One time, back in the 80s, American Express had some kind of disagreement with the union that my step-father belonged to and the members of his union went out and every time they&#x27;d see the American Express credit card applications, they&#x27;d take them all and send them back in blank.<p>They had been told that each application cost a dollar to have mailed and processed.<p>I was a child so I never cared enough to ask about the details of the dispute and I don&#x27;t know how long they did this, only that they did.