Thursday, December 06, 2007

Spend wisely this Christmas

Ahh….now is the time of the year where people will be spending. They would go out and buy gifts for friends, loved ones and their children. Children would be expecting something from their parents. Many parents who are wise would have saved up to buy gifts for their children. However, not all parents have the extra income for savings and would have to depend on their credit cards for extra money to spend.

I do hope that credit card holders would be wise in their spending for this Christmas season. Try to spend within your means. Sometimes it is not the expensive gifts that matters. What is important is that it comes from a sincere giver. If you do not have the means, use your creativity to come up with interesting gifts for your children. Likewise, ask them to do the same for the gifts that they need to give to you.

If however, you still need to spend using your credit card, it would be good if you could use interest free credit cards as this would lessen your burden a bit. You could also consider making full use of the balance transfers options given by credit card companies to regulate your monthly installment. At the end of the day, try not to be in debt this Christmas.

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