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Rebuttal: Putting Credit Cards to Work for You (GP)

There’s a guest post over at Moolanomy "Putting Credit Cards to Work for You" that truly deserves a response from the peanut gallery.
Benefits of Credit Card Usage and Good Credit Score
Your credit score does matter quite a bit WHEN YOU GET MORE DEBT because it’s an indicator to the lender whether you ‘might’ pay your [...]



Prosper.com – Good or Evil?

Prosper.com – Good or Evil? This article takes a look at the moral side of the picture.



Pervasive Advertising – Nationwide Insurance Takes Advertising a Step Too Far

While stopping off at a local bookstore to pick up a book or two, I noticed that the parking dividing lines were different than the normal white painted-on stripes everyone is used to seeing. When I got out and took a little closer look, I found that the line was actually a strip of some [...]



Why I Hate Gift Cards

Gift cards. The little plastic store-branded ‘I-can’t-think-of-a-real-gift’ way to say ‘I spent money on you’. Going to a store and giving them money so that you can give someone else a little plastic card for the same amount of money, but restricting the use of that money to a single store.
And who thought up the [...]



How Washington Mutual Lost My Business

Recently I received one of those ‘Zero Interest For A Long Time’ offers that also had a zero cost transfer. Or so I thought at the time. After reading the offer, I figured it was one of those instances credit cards are trying anything to get new customers. I do have a couple of [...]