🚀 go-pugleaf

On Mon, 15 Nov 1999 21:22:21 GMT, Melissa wrote...

> We'd actually rather avoid credit cards, as they're traps. We get bombarded 
> by "buy now, pay later" ads, that make "later" sound like never. We're 
> constantly encouraged to spend beyond our means until some of us get in 
> trouble with it, then of course the card companies still want to be paid or 
> else. No thanks. We have 3 cards and the goal is to keep them paid off each 
> month. To do that, it would be necessary not to use them for the everyday 
> spending of life. Too much of a trap.

Okay, let's say you write a check for $10 at IHOP, and charge $50 worth 
of whatever you *do* use your credit cards for.  At the end of the month, 
you've paid $60.

If you charged the $10, you've still paid $60.

The only logical reason I see for not using CCs for everyday purchases is 
someone who truly does not have the self control to live within their 
means.  Fortunately we do, so we can use CCs to their full potential.

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