[redhead]

"I would have killed for a credit card, but there wasn't a bank that would give me one. Now they are so easy to get that its just a joke."

LOL! Years ago, in Valdez AK, hubby and I were debt-free except for a small mortgage. We paid CASH for everything. Anything that had to be paid by mail got a bank money order. When we got ready to leave, we applied to our bank for a $1000 limit card, and were refused because we had no credit history. LOL! THOSE were the good old days!

[Energy Alley]

that happened to my brother when he got out of the military, even though he had a good $60,000 in the bank, he was said to have insufficent employment and credit history.

Apprently 12 years in the airforce was not considered an employment history and he had never used credit, not even a car loan.

It drove him insane,

[Codeograph]

LOL! Years ago, in Valdez AK, hubby and I were debt-free except for a small mortgage. We paid CASH for everything. Anything that had to be paid by mail got a bank money order. When we got ready to leave, we applied to our bank for a $1000 limit card, and were refused because we had no credit history. LOL! THOSE were the good old days!

The same thing happened to me years ago. I threatened to take all my money out of the bank unless they issued me a card. They issued me one.