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rzemanfl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-05 06:30 PM Original message |
Economists out there. Could the Credit Card companies' cash |
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DebJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-05 06:32 PM Response to Original message |
1. not as much as paying them off and refusing to use them again |
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walldude (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-05 06:34 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Exactly.. |
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lslaux (123 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-05 06:50 PM Response to Reply #1 |
13. Best advice is don't use credit cards. |
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Stephanie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-05 06:34 PM Response to Original message |
3. I am cancelling MBNA in honor of Biden - |
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Walt Starr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-05 06:35 PM Response to Original message |
4. Nope, it wouldn't affect them at all. In fact, it wouldprobably help them. |
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K-W (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-05 06:36 PM Response to Original message |
5. That would just make them richer. |
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mcscajun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-05 06:36 PM Response to Original message |
6. That's the credit card company's favorite wet dream |
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Atman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-05 06:40 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. I paid off my card completely, so they raised my credit limit |
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rzemanfl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-05 06:44 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. For years, whenever I charged an airline ticket (which you should |
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rzemanfl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-05 06:42 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. So they can pay all their overhead, salaries and advertising |
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Walt Starr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-05 06:44 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. If everybody who had a credit card only made minimum payments |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-05 06:47 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Yup, because they know that minimum payers are a steady income source |
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mcscajun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-05 06:53 PM Response to Reply #8 |
15. Banks don't always hold their 'debt portfolios' in-house. |
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K-W (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-05 07:29 PM Response to Reply #8 |
25. You dont understand how money works on those levels. |
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rzemanfl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-05 08:31 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. That probably comes from my having to make a payroll every |
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Neverarepublican (176 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-05 06:49 PM Response to Original message |
12. What I want to know is |
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rzemanfl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-05 06:52 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. It's a pretty big number, but I can't remember how big, around |
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mcscajun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-05 06:55 PM Response to Reply #12 |
18. Funny you should ask that… |
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EVDebs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-05 06:53 PM Response to Original message |
16. The Usury laws and state's rights...States could re-institute usury caps |
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CountAllVotes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-05 06:53 PM Response to Original message |
17. use em! |
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PeterPuck (65 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-05 11:10 PM Response to Reply #17 |
29. none of those cards have annual dues? |
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CountAllVotes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-05 12:42 AM Response to Reply #29 |
30. none of the cards have fees |
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EVDebs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-05 07:02 PM Response to Original message |
19. We can make better friends with our Islamic brethren by capping interest |
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GetTheRightVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-05 07:04 PM Response to Original message |
20. I am going to not use mine anymore, just cash from now on & only if I have |
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phusion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-05 07:06 PM Response to Original message |
21. No.. |
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rzemanfl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-05 07:08 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. I am waiting until I find out I am terminally ill to do that. n/t |
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CountAllVotes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-05 07:15 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. good plan |
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EVDebs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-05 07:21 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. Maybe that's what those Identity Thefts with our information overseas is |
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Kazak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-05 07:31 PM Response to Original message |
26. Pay it off, and... |
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Dcitizen (212 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-05 07:48 PM Response to Original message |
27. It wont work! n/t |
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