Category: Debt/Credit Card

  • Best Buy ate up my stimulus check...

    "I paid off my Best Buy credit card. Their interest rates are shockingly HIGH!!"

    Jen, 34
    Twin Cities, MN

    19th May 2008 in Debt/Credit Card | Discuss (1) |

  • 10 more checks like that and debt free!

    "Thanks GW. i will send my 6 Washingtons to the credit card company. yeah."

    jon, 32, IT
    medford, ma

    19th May 2008 in Debt/Credit Card | Discuss (1) |

  • What I spent my ESC on & maybe you should've too

    "I freakin' paid bills! And if I had a car, I would have paid bills AND for gasoline! Maybe you should have too. Nothing wrong with financially getting ahead."

    Frederick, 34, Creative Designer
    Grand Rapids, Michigan

    18th May 2008 in Debt/Credit Card, Utilities | Discuss (0) |

  • "Ah ha...got my own money ($1200) back after the Govt. wasted money on processing, etc. Just paid back a friend (yes $1200) that i had borrowed money from. Brings me closer to being debt free (5.5 months to debt free!!) and then I will take a real vacation!! In cash!!"

    the7thlover, 29, IT
    Silver Spring, MD

    16th May 2008 in Debt/Credit Card | Discuss (0) |

  • Bills or soap box derby - its a tough call

    "Curses to my American express card with no spending limit and no interest but a balance that is due in full each month. And curses to how ever that balance got up to $1600.00 this month when its usually around 600 and I wonder how to pay it every month. Im waiting for next month. Its magic paycheck month. One of the two months a year that I get one whole extra pay check a for the month! Then I want to send it all on materials to make Soap box cars and have a derby, isnt that what every one is doing?"

    Emily, 33, menial office work and hula hoop mechanic
    Philadelphia, PA

    16th May 2008 in Debt/Credit Card | Discuss (0) |

  • A New Best Friend

    "... a portable dishwasher off of Craigslist. And a patio set off of Craigslist. The rest will pay down credit card debt. "

    Melanie
    Milwaukee, WI

    15th May 2008 in Debt/Credit Card, Home & Garden | Discuss (1) |

  • Bills, Bills, Bills

    "When there were four gals in Destiny's Child, before Beyonce cozied up to Jay-Z, the girls sang about Bills, Bills, Bills. Now, I don't have a freeloadin' man to blame for my financial situation (unless you I can count W or Dick Cheney) so I will have to use my stimulus check to pay those bills, bills, bills."

    Marie, 35, Corporate Trainer
    Northwest, IA

    15th May 2008 in Debt/Credit Card | Discuss (0) |

  • I spent it on my mommy!

    "After paying $250.00 to Bank of America CC bill, I spent the weekend with my mother in Philly. We went on a food tour of the Reading Terminal Market, tasted great wines at a wine tasting, and took my mother to a 5 course dinner on a great boat called Moshalu! Dinner took a lot of my stimulus check away. But as MasterCard would say, it was priceless... spending the weekend with my mother on mother's day!"

    Alexis Karlin, 24, Web Producer at a Research Company
    Boston, MA

    15th May 2008 in Debt/Credit Card, Entertainment, Food & Drink, Gifts & Donations, Other | Discuss (3) |

  • Road trip, garbage disposal & credit card debt.

    "We took a trip to Utah for a weekend get-away and had a great time. Then we bought a new garbage disposal (woo-hoo!) and the rest of it will have to go towards a credit card bill."

    Cheryl G., 29, Stay-at-home mom
    Boise, Idaho

    14th May 2008 in Debt/Credit Card, Travel & Vacation | Discuss (0) |

  • What's Not in My Wallet!

    "Paid these guys off so they wouldn't be in my wallet! "

    JD, 24, News
    Austin, TX

    13th May 2008 in Debt/Credit Card | Discuss (1) |

  • "With the 600 bucks that I got I put a little more with it and paid off a credit card bill. Now three more to go. "

    Leonard, 56, gumment employee
    Silverdale, WA

    13th May 2008 in Debt/Credit Card | Discuss (0) |

  • No credit needed

    "My two girls are getting their $300 each, To buy whatever they need or want. I am using my part to pay my bills. My electric bill is two months late. "

    German G, 41
    New Castle, DE

    12th May 2008 in Debt/Credit Card | Discuss (4) |

  • Once Upon a Time...

    "I had to give my wife my stimulus check. She told me if I knew what was good for me, I'd just hand over the money and not ask any question. She said what's mine is hers, and what's her's is hers! She a little woman, but she's fiesty!! Ok, really our check went to pay off some bills. But I like my story better!"

    Shaun, 32
    Addis, LA

    12th May 2008 in Debt/Credit Card | Discuss (2) |

  • Paying off the cards, Priceless

    "It doesn't matter what Mr. Bush says, I can't justify buying new crap when I still have to pay off the old crap."

    Lab Thug, 31, Healthcare Informatics
    Charleston, SC

    11th May 2008 in Debt/Credit Card | Discuss (0) |

  • Bathroom Breakdown

    "We finished renovating our new bathroom (on our card) and the check paid off our credit card debt!"

    Su-Lauren Wilson, 28, CFO Medical Supply Business
    Little Rock, Arkansas

    9th May 2008 in Debt/Credit Card, Home & Garden | Discuss (0) |

  • My Ominous Friends

    "Mine is going to pay the portion on my credit card that was charged to my vet for the basic annual check-ups plus shots for my two cats. And they're HEALTHY! My bill is due so I sure wish they'd go ahead and stimulate me already!"

    Sue, 40, Document specialist/Accounting/Big Four firm
    Alexandria, VA

    9th May 2008 in Debt/Credit Card, Pets | Discuss (1) |

  • Popping bottles to pay the bills

    "I have like 4 jobs and have been trying to bartend so i can at least only have 2 that can make ends meet. I used my stimulus check to pay some bills and supplements my income for 2 weeks while i took the bartending class. I put that on my credit card so i hope it pays itself off soon."

    Julia Davis, 26, non-profit
    Beltsville, MD

    9th May 2008 in Debt/Credit Card, Education, Entrepreneurship, Food & Drink, Utilities | Discuss (2) |

  • Cheese Whiz

    "I will be paying off my debt to dell for a new motherboard because i spilled enchilada cheese sauce on mine."

    courtney, 23, marketing
    tampa, florida

    8th May 2008 in Debt/Credit Card | Discuss (2) |

  • Freedom from arbitrary corporate control

    "Even though i would have preferred to travel and leave my $ in another nation's economy, my stimulus went to my discover card. i'm liberating myself from the last pains of credit card debt. i'm a cash-only kinda guy after this jazz is over. "

    giacomo abrusci, 26, excel monkey
    washington, dc

    8th May 2008 in Debt/Credit Card | Discuss (1) |

  • I Love Home Depot

    "We are expanding the back of our house about 10 ft and raising the ceiling in the family room. These are our new back doors. All of our stimulus money is going into our house. We have been wanting to renovate for two years since we moved in. We would have done it anyway, but the money helps. Maybe it'll allow us to pay off some extra debt as well. "

    Tony, Sales
    Tucson, AZ

    7th May 2008 in Debt/Credit Card, Home & Garden | Discuss (0) |
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