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"Hey mum, could we get a drum kit? It's only two pounds a week for 100 weeks!"
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The idea of a secured LOC doesn't appeal to me, don't like my credit being tied to something
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Do you not trust yourself or do you simply prefer to pay a higher interest rate?
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The gifts will only get delivered to a Canadian address, which I don't have.
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Upgrades are the best bang for the buck, according to the man who looks closely at these things. Of course, he has a bigger bum than us and so may value a wide seat more.
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Consumer debt is a useful way for stores to shift product and feed the corportate beast, but it probably does more harm than good overall. Those that can afford it are no better off, they just get some stuff sooner than if they had saved for it, and those that cant afford it are in all sorts of trouble.
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I'm in a similar boat. Earn more Aeroplan miles than I know what to do with. I certainly don't want to take flights with them - I don't need to, and anyway, they stiff you with fees and taxes anyway.
The gifts will only get delivered to a Canadian address, which I don't have.
The gifts will only get delivered to a Canadian address, which I don't have.
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Thats why when you do have a job you try and stash 10% every pay cheque... or whatever your budget will allow. That takes discipline not to go spunk it on a 56" telly or new side by side ATV or whatever.
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Debt where you lose you house if you can't pay it isn't necessarily better.
I agree. But I don't assume everyone who's in trouble with credit card debt has spunked it on 56" TV's, fancy holidays, and the latest apple gizmo. Those people definitely exist, but people that have had a sudden drop in income also exist. If these people have mortgages then that debt has to be paid first.
I agree. But I don't assume everyone who's in trouble with credit card debt has spunked it on 56" TV's, fancy holidays, and the latest apple gizmo. Those people definitely exist, but people that have had a sudden drop in income also exist. If these people have mortgages then that debt has to be paid first.
Debt is debt, and it's senseless being snobby about those who carry a credit card balance.
How did we make the jump from "if you cant afford it, dont buy it with credit" to people buying stuff they cant afford and then not paying the bills? There are plenty of people do carry a balance and pay all of their bills on time.
If you don't carry a balance on your credit card, well done, but you're probably in the minority.
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I agree.
Debt is debt, and it's senseless being snobby about those who carry a credit card balance.
How did we make the jump from "if you cant afford it, dont buy it with credit" to people buying stuff they cant afford and then not paying the bills? There are plenty of people do carry a balance and pay all of their bills on time.
If you don't carry a balance on your credit card, well done, but you're probably in the minority.
Debt is debt, and it's senseless being snobby about those who carry a credit card balance.
How did we make the jump from "if you cant afford it, dont buy it with credit" to people buying stuff they cant afford and then not paying the bills? There are plenty of people do carry a balance and pay all of their bills on time.
If you don't carry a balance on your credit card, well done, but you're probably in the minority.
Get a line of credit and pay off the expensive balances. and then DONT RUN THEM UP AGAIN.
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Not everyone can afford to pay 10% every pay cheque. A sizeable number of people barely scrape by on what they earn. It's not that these people want new TV's it's that they might need their boiler fixing, or their kids need new school clothes etc. Debt is sometimes about needs rather than just wants.
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