim. Arbitration may be requested at any time, even where there is a pending lawsuit, unless a trial has begun, or a final judgment entered.
- Only a court will decide disputes about the validity, enforceability, coverage or scope of this Arbitration section or any part thereof. However, any dispute that concerns the validity or enforceability of the Agreement as a whole is for the arbitrator to decide.
- NO CLASS ACTIONS. IF EITHER YOU OR WE ELECT TO ARBITRATE A CLAIM, NEITHER YOU NOR WE WILL HAVE THE RIGHT (A) TO PARTICIPATE IN A CLASS ACTION, PRIVATE ATTORNEY GENERAL ACTION OR OTHER REPRESENTATIVE ACTION IN COURT OR IN ARBITRATION, EITHER AS A CLASS REPRESENTATIVE OR CLASS MEMBER, OR (B) TO JOIN OR CONSOLIDATE CLAIMS WITH CLAIMS OF ANY OTHER PERSONS EXCEPT ACCOUNTHOLDERS ON YOUR ACCOUNT. THUS, YOU MAY NOT BRING CLAIMS AGAINST US ON BEHALF OF ANY ACCOUNTHOLDER WHO IS NOT AN ACCOUNTHOLDER ON YOUR ACCOUNT, AND YOU AGREE THAT ONLY ACCOUNTHOLDERS ON YOUR ACCOUNT MAY BE JOINED IN A SINGLE ARBITRATION WITH ANY CLAIM YOU HAVE.
- PROCEDURES. The party who wants to arbitrate must notify the other party in writing. This notice can be given after the beginning of a lawsuit or in papers filed in the lawsuit. Otherwise, your notice must be sent to Community Marketing Partnership, 7400 N Oracle Rd. Suite 310 Tucson AZ 85704. The party seeking arbitration must select either the American Arbitration Association (AAA), 120 Broadway, Floor 21, New York, NY 10271, www.adr.org, or JAMS, 620 Eighth Avenue, 34th Floor, New York, NY 10018, www.jamsadr.com, to administer the arbitration. If neither administrator can handle the dispute, a court with jurisdiction will appoint an arbitrator.
- The arbitration administrator will appoint the arbitrator and will tell the parties what to do next. The arbitrator must be a lawyer with at least ten years of legal experience. The arbitrator must apply the same law, consistent with the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA), that would apply to an individual action in court, but may use different procedural rules. The arbitrator will apply the same statutes of limitation and privileges that a court would apply if the matter were pending in court.
- The arbitrator may award any damages or other relief or remedies that would apply under applicable law to an individual action brought in court, including, without limitation, punitive damages (governed by the Constitutional standards employed by the courts) and injunctive, equitable and declaratory relief (but only in favor of the individual party seeking relief and only to the extent necessary to provide relief warranted by that party’s individual claim). The parties will bear the fees and costs of their attorneys, witnesses and experts. However, the arbitrator will have the authority to award fees and costs of attorneys, witnesses and experts to the extent permitted by the Agreement, the administrator’s rules or applicable law.
- The arbitration will take place by phone or at a location reasonably convenient to you. If you ask, we will pay all the fees the administrator or arbitrator charges if you cannot obtain a waiver of fees from the administrator and are acting in good faith. We will pay arbitration costs required by the administrator’s rules or that are necessary for this Arbitration section to be enforced. Notwithstanding the foregoing, you will be required to advance half of all administrative fees and arbitrator’s fees (and to be responsible for payment of such fees to the extent not advanced) if you pursue arbitration as part of a group of similar arbitrations, or if you otherwise seek to participate in a mass arbitration proceeding. If an arbitration already in process is later determined to be part of a mass arbitration proceeding, we shall have the right to request that the arbitrator order you to reimburse us for fees already paid or advanced.
- GOVERNING LAW. This Arbitration section is governed by the FAA. Arizona law shall apply to the extent state law is relevant under the FAA, unless otherwise stated herein. The arbitrator’s award will be final and binding, except for any appeal right under the FAA. Any court with jurisdiction may enter judgment upon the arbitrator’s award. The arbitration award and any judgment confirming it will apply only to the specific case and cannot be used in any other case except to enforce the award.
- SURVIVAL. This Arbitration section shall survive the repayment of all amounts owed, the termination, cancellation or suspension of the Agreement or your account or credit privileges, any legal proceeding, and any bankruptcy by you, to the extent consistent with applicable bankruptcy law. If this Arbitration section conflicts with the applicable arbitration rules or the other provisions of the Agreement, this Arbitration section shall govern.
- SEVERABILITY. If any portion of this Arbitration section is held to be invalid or unenforceable, the remaining portions shall nevertheless remain in force with the following two exceptions. First, if a determination is made that the “No Class Actions” provision is unenforceable, and that determination is not reversed on appeal, then this Arbitration section shall be void in its entirety. Second, if a court determines that a public injunctive relief claim may proceed notwithstanding the “No Class Actions” provision, and that determination is not reversed on appeal, then the public injunctive relief claim will be decided by a court, and any individual claims will be arbitrated. The parties will ask the court to stay the public injunctive relief claim until the other claims have been finally concluded.
- HOW TO REJECT ARBITRATION. You may reject this Arbitration section. If you do that, a court will resolve any dispute or claim. To reject this section, send us a notice within 45 days after you open your account or we first provided you with your right to reject this section. The notice must include your name, address, account number, and personal signature, and must be mailed to Community Marketing Partnership, 7400 N Oracle Rd. Suite 310 Tucson AZ 85704. This is the only way you can reject this section. Rejecting this Arbitration section will not affect any other provision of the Agreement. It will also not affect any prior arbitration agreement or dispute resolution provision between you and us, which will remain in full force and effect. If you don’t reject this Arbitration section, it will be effective as of the date of the Agreement and will supersede any prior arbitration agreement between you and us that would otherwise be applicable.
Your signature on the online application represents your signature on this Agreement. It is incorporated herein by reference.
We have signed this Agreement as follows:
Scott Balsiger
Chief Executive Officer
Community Marketing Partnership
YOUR BILLING RIGHTS SUMMARY
Your Billing Rights: Keep this Document for Future Use
This notice tells you about your rights and our responsibilities under the Fair Credit Billing Act.
What To Do If You Find A Mistake On Your Statement
If you think there is an error on your statement, write to us at:
Community Marketing Partnership
7400 N Oracle Rd. Suite 310
Tucson AZ 85704
Or call customer service
at 1-800-863-2541
If you write to us, in your letter, give us the following information:
- Account information: Your name and account number.
- Dollar amount: The dollar amount of the suspected error.
- Description of problem: If you think there is an error on your bill, describe what you believe is wrong and why you believe it is a mistake.
You must contact us:
- Within 60 days after the error appeared on your statement.
- At least 3 business days before an automated payment is scheduled, if you want to stop payment on the amount you think is wrong.
You must notify us of any potential errors in writing or by calling customer service at 1-800-863-2541
What Will Happen After We Receive Your Letter
When we receive your letter, we must do two things:
- Within 30 days of receiving your letter, we must tell you that we received your letter. We will also tell you if we have already corrected the error.
- Within 90 days of receiving your letter, we must either correct the error or explain to you why we believe the bill is correct.
While we investigate whether or not there has been an error:
- We cannot try to collect the amount in question, or report you as delinquent on that amount.
- The charge in question may remain on your statement, and we may continue to charge you interest on that amount.
- While you do not have to pay the amount in question, you are responsible for the remainder of your balance.
- We can apply any unpaid amount against your credit limit.
After we finish our investigation, one of two things will happen:
- If we made a mistake: You will not have to pay the amount in question or any interest or other fees related to that amount.
- If we do not believe there was a mistake: You will have to pay the amount in question, along with applicable interest and fees. We will send you a statement of the amount you owe and the date payment is due. We may then report you as delinquent if you do not pay the amount we think you owe.
If you receive our explanation but still believe your bill is wrong, you must write to us within 10 days telling us that you still refuse to pay. If you do so, we cannot report you as delinquent without also reporting that you are questioning your bill. We must tell you the name of anyone to whom we reported you as delinquent, and we must let those organizations know when the matter has been settled between us.
While we investigate, the same rules apply to the disputed amount as discussed above. After we finish our investigation, we will tell you our decision. At that point, if we think you owe an amount and you do not pay, we may report you as delinquent.
WHAT WE DO
How does Community Marketing Partnership protect my personal information?
To protect your personal information from unauthorized access and use, we use security measures that comply with federal law. These measures include computer safeguards and secured files and buildings.
How does Community Marketing Partnership collect my personal information?
We collect your personal information, for example, when you:
· open an account or give us your contact information
· provide account information or pay your bills
· use your credit card
Why can’t I limit all sharing?
Federal law gives you the right to limit only:
· sharing for affiliates’ everyday business purposes — information about your creditworthiness
· affiliates from using your information to market to you
· sharing for non-affiliates to market to you
State laws and individual companies may give you additional rights to limit sharing.
*Please keep in mind that, as permitted by federal law, we share information about you with Easy Credit and its affiliates in connection with maintaining and servicing the Easy Credit program, including for Easy Credit to market to you.
The above notice applies only to consumer Easy Credit Accounts with Community Marketing Partnership and does not apply to any other accounts you have with us. It replaces our previous privacy notice disclosures to you. We can change our privacy policy at any time and will let you know if we do if/as required by applicable law.
For helpful information about identity theft, visit the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) consumer website at https://www.identitytheft.gov/.