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credit card on benefits

Even tho I am a carer on benefits, Capital One accepted me. I can't believe it. I will be really really careful with it.
Time is more valuable than money. You can get more money but you can't get more time

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  • Zebedee69
    Zebedee69 Posts: 1,034 Forumite
    Be Careful with it! 34.9% bites if your not careful!
  • I can get second hand copies of books on the net really cheaply and save a good bit of money. Every year I have borrowed from Provident with a huge rate of interest. The interest on the credit card is much smaller and if I pay them what I was paying Provident, I could get them paid off a lot quicker and be able to put the rest away in the bank, at least that is my intention, don't know if I will manage what I hope to do.
    Time is more valuable than money. You can get more money but you can't get more time
  • CLAPTON
    CLAPTON Posts: 41,865 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    why do you want to make yourself poorer by paying interest to provident or to a credit card...
    only use the CC for things you can afford to pay off each month so you wont pay interest
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