JPMorgan Chase Credit Card Complaint

JPMorgan Chase Credit card department,

Advertising and marketing Oregon

I received a mailer from Chase notifying me that I was invited to receive a Chase credit card ; the language on the mailer said " complete your certificate '', " mail your invitation '', " request your card today ''. Nowhere on the mailer did the words " apply '' or " application '' appear, so I was led to believe that the card was mine, and all I had to do was request it. When I did so, Chase checked my credit report and denied me the card! Chase went out of their way to hide that this was, in the end, a credit card application, rather than some kind of automatic, pre-approved offer. **This is clearly a case a misleading/deceptive advertising. ** If I 'm being asked to apply for a card, the word " apply '' should appear somewhere on the letter! When I spoke to them over the phone, they insisted that this was an " invitation to apply '', even though the word " apply '' appeared nowhere on the letter I received! If I had known that *denial* was even a possibility, I would n't have responded to the letter - it 's not worth the negative hit on my credit score. I am happy to send the CFPB a copy of the letter I received from Chase.