Credit Cards? Ugh!

Yes, that's what I usually think of that subject. As a former consumer investigative reporter for Post Newsweek TV, I'm always warning people about credit card debt. In fact, I know you will find this hard to believe but I have not had a credit card since I was a teen trying to get that GE portable stereo. What a lesson for me. However now at 61 years young I'm having to look into getting one.
Well even though I preach about abuse of credit cards I am a realist and I know that in this day and age you can't do too much without a credit card. So even I that made it without them in the past, has had to breakdown and begin to see how I can get the BEST credit card on the planet! That has been my focus recently and I'm going to be sharing with you a source that you can use for FREE to do a search for the card that best serves your purpose.

Here is a shocking statistic that blew me away:

25-30% increase during the next year in people searching for the first credit card! I guess you can figure what is the largest percentage of this increase? KIDS! Kids that are going off to college and find that it is going to be almost impossible to exists with out one. When I was in college back in the early 1970s I would imagine less than 20% of my fellow students were carrying even one plastic card. Today I would suspect that over 75% have one or more cards!

Also are you aware that you could possibly get a lower rate from the same issuing company depending on where you obtain your card? I recently learned of a web site with a lists of over 100 credit cards of every description to see if your credit card issuing company has a lower rate or better deal at his site. This is the site that I sharing with you in this article.

I would be real curious to know if this list was helpful to you. Email me at hugh009@hotmail.com as I plan to write several follow up articles on this subject.
   By Hugh Simpson
Published: 4/25/2007
 
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