14 DAY TRIAL // On November 10, the Kardashian sisters Kim, Khloe and Kourtney, got into business with MasterCard, with a prepaid debit card ideal for young people. A short while ago, they fired off papers asking to have the deal terminated.
Though at first they showed themselves to be very satisfied with the partnership, criticism in recent weeks has proved to them that the Kard is not something they want to be associated with.
In other words, while boasting a lot of advantages, the Kard comes with hidden and mostly illegal fees, which is something the Kardashians don’t want to be a part of, TMZ has learned.
According to papers just sent to MasterCard, the sisters have worked hard for their image and they’re not about to have it tainted by speculation that they’re behind the scheme to charge customers more.
“The family fired off a ‘Notice of Termination’ to the companies behind the Kard moments ago – stating they’re sick of the ‘negative spotlight’ since the Attorney General of Connecticut opened an investigation to determine if the Kard violates consumer protection laws,” TMZ reports.
Said violation is done by means of hidden fees, which include: a $9.95 ownership fee, monthly fee of $7.95 for a year, and a mandatory $1.50 fee whenever the owner of the Kard adds money to it.
“The Kardashians have worked extremely long and hard to create a positive public persona that appeals to everyone, particularly young adults,” the attorney for the Kardashian family says in the letter sent to MasterCard.
“The lawyers claim the investigation ‘threatens everything for which [The Kardashians] have worked’ – so the family has decided to ‘terminate the agreement... effective immediately’,” TMZ further notes.
The Kardashians have not commented on the situation in any way but, in this particular case, the actions of their legal representative speak louder than anything else they might want to say.