Comments on: Five Points of Advice to Young People on the Spending and Earning of Money, Part Three: Credit http://thebillfold.com/2012/05/five-points-of-advice-to-young-people-on-the-spending-and-earning-of-money-part-three-credit/ Everything About Money You Were Too Polite To Ask Sat, 25 May 2013 03:59:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: lovechild http://thebillfold.com/2012/05/five-points-of-advice-to-young-people-on-the-spending-and-earning-of-money-part-three-credit/#comment-2870 lovechild Mon, 14 May 2012 23:20:45 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=3985#comment-2870 Created an account to say wtf re: "universities bearing the names of 'Colorado,' 'Texas,' 'Ohio,' and 'Wisconsin' should be avoided."? Can the author provide a rationale for this opinion? Created an account to say wtf re: “universities bearing the names of ‘Colorado,’ ‘Texas,’ ‘Ohio,’ and ‘Wisconsin’ should be avoided.”? Can the author provide a rationale for this opinion?

]]> By: Reginal T. Squirge http://thebillfold.com/2012/05/five-points-of-advice-to-young-people-on-the-spending-and-earning-of-money-part-three-credit/#comment-2853 Reginal T. Squirge Mon, 14 May 2012 20:46:14 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=3985#comment-2853 This is the best. This is the best.

]]> By: brinsonian http://thebillfold.com/2012/05/five-points-of-advice-to-young-people-on-the-spending-and-earning-of-money-part-three-credit/#comment-2843 brinsonian Mon, 14 May 2012 19:02:47 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=3985#comment-2843 Per 1.c.ii, see Edward Bellamy's <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Looking_Backward">"Looking Backward: 2000-1887"</a>, a truly not-good novel with interesting, if overly rosy, ideas. Also: "Rather, such fear has been bread into them..." Delicious! Per 1.c.ii, see Edward Bellamy’s “Looking Backward: 2000-1887″, a truly not-good novel with interesting, if overly rosy, ideas.

Also: “Rather, such fear has been bread into them…” Delicious!

]]> By: bgprincipessa http://thebillfold.com/2012/05/five-points-of-advice-to-young-people-on-the-spending-and-earning-of-money-part-three-credit/#comment-2842 bgprincipessa Mon, 14 May 2012 18:46:25 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=3985#comment-2842 @Mike Dang Thanks! I had a moment of panic and Google wasn't being the most helpful. @Mike Dang Thanks! I had a moment of panic and Google wasn’t being the most helpful.

]]> By: aidan http://thebillfold.com/2012/05/five-points-of-advice-to-young-people-on-the-spending-and-earning-of-money-part-three-credit/#comment-2840 aidan Mon, 14 May 2012 18:35:48 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=3985#comment-2840 I haven't gotten more than a page down through this hilarious piece, and I've at least twice had to repeat some line aloud to my co-workers. I haven’t gotten more than a page down through this hilarious piece, and I’ve at least twice had to repeat some line aloud to my co-workers.

]]> By: Mike Dang http://thebillfold.com/2012/05/five-points-of-advice-to-young-people-on-the-spending-and-earning-of-money-part-three-credit/#comment-2839 Mike Dang Mon, 14 May 2012 18:33:48 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=3985#comment-2839 @bgprincipessa Paying your credit card bill ahead of time <a href="http://www.experian.com/ask-experian/20100721-paying-credit-card-bills-early-doesnt-hurt-scores.html">should not hurt your credit score in any way</a>. @bgprincipessa Paying your credit card bill ahead of time should not hurt your credit score in any way.

]]> By: bgprincipessa http://thebillfold.com/2012/05/five-points-of-advice-to-young-people-on-the-spending-and-earning-of-money-part-three-credit/#comment-2831 bgprincipessa Mon, 14 May 2012 18:02:11 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=3985#comment-2831 Actual question: am I not giving myself enough credit (ha, pun?) by often paying off some or all of my balances BEFORE my credit card statement is actually made? Sometimes I just transfer money because I know that I can at that moment, and I am always constantly checking my credit cards and bank accounts. But does this mean that it is not showing as credit history for me? I feel like I just screwed myself out of years of credit by making early payments. Actual question: am I not giving myself enough credit (ha, pun?) by often paying off some or all of my balances BEFORE my credit card statement is actually made? Sometimes I just transfer money because I know that I can at that moment, and I am always constantly checking my credit cards and bank accounts. But does this mean that it is not showing as credit history for me? I feel like I just screwed myself out of years of credit by making early payments.

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