Credit Card Pros and Cons

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I have chosen credit cards as my topic for this essay. There are some good things about credit cards, as well as some draw backs to using them. The interest rate is something that everyone that has a credit card, or is applying for a credit card should look at. The interest rate is a big part of considering whether or not it is worth it to use the card, or save money for the purchase. Of course, there are times that there is no other option than to use the credit card, for example, vehicle repairs or emergency home repairs. The consumer should always carefully consider if using the card is in their best interest. I do believe that credit cards are a good thing as long as they are used responsibly. Credit cards help build a person’s credit and in my experience, good credit is priceless. In my personal life, my husband and I used our credit cards to build our credit so that we could present ourselves “credit worthy” to the mortgage company. We needed credit history in order to purchase our home. We do like to pay cash for our purchases, such as our vehicles but when it came to us purchasing our home, we had to have some kind of credit history to get approved. We accomplished this by using the cards for small purchases and paying the cards almost off at the end of the month. The company that wrote our loan and processed it, advised us to keep a small balance on the card. It worked, we were approved for a mortgage for our home after about a year of doing this. Credit cards can be abused though. It takes strict discipline to avoid abusing the card. It seems really easy to charge the card and pay it later. My rule is, “If I cannot afford to pay cash for it, I cannot afford it.” I know this may seem silly to some people, but it has kept us out of debt. The only debts we have are my student loans and our mortgage. I like it that way. I have of course, over charged the

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