I don’t like credit cards. Many smart people \u2014 including my wife \u2014 use them wisely and never have problems. I’m not one of those people. Most of my money woes stem from credit card debt acquired when I was first out of college. Eventually I wised up \u2014 I have not carried a personal credit card in more than five years.<\/p>\n
NCN at No Credit Needed<\/a> has posted a detailed list of the reasons he does not use credit cards<\/a>. He writes:<\/p>\n I have not used a credit card in over two years.<\/b> So far, I have yet to find myself in a situation where I had to use my credit card. (I still have one, active, credit card account. I keep my card tucked away in my wallet. I’m not sure it actually works anymore. I do not plan to find out.) I do not advocate closing credit card accounts. I have an account that is open and in good standing. I just don’t use it. What have I learned about NOT using my credit card?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Among the lessons NCN has learned:<\/p>\n I, too, have suffered no adverse effects from giving up personal credit cards. It helps, of course, that I use a debit card. I also carry a couple of business credit cards, but I have no problem using them responsibly. Business is business, and is completely separate from my personal life.<\/p>\n I’ll admit that I’ve considered trying to use credit cards once more now that I seem to have developed a solid understanding of personal finance. Ultimately, however, I’ve decided the rewards are minimal and the risks too great. For now, I’m credit card-free and proud of it.<\/b><\/p>\n[No Credit Needed: I Do Not Use Credit Cards<\/a>]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I don’t like credit cards. Many smart people \u2014 including my wife \u2014 use them wisely and never have problems. I’m not one of those people. Most of my money woes stem from credit card debt acquired when I was first out of college. Eventually I wised up \u2014 I have not carried a personal credit card in more than five years.<\/p>\n NCN at No Credit Needed<\/a> has posted a detailed list of the reasons he does not use credit cards<\/a>. He writes:<\/p>\n I have not used a credit card in over two years.<\/b> So far, I have yet to find myself in a situation where I had to use my credit card. (I still have one, active, credit card account. I keep my card tucked away in my wallet. I’m not sure it actually works anymore. I do not plan to find out.) I do not advocate closing credit card accounts. I have an account that is open and in good standing. I just don’t use it. What have I learned about NOT using my credit card?<\/p>\n <\/\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3287,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[483],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.getrichslowly.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/775"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.getrichslowly.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.getrichslowly.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getrichslowly.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3287"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getrichslowly.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=775"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.getrichslowly.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/775\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.getrichslowly.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getrichslowly.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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