Card Debt Consolidation
Many of us have yet to hear of and learn of the concept and
practice of card debt consolidation. I know I hadn’t
thought of it on my own and didn’t learn of it until one of my
friends and I were discussing money and she expressed an
interest in this action called credit card debt
consolidation.
When I showed surprise
and intrigue, she explained that one combines all balances on
all credit cards into one credit card company or institution’s
plan. This move means many things:First, card debt
consolidation means one can let go of having to “juggle” the
bills, or of having to—as my mother would say—rob Peter to pay
Paul: instead of having, say, six credit card bills (with
six different interest rates, additional fees, etc.), you have
one (with one annual fee, one interest rate, and one finance
and processing charge).Next, card debt consolidation means
saving time. As with the above scenario, which more of us
than not know all too well, the filing and figuring time is
drastically reduced. And if one pays online, that time it
would take to write checks, hit the mail box, etc. would shrink
to a matter of about two minutes.Next, card debt consolidation
typically means a major reduction of interest and other rates
in general.
I know one person who has
credit cards with up to 29% interest charges on each
card. I know another person who did the wise card debt
consolidation move and now has not only ONE single interest
rate to be concerned with but has that rate down to something
like 1%! And finally, the card debt consolidation effort does
not mean haggling and hassling and humiliation. Rather,
depending on the government and/or financial institution you
choose to go with, the application process takes about five
minutes (or less, online, but be careful to find a SECURED site
and therefore to take a little time researching that the offer
is legit in the first place).So, to cut your payments by 50 or
60 percent; cut your time down to almost nil; and shave years
off your stress factor and therefore your aging process…you
come out happier, healthier (at least mentally), and better off
financially. Now that I think on the offers for doing
card debt consolidation that I get in the mail, I realize, too,
that one could build up a better line of credit with one
financial institution, having all amounts owed on one card, and
having, essentially, a higher credit limit overall…higher than
one might have on each individual credit card. Not that
the goal here is to amass more debt, mind you….
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