Mindful credit card usage
Hello folks, Due to some financial crunch, I'm planning to get a credit card but I've heard from people about the scary stories of credit cards. Can any body who owns credit card can give his experience or any tips what card or how to use the card or any other general advice.
I just want to use cc for online purchases and maybe in emergency situations.
Thank you in advance.
Credit card is a tool to use only if you already have money sitting in bank. If that is not the case you would be stressed for whole month. Interest rate is highest in credit card, better to take other products like flexible OD or best is credit card + flexible OD( so you don't worry about credit card bill payment)
Will really look into flexible OD thanks.
You mentioned you're facing financial constraints. Having some loans can be beneficial, but credit cards are costly tools to manage during a financial crunch.
Loans to consider in order of complexity (left to right) - hand loan (from friends/families), salary advance from employer, gold loan, property loan, personal loan, credit card loans, mobile app loans..
Well I know it's a costly tool but I want to try it out i would refrain from asking from family or friends personally. I hope i would make better use of it and maybe learn something about money management
I started using CC a year back and here is what I have learnt :
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Dont buy anything which you don't need just because you have a limit of say 2.5 or 10lakhs. 2.Use it instead of debit card/upi to earn points for big/small purchases. 3.Never invest the money from credit card. 4.Dont fall into the trap of online sale/impulse buying. 5.Never exceed you card usage above 30% of your savings (unless there is emergency). 6.Always check your bill statement before you pay it. 7.Always take a card which gives max points.
Imitially I did a lot of mistales but now I have controlled it and it helped me planning my expenses /savings for the next 2 months.
Yup I need to get financially disciplined. Thanks for the heads up.