This repayment process is designed not just to eliminate
debt, but to also teach you the ins - and -
outs of credit card management; that way,
once you've unlocked or de-iced that plastic you can wield it around town with the confidence
of a responsible
credit card user.
That being said, the use
of a
credit card to compensate off a
credit card should be the last - ditch effort to draw yourself
out of credit card debt, and it should be utilised
once all other alternatives are exhausted including the option
of a balance transfer
card.
«
Card issuers like the person who carries a $ 5,000 balance, runs it up once a year and pays it back — that's the bread and butter of the credit card world,» says Ken Clark, a certified financial planner and author of «The Complete Idiot's Guide to Getting Out of Debt.&ra
Card issuers like the person who carries a $ 5,000 balance, runs it up
once a year and pays it back — that's the bread and butter
of the
credit card world,» says Ken Clark, a certified financial planner and author of «The Complete Idiot's Guide to Getting Out of Debt.&ra
card world,» says Ken Clark, a certified financial planner and author
of «The Complete Idiot's Guide to Getting
Out of Debt.»
The
credit card companies charge exorbitant late fees and interest rates, and
once you get caught up in the whirlwind
of credit card debt, it does not take long for it to spiral
out of control.