ANNUAL SERVICER'S CERTIFICATE HOUSEHOLD FINANCE CORPORATION HOUSEHOLD RECEIVABLES FUNDING, INC. III HOUSEHOLD CREDIT CARD MASTER NOTE TRUST I

Exhibit 99(i)

ANNUAL SERVICER'S CERTIFICATE

HOUSEHOLD FINANCE CORPORATION

HOUSEHOLD RECEIVABLES FUNDING, INC. III

HOUSEHOLD CREDIT CARD MASTER NOTE TRUST I

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The undersigned, a duly authorized representative of Household Finance Corporation, as Servicer ("HFC"), pursuant to a Amended and Restated Transfer and Servicing Agreement dated as of November 16, 2000 (as amended and supplemented, the "Agreement"), by and among Household Receivables Funding, Inc. III, as transferor, HFC, and Household Credit Card Master Note Trust I, as Issuer, (the "Trust"), does hereby certify that:

1. HFC is, as of the date hereof, the Servicer under the Agreement. Capitalized terms used in this Certificate have their respective meanings as set forth in the Agreement.

2. The undersigned is an Authorized Officer who is duly authorized pursuant to the Agreement to execute and deliver this Certificate to the Trust.

3. A review of the activities of the Servicer during the year ended December 31, 2003 and of its performance under the Agreement was conducted under my supervision.

4. Based on such review, the Servicer has, to the best of my knowledge, performed in all material respects its obligations under the Agreement throughout such year and no default in the performance of such obligations has occurred or is continuing except as set forth in paragraph 5 below.

5. The following is a description of each default in the performance of the Servicer's obligations under the provisions of the Agreement known to me to have been made by the Servicer during the year ended December 31, 2003, which sets forth in detail (i) the nature of each such default, (ii) the action taken by the Servicer, if any, to remedy each such default and (iii) the current status of each such default:

NONE

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has duly executed this Certificate this 25th day of March, 2004.

HOUSEHOLD FINANCE CORPORATION

as Servicer,

By:____/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx________

Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx

Assistant Treasurer

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