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A life without credit.....

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  • Broken_hearted
    Broken_hearted Posts: 9,553 Forumite
    20. Suddenly the bank manager wants to be your friend and invites you in for a talk.
    Barclaycard 3800

    Nothing to do but hibernate till spring
  • kpwll
    kpwll Posts: 4,273 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts
    20: Cutting up the cards is the only plastic surgery available in my house, (I didn't say the only sort needed tho!!!!!)
  • Burlesque_Babe
    Burlesque_Babe Posts: 17,547 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Photogenic Combo Breaker
    22. Payday MEANS payday - not 'pay a chunk off a loan and be skint until next month day'.
    :D"Stay Wonky":D

    :j:jBecome Mrs Pepe 9 October 2012 :j:j
  • Ex-Spendaholic
    Ex-Spendaholic Posts: 1,766 Forumite
    21. You aren't afraid of online banking and mini-statements any more as you know already what your balance is.


    By the way am I the only one in the dark about the "special lil gold card?" :o
  • G-G_4
    G-G_4 Posts: 3,090 Forumite
    22. When people know you are bankrupt and you say you can't afford it, they listen to you and shut the hell up! :grin:
    :D BSC Member 155 :cool:
  • G-G_4
    G-G_4 Posts: 3,090 Forumite
    Ex-Spendaholic wrote: »
    21. You aren't afraid of online banking and mini-statements any more as you know already what your balance is.


    By the way am I the only one in the dark about the "special lil gold card?" :o

    I presume he means a prepaid credit card :) I have a pink one ;)
    :D BSC Member 155 :cool:
  • Deep_In_Debt
    Deep_In_Debt Posts: 8,579 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Photogenic Mortgage-free Glee!
    22. There's not too much month at the end of the money (guess it links in with my last post).
    Debt 30k in 2008.:eek::o Cleared all my debt in 2013 and loving being debt free :)
    Mortgage free since 2014 :)
  • Deep_In_Debt
    Deep_In_Debt Posts: 8,579 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Photogenic Mortgage-free Glee!
    I've done it again! Am so slow!
    Debt 30k in 2008.:eek::o Cleared all my debt in 2013 and loving being debt free :)
    Mortgage free since 2014 :)
  • Zebedee69
    Zebedee69 Posts: 1,034 Forumite
    For anyone who diesnt know it the Special lil Gold Card is the Cash Plus card....... I thought everyone on here had one like its the best buy ha ha!
  • Ex-Spendaholic
    Ex-Spendaholic Posts: 1,766 Forumite
    Thanks for that. :beer: I'm glad I read this thread. I've been looking into getting a prepaid card over the past week and everything I looked at seemed to be riddled with charges. This one seems good. :beer:
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