Credit card companies are marketing to college students on campus and social networking sites. US News associate editor, Kimberly Palmer, examines the pitfalls of credit cards and ways to avoid credit card debt. Read the full US News article at www.usnews.com
Avoiding Credit Card Debt Tips for College Students
November 24, 2009 By 4 Comments
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If you are 19-21 and living on your own for the first time it is incredibly easy to make a stupid decision and not look after your finances.
I wonder what your credit score looks like.
Those poor little sheepies! They got the credit card, USED IT, and then they couldn’t afford to pay THEIR bills! Nobody’s responsible for their actions in the USSA! ANyone who thinks you can be “pushed” to buy somehting you don’t want would be right at home in communist Russia. …We’re already living under Central Banking Socialism, why not have even more restrictions, regulations, and limits to free enterprise? I hope these idiots will learn to vote libertarian, for their own sake.
The stresses from higher mortgage rates, petrol prices and food prices are forcing consumers to spend less with their credit cards, but they are so stressed they can’t pay off their balances as they come due, dramatic new data from the Reserve Bank of New Zealand shows.
One of the benefits of shopping online is that it helps consumer saves time. This suits the current lifestyle of most people who are rather busy and have difficulty finding time doing all their shopping at physical stores. With online shopping, they can cut down on their traveling time. Furthermore, if the product they want is not available in the physical store, they need to go to another store to find it. With shopping online, all these inconvenience can be avoided.