{"id":420,"date":"2006-12-20T20:43:47","date_gmt":"2006-12-21T01:43:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/oddplanet\/2006\/12\/20\/using-credit-cards-wisely\/"},"modified":"2011-08-10T23:30:37","modified_gmt":"2011-08-11T03:30:37","slug":"using-credit-cards-wisely","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/oddplanet\/2006\/12\/20\/using-credit-cards-wisely\/","title":{"rendered":"Using credit cards wisely"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--CusAds--><p>There&#8217;s been times in my life when I&#8217;ve been totally against credit cards.  You can probably guess that with that attitude I&#8217;ve probably had some credit card problems- and you&#8217;d be right. <\/p>\n<div class=\"b1291d92551e5c93995fce7897ccfc30\" data-index=\"2\" style=\"float: right; margin:10px 0 10px 10px;\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-3375789278566919\";\r\n\/* OddPlanet_300x250_inpost *\/\r\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"3290981241\";\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> It&#8217;s so easy to use them and get into debt when you aren&#8217;t earning enough money to make the payments on the cards.  It becomes a nasty vicious circle.<\/p><!--CusAds-->\n<p>I gave up on credit cards for a long while but I got one again about 7 or 8 years ago. Before I got one I made sure to read sites full of credit card advice .  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