Cards of varying thickness would be designed for different animals -- up to a quarter-inch for cats and half an inch for dogs, while "greeting cards directed to horses are preferably constructed of panels having thicknesses of one inch and above," Mr. Hoy writes.
Customers are instructed to purchase a pre-pay credit card and directed to another phone number where information is then obtained from the card and the cash value removed.
In one excruciating scene, which takes place when he was the director of the E.E.O.C., he stands at a rent-a-car counter at Logan Airport, in Boston, while the clerk, after running a check on Thomas's credit card, is directed to cut it into pieces on the spot.
On Monday evening after an appearance in Delaware, people posing were asked to fill out a form with credit card information and directed to a Web site to download the images, according to news accounts.
Like greeting cards directed at grandmothers, Ms. Lux's candy-colored images try so hard to appeal that they appall.
In addition, when you tap on one of the event listings' cards, you're directed to a more information-rich page, offering the date, time, location and shortcuts to save the event, buy tickets, get directions or share it with others.
Vaccinees received vaccination cards and were directed to continue to one of the 6 18 parallel vaccination posts, located behind the check-in station.
In the case of Wells Fargo, for instance, existing customers were allowed to apply online for a credit card, but newcomers were directed to apply at a branch.
According to the F.T.C., thousands of consumers who paid the fee did not receive cards; instead, they were directed to Web sites where they could apply for other prepaid, or secured, credit cards.
The complaints to the ASA centred around a letter that was sent to customers with Amazon accounts, which included a plastic card, directing people to Amazon UK.
However you can transfer cash from the cards direct to your bank account for a one-off money transfer fee of 4 per cent – which could prove to be a low-cost way to clear a nagging and expensive overdraft.
