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POLL: Cash or credit card for purchases?

CannyJock
CannyJock Posts: 3,838 Forumite
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in Credit cards
Follow up to other thread, curious to see what the concensus is.

Whether it's a 0% purchase card with minimum repayments, a cashback or other credit card paid in full each month, what's your preference?

Cash vs Credit card
"A child of five could understand this. Fetch me a child of five." - Groucho Marx

Cash or credit card for monthly purchases? 61 votes

Cash
31% 19 votes
Credit card
68% 42 votes
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Comments

  • skyrider007
    skyrider007 Posts: 1,108 Forumite
    CC for me :-)
  • taxi73
    taxi73 Posts: 20,815 Forumite
    casback cc paid in full every month
  • ryandj
    ryandj Posts: 523 Forumite
    CC paid back in full - you keep the interest by holding your money longer, never have to carry cash, and earn points / cash back.

    A no brainer!
  • Biggles
    Biggles Posts: 8,209 Forumite
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    ryandj wrote: »
    A no brainer!
    Er, especially when posted on the 'Credit Cards' forum!

    ;-)
  • Purple_Peril
    Purple_Peril Posts: 84 Forumite
    What's cash? (only joking)
  • CannyJock
    CannyJock Posts: 3,838 Forumite
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    Biggles wrote: »
    Er, especially when posted on the 'Credit Cards' forum!

    ;-)

    Also linked from the Budget & Current account forum :p

    And the Debt Free Wannabee board :p

    Wouldn't be fair otherwise :p
    "A child of five could understand this. Fetch me a child of five." - Groucho Marx
  • PROLIANT
    PROLIANT Posts: 6,396 Forumite
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    Credit card is safe, credit card builds good credit rating, lost credit card = inconvenience, lost cash = skint.
    Since when has the world of computer software design been about what people want? This is a simple question of evolution. The day is quickly coming when every knee will bow down to a silicon fist, and you will all beg your binary gods for mercy.
  • Bokkens
    Bokkens Posts: 505 Forumite
    I'm a Bhuddist so don't carry cash CC paid off in full for us.
    Previously known as Bokken,registered at MSE in Nov 04,computer glich deleted my access but it is fun building up my stars from scratch,again.:D
  • Jennifer_Jane
    Jennifer_Jane Posts: 3,237 Forumite
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    Egg money for cashback plus 4% on credit balance, and all the usual credit card reasons above.

    Jen
  • IWantToBeFree_2
    IWantToBeFree_2 Posts: 1,831 Forumite
    I'm exactly the same as you Jen.
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