The best hope for your journey through recovery...
texastreasure said: For a while I used to keep mine at home whenever I'd go shopping and I would take cash with me. I was in a very embarassing situation once though where I was at the grocery store and the bill came up to be $126.53, all i had was $96 on me and I had to put things back and there were people waiting in line also. After that incident I decided grocery shopping is meant to have a credit card.
Stormstar878 said: texastreasure said: For a while I used to keep mine at home whenever I'd go shopping and I would take cash with me. I was in a very embarassing situation once though where I was at the grocery store and the bill came up to be $126.53, all i had was $96 on me and I had to put things back and there were people waiting in line also. After that incident I decided grocery shopping is meant to have a credit card. I can totally relate to this as well. I actually only had a debit on me and being a student at the time, I had very limited funds in my bank account. I tried to stay within my budget but with all the taxes, I went over $14. The card kept getting declined over and over, and finally I just had to go through and remove the items I least needed.
I haven't had to cut one up, but just this weekend I wanted to order something online and I really had to stop and think if it was worth my money because I'm really broke right now because I'm living on my own and trying to pay for school. I even filled in my credit card info but there was an error on the page so I figured that was a hint not to buy. I feel good about my decision.
sadiaa_3 said: I heard about a couple on the news who had over 16 credit cards and cut them all up. This isn't smart at all to have access to that much money. Also, a lot of people in need of cash, have taken out loans to pay for things, and even will take out loans at 99% interest rate.
cowboy44 said: Stormstar878 said: texastreasure said: For a while I used to keep mine at home whenever I'd go shopping and I would take cash with me. I was in a very embarassing situation once though where I was at the grocery store and the bill came up to be $126.53, all i had was $96 on me and I had to put things back and there were people waiting in line also. After that incident I decided grocery shopping is meant to have a credit card. I can totally relate to this as well. I actually only had a debit on me and being a student at the time, I had very limited funds in my bank account. I tried to stay within my budget but with all the taxes, I went over $14. The card kept getting declined over and over, and finally I just had to go through and remove the items I least needed.LOL those stories are funny. Especially because it has happened to me a few times too, and the line is soooo long behind me and I would keep taking things out and seeing if I had enough cash I was mortified! I remember my dad once cutting my my moms credit card because she spent so much on it, but she just got angry over it and spent way over her limit on one that he didn't cut up,