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Why I Don’t Use Credit Card Rewards Programs

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Credit card rewards programs are no different. The rewards encourage you to charge things on their card. carries credit card debt of $15,325, although that figure is somewhat skewed by a small number of extraordinarily debt-stricken families and couples.”. We prefer not to use credit.

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How We Frugal-ed in June 2023

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Instead, I look for creative ways to save my family money in all aspects of our lives. Since April, he made over $800 by selling 3 old bikes, unused furniture, a college fridge, a camping grill, a TV, and other misc stuff. I locked in the CD at my local credit union where it will earn 4.75% during that time frame.

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What Money Advice Would You Give Yourself If You Could Go Back in Time

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

These were my college years, when I made lots of stupid decisions. By then, I was married, raising a toddler, our family was paying down debt and I was practicing much better financial discipline. Why I Don’t Use Credit Card Rewards Programs. What Were You Thinking? The “what were you thinking?”

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