Credit cards are a much loved accessory in the easy spending world of modern society but we have been misusing them. That insignificant piece of plastic has got countless people into serious financial trouble. The old fashioned system of pulling a wad of bank notes from your pocket and paying cash for things is long gone. Now we just book up the plastic.
Of cource we dont just have one card, but many of us have fistfuls of them. All with debt owing on them some with huge debt on them. In fact some clever people manage to juggle these cards. They manipulate them so that one card pays off another card and another card pays off the first card. On it goes but of obviosly this is unsustainable.
The problem here is that it is way too easy to lose track of your finances. Before cards you took out the money you needed and could afford to spend and that was all you spent. Now of course you buy on credit and this accumulates and debt accelerates with the horrendous interest rates the credit card companies charge.
There is a better way to use credit cards and avoid credit card debt but they need to be used with restraint. That is a very old fashioned idea. Actually used properly cards are safer and more convenient than cash. However, you need to figure out your financial limits before you go out spending any money. Never spend any more than you can afford to pay back at the end of each month.
In fact there are advantages to using credit cards. You can make use of their money right up to their minimum payment date and keep your cash in the bank earning interest. Additionally most credit card companies run rewards schemes related to your card spending. So that is nice that they give you rewards and let you earn bank interest but their motives are all selfish. They are positively willing you to overspend and enmesh you in their trap of high interest rates. Once in that trap you can expect to get pulled in deeper and deeper. So be warned, use your credit cards wisely and take those companies for all they will give you. Just remember to always pay off your credit cards completely every month. There must be no exemptions to this rule because it is just too easy to fall into debt
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