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Knew someone who put everything on an American Express card and paid it all off at the end of the month. That was a plan and seemed to work. But financing pizza? That's diggin' a hole.
1 posted on 04/12/2025 7:48:51 AM PDT by Libloather
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To: Libloather

What’s funny is that so many people want to pretend that the economy was hunky-dory before Trump’s tariffs.

An economy wherein you’re financing your takeout is GROSSLY unsound.


2 posted on 04/12/2025 7:52:55 AM PDT by Ultra Sonic 007 (There is nothing new under the sun.)
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To: Libloather
Wimpy is in BIG trouble.

3 posted on 04/12/2025 7:53:26 AM PDT by BipolarBob (Never attribute malice to that which can be explained by incompetence.)
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To: Libloather

Exactly.


4 posted on 04/12/2025 7:53:58 AM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: Libloather
A proposal: the federal government will subsidize up to $2000 a year of financed purchases of individual value < $200, but anyone who accepts any amount of this subsidy forfeits their right to vote for 3 years.

This might be a significant cost savings in the long run…
5 posted on 04/12/2025 8:01:19 AM PDT by verum ago (I figure some people must truly be in love, for only love can be so blind.)
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To: Libloather

Ok so it’s not a sandwich can hurt your credit score it’s door dash d head pay later that can hurt your credit score

Idiots


6 posted on 04/12/2025 8:04:38 AM PDT by stanne (Because they were mesmerized by Obama, the man for whom this was named, whose name they left out of )
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To: Libloather

I sell baked goods at a local farmers’ market. I can’t hardly believe it when people ask me if I take cards for a $6.00 box of cookies. The answer is “no”. They want to buy everything on the table? Then we can discuss that option. It is good to know though that not only am I saving myself and them fees but I could be keeping their credit scores from tanking.


7 posted on 04/12/2025 8:04:59 AM PDT by lastchance (Cognovit Dominus qui sunt eius.)
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To: Libloather

I wonder how many people put an $8.00 cup of burned coffee (looking at you Starbucks) on their credit card only to carry the balance over each month with interest.

People are idiots.


8 posted on 04/12/2025 8:07:41 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd (Nobody elected Elon Musk? Well nobody elected the Deep State either.)
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To: Libloather

Its bad news for small biz, too.

AmEx’s transaction fees are even more extortionate.

If you love your small businesses, use cash.


9 posted on 04/12/2025 8:08:46 AM PDT by mewzilla (Swing away, Mr. President, swing away!)
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To: Libloather
OMG! You have that gif I've been looking forever for on your homepage.

 

Use search engines, use AI, use whatever. You can't find it. And why would you want to look at this gross image? Every once in awhile it is appropriaate for a Hillary thread.

 

BTW, I went to your homepage as I believe you have the number of years we have left before globalwarming kills us all, right?

10 posted on 04/12/2025 8:13:22 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd (Nobody elected Elon Musk? Well nobody elected the Deep State either.)
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I considered applying for a store brand credit card, because they offered a $100 credit immediately. I was purchasing a washing machine.

But the application required I install an app on my phone, which I wasn’t willing to do. Reading the terms and conditions, the interest rate was 31%! No wonder they were willing to give a $100 credit to bring in people who don’t read the terms and conditions.


11 posted on 04/12/2025 8:14:56 AM PDT by marktwain
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To: Libloather

I use none of the services, including DoorDash, mentioned in the article.


14 posted on 04/12/2025 8:22:13 AM PDT by Lazamataz (I'm so on fire that I feel the need to stop, drop, and roll!)
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predatory? Sheesh ... Sane people can just say no ...


16 posted on 04/12/2025 8:27:35 AM PDT by bankwalker (Feminists, like all Marxists, are ungrateful parasites.)
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To: Libloather

Why buy a ssmmich when you can tell the woman to just make you one?


22 posted on 04/12/2025 8:40:23 AM PDT by Sirius Lee ("Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.”)
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To: Libloather

How much will that sandwich end up costing in the end?

What’s the interest on it? 25%?

I see a whole new world of hurt for those who fall for this...


23 posted on 04/12/2025 8:40:42 AM PDT by Bon of Babble (You Say You Want a Revolution?)
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To: Libloather

As a child of the 1950s where the only credit available was at a local mom and pop store where they knew the customers and knew when payday was.

Our credit was called lay away. You pick an item and the store keeps it until you pay it off (generally Christmas gifts).

I did not get my first credit card until I was around 25.

I was shocked the first time I saw someone pay for their groceries with a credit card (this was early 1970s).

I am no longer shocked when I see people use a credit card at a fast food place knowing (statistically ) they will not be paying off their credit card each month and that the $10 meal may very easily end up costing them $15 or $20 over time.


24 posted on 04/12/2025 8:48:18 AM PDT by CIB-173RDABN (I’ll take a wait and see...)
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To: Libloather

I use credit cards for just about everything. All my utilities are on auto pay. But I pay each card off in full every month.


26 posted on 04/12/2025 8:52:52 AM PDT by AlaskaErik (There are three kinds of rats: Rats, Damned Rats, and DemocRats.)
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To: Libloather

It makes sense to put it on the card if you get cash back and you can pay it off immediately.


28 posted on 04/12/2025 9:03:39 AM PDT by Tired of Taxes
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To: Libloather

Just wait until insurance companies access the purchases and determine your health risk because of the food you buy, even if it’s not for you.


30 posted on 04/12/2025 9:27:35 AM PDT by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon." Amen. Come, Lord Jesus)
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