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08-05-2010, 02:14 PM #16Registered User
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that if you worked hard and played by the rules you would get ahead....it doesnt seem like it does...
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08-05-2010, 02:44 PM #17Registered User
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Yeah.
Originally Posted by dwnloom
I also have to 2nd the "saving is for older people".
Thought of another... that if you were "poor" or didn't make a lot, some debts didn't apply to you. Afterall, how could they expect you to give them $1,000 to pay for XXX when that's 1/2 of your monthly income!? Haha... boy, was I ever wrong.
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08-05-2010, 03:35 PM #18Registered User
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I believed it was okay to buy things with credit or loans. I feel like I had *SUCKER* printed on my forehead. It never occurred to me that if you could not afford it out right in cash, then you could not afford it. We never should have mortgaged a house, or got a loan for a car. My Grandparents saved for 17 years to buy a house, 17 years! But when they moved in it was ALL THEIRS! Wish I never would have listened to what the world was selling.
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08-05-2010, 04:07 PM #19Rude and Vile Master
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The rules are the starting point. Originally Posted by dwnloom
The rules are only to stop you from violating someone else's right to play the game too.
The rules are not there to save you from yourself.If you could kick in the pants the person responsible for your problems, you wouldn't be able to sit for a month.
Did you know that a 4 year student paying $20,000/year who finances their education graduates with over $103,000 in debt to start? But a student who works and pays cash and takes 6 years to graduate ends with $6,300 in their pocket! So much for "getting a head start by financing!"
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ThreeTwo mortgages,twooneno car loans,oneno credit cards, and a partridge in pear tree!
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08-05-2010, 04:20 PM #20Registered User
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I thought there was only cash - thats all I ever knew growing up. Then one day, I went to university where the piranha's preyed on us young and unknowing.
Credit card companies should not be allowed to set up a booth at the local universities/colleges and prey on people.
Wow if I could go back in time knowing what I know now
2012: The Year Of The Purge!
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EMERGENCY FUND #2 - $510.78 | VACATION FUND - $513.58 | CHANGE JAR $222.51
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08-05-2010, 04:22 PM #21Rude and Vile Master
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Oh yeah, thats a good one - I used to think that getting a t-shirt for filling out a credit card application was a great deal!
If you could kick in the pants the person responsible for your problems, you wouldn't be able to sit for a month.
Did you know that a 4 year student paying $20,000/year who finances their education graduates with over $103,000 in debt to start? But a student who works and pays cash and takes 6 years to graduate ends with $6,300 in their pocket! So much for "getting a head start by financing!"
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08-05-2010, 04:23 PM #22Registered User
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Wow - now its sweatshirts, travel mugs, magazine subscriptions for a yr and small appliances Originally Posted by Greebo
DANG SHARKS!! *shakes fist*
2012: The Year Of The Purge!
UPDATED: MAY 15/12
2012 FLING - 673/2012 | COUPON SAVINGS $178.93
EMERGENCY FUND #2 - $510.78 | VACATION FUND - $513.58 | CHANGE JAR $222.51
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