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Credit cards. Good, bad, ugly.


haibara Rep Points: 35
Posted on November 6, 2007 at 2:32 pm
I have had several cards. I have used them and gotten into trouble. 1 Good: car rentals, hotels, reservations 2 Bad: shopping, online ordering (Its just too easy) 3 Ugly: using them to help my business (Needless to say... the business failed) So now I find myself dreading the bill collectors 15 times a day. I am doing my best to work with them, but I am failing horribly. Lesson learned. Pay them off every month and only use them if you have to.

milo07 Rep Points: 60
Posted on November 6, 2007 at 2:32 pm
Credit Cards, handy but troubling. Good: Payments Online or places where it is not good to carry around cash. Bad: Large Payments, Shopping, Buying expensive make-up/clothes Ugly: Not paying them off and letting the interest stack up. It is very important to manage them well if you want to stay debt free.

lm987 Rep Points: 185
Posted on November 6, 2007 at 2:32 pm
Good: I use my card for purchasing online products and services Bad : I tend to pay the minimum due Ugly : I incur over the credit limit purchases The credit card must be used wisely.

dovic1 Rep Points: 510
Posted on November 6, 2007 at 2:32 pm
My husband love credit cards, We get credit card mail everyday. He takes and see what the interest rate is. If it is good he gets it. I just wish they would stop sending them to my house. When I get them I just throw them in the garbage.

squirrel Rep Points: 400
Posted on November 6, 2007 at 2:32 pm
Good : convenience for shopping and access to funds for emergency purposes Bad: temptation to spend more than you can afford Ugly: failure to resist temptation leading to debt trap

bono Rep Points: 150
Posted on November 6, 2007 at 2:32 pm
I use credit cards only when I go traveling when carrying cash in a place you're not familiar yet seems to be a bit dangerous. And I try to avoid online shopping as well.

conchita Rep Points: 185
Posted on November 6, 2007 at 2:32 pm
I believe credit cards are good, for convenience that is. They're bad if you use them for loans. And they get ugly if your balance gets way out of hand. Credit cards should be used responsibly otherwise it can get you bankrupt.

lucky Rep Points: 250
Posted on November 6, 2007 at 2:32 pm
Good: you can have other sorts in case you are short of cash at the moment, so its about convenienceBad:if you wont pay on time and interest accumulatesUgly:if you can't control your shopping moments.

jaobedoza Rep Points: 220
Posted on November 6, 2007 at 2:32 pm
Another good use of credit cards is for emergencies. You never know when you will need cash to buy medicine or pay for hospitalization. A credit card will come in handy to get cash advance

vicdo2 Rep Points: 245
Posted on November 6, 2007 at 2:32 pm
credit cards are good to have but a good thing to do is to pay more on the bill when it comes.
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