Archive for the ‘Credit Cards’ Category
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Credit Cards as a Money Tool
Much of America has is in debt. Sometimes it’s good debt and other times it’s bad debt. I wrote about good debt vs. bad debt last week. Credit cards that you don’t pay off are an example of bad debt. Many of them charge upwards of 20% interest. For that reason [...]
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Adventures with Chase Credit Cards
Early last month, Blueprint for Financial Prosperity linked to a Consumerist article about Chase representative spilling the secrets. I enjoyed Jim’s article as well as the original Consumerist one.
Only two things mentioned in either article seemed scary to me as a credit card holder. Before I get to those, here’s what wasn’t a [...] -
Credit Card Arbitrage
I’m not one to believe in fate or signs, but it’s hard to not believe that something is conspiring against me in trying to do my credit card arbitrage plan. If I can’t get a credit card to begin with, it’s just not going to end up well. The problems I’ve had with [...]
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I’m Looking into Credit Card Arbitrage, Am I Crazy?
Previously, I asked (mostly rhetorically), I have a plasma TV, am I crazy? Most people agreed no, so now I’m stepping up the craziness a level. In the last week, I’ve been thinking of doing something that I never thought I would - get a credit card with a 0% balance transfer. I [...]
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Shell PR representative responds to my Credit Card post…
Last week I wrote about Shell’s Credit Card. Their PR firm, Edelman, took some time out of their day to fill me in on the details and include a PDF file chalk full of information. Of course, if I had researched a little more, I could have found all the information at 877myshell.com.
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