Comments on: Why putting your credit cards on ice is not the way to go http://www.bluntmoney.com/why-putting-your-credit-cards-on-ice-is-not-the-way-to-go/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:49:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: ubonline http://www.bluntmoney.com/why-putting-your-credit-cards-on-ice-is-not-the-way-to-go/#comment-38858 ubonline Sat, 05 Jul 2008 00:28:24 +0000 http://www.bluntmoney.com/why-putting-your-credit-cards-on-ice-is-not-the-way-to-go/#comment-38858 Wow, the lengths people will go to in order to get out of debt. Sounds like a crazy idea. But could be a good one. How about cutting up the cards and throwing them away? Or locking them in a safe or strong box, so they're not easily accessible? Wow, the lengths people will go to in order to get out of debt. Sounds like a crazy idea. But could be a good one. How about cutting up the cards and throwing them away? Or locking them in a safe or strong box, so they’re not easily accessible?

]]> By: Prince of Thrift http://www.bluntmoney.com/why-putting-your-credit-cards-on-ice-is-not-the-way-to-go/#comment-38803 Prince of Thrift Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:55:43 +0000 http://www.bluntmoney.com/why-putting-your-credit-cards-on-ice-is-not-the-way-to-go/#comment-38803 I have heard putting the card in a vegetable can and then freeze, so you can't microwave it. Yet, as someone else said, it only takes a couple of minutes running it under a faucet of hot water. My latest thing is locking it up in the safe deposit box. I have heard putting the card in a vegetable can and then freeze, so you can’t microwave it. Yet, as someone else said, it only takes a couple of minutes running it under a faucet of hot water.

My latest thing is locking it up in the safe deposit box.

]]> By: jennydecki http://www.bluntmoney.com/why-putting-your-credit-cards-on-ice-is-not-the-way-to-go/#comment-38749 jennydecki Tue, 01 Jul 2008 22:34:09 +0000 http://www.bluntmoney.com/why-putting-your-credit-cards-on-ice-is-not-the-way-to-go/#comment-38749 I often wonder when people tell me how awful it is we don't have credit cards. What if something happens? They say. What if you have an emergency? They say. And I ask them if they have cards that aren't maxed out...and how much actual credit they have for an emergency. The illusion of credit card safety. I just don't understand it. Oh, my other favorite, "If you don't have credit cards, you won't have a good credit score!" I have a house, I have a car..what on earth do I need good credit for? The next car I buy will be in cash. My dream? That the next HOUSE I buy is in cash too. I mean I still have debts and am cleaning things up, but it was so much easier to go from awful to good without the extra layer of crap credit cards produce. I often wonder when people tell me how awful it is we don’t have credit cards. What if something happens? They say. What if you have an emergency? They say.

And I ask them if they have cards that aren’t maxed out…and how much actual credit they have for an emergency.

The illusion of credit card safety. I just don’t understand it.

Oh, my other favorite, “If you don’t have credit cards, you won’t have a good credit score!” I have a house, I have a car..what on earth do I need good credit for? The next car I buy will be in cash.

My dream? That the next HOUSE I buy is in cash too. I mean I still have debts and am cleaning things up, but it was so much easier to go from awful to good without the extra layer of crap credit cards produce.

]]> By: Jennifer http://www.bluntmoney.com/why-putting-your-credit-cards-on-ice-is-not-the-way-to-go/#comment-38731 Jennifer Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:46:16 +0000 http://www.bluntmoney.com/why-putting-your-credit-cards-on-ice-is-not-the-way-to-go/#comment-38731 This is funny because years ago, I did the cut up the card thing. The problem was I didn't throw the card away and still used it...what an idiot I was! This is funny because years ago, I did the cut up the card thing. The problem was I didn’t throw the card away and still used it…what an idiot I was!

]]> By: Jen http://www.bluntmoney.com/why-putting-your-credit-cards-on-ice-is-not-the-way-to-go/#comment-38709 Jen Mon, 30 Jun 2008 22:20:32 +0000 http://www.bluntmoney.com/why-putting-your-credit-cards-on-ice-is-not-the-way-to-go/#comment-38709 Can I just say.... this sounds really familiar :) Can I just say…. this sounds really familiar :)

]]> By: J Dawg http://www.bluntmoney.com/why-putting-your-credit-cards-on-ice-is-not-the-way-to-go/#comment-38693 J Dawg Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:11:55 +0000 http://www.bluntmoney.com/why-putting-your-credit-cards-on-ice-is-not-the-way-to-go/#comment-38693 Is freezing your credit cards like a drunk keeping an emergency 6 pack around in case a party breaks out ? I am reading the book " The seven stages of money maturity" and the first stage is letting go of innocence. I think that is a very important stage when it comes to money. Is freezing your credit cards like a drunk keeping an emergency 6 pack around in case a party breaks out ? I am reading the book ” The seven stages of money maturity” and the first stage is letting go of innocence. I think that is a very important stage when it comes to money.

]]> By: ConsciouslyFrugal http://www.bluntmoney.com/why-putting-your-credit-cards-on-ice-is-not-the-way-to-go/#comment-38626 ConsciouslyFrugal Fri, 27 Jun 2008 22:20:05 +0000 http://www.bluntmoney.com/why-putting-your-credit-cards-on-ice-is-not-the-way-to-go/#comment-38626 My preferred method was to run the block of ice under hot water. Sad yet hilarious! My preferred method was to run the block of ice under hot water. Sad yet hilarious!

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