{"id":571,"date":"2007-05-05T08:42:35","date_gmt":"2007-05-05T12:42:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/garden\/2007\/05\/05\/online-purchasing-makes-credit-cards-a-necessity\/"},"modified":"2010-10-04T00:07:10","modified_gmt":"2010-10-04T04:07:10","slug":"online-purchasing-makes-credit-cards-a-necessity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/garden\/2007\/05\/05\/online-purchasing-makes-credit-cards-a-necessity\/","title":{"rendered":"Online purchasing makes credit cards a necessity"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--CusAds--><p>I really do feel that owning a credit card is becoming a necessary evil.  I mean, how many of you shop online?   I know it took some time for people to start trusting online stores, but I think we&#8217;ve embraced it as a whole now and there&#8217;s no looking back.  Which of course means, that in most cases, in order to purchase items online we must have credit cards.<\/p>\n<div class=\"912745ff53504cd4aef8ff3ef7b9aa95\" data-index=\"2\" style=\"float: right; margin:10px 0 10px 10px;\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-3375789278566919\";\r\n\/* gardengrows_300x250inpost *\/\r\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"4054669721\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 300;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>For those who are able to budget themselves and are good with money this isn&#8217;t a big problem, but we all know people who, once they get a credit card, begin spending and spending and soon buy themselves into debt.   <\/p>\n<p>I was looking at all the UK credit cards available at CardGuide.co.uk and you know what?  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