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And lo on Fri, 08 Aug 2008 00:37:02 +0100, Jim Charter <jrc### [at] msn com>
did spake, saying:
> Phil Cook wrote:
>
>> that sort of maturity?
>
> Yep.
Well that's okay then ;-)
>> That's the bizarreness so you buy something on CC for $40 then when
>> it comes to pay you send them $50 so you have positive $10? The only
>> way I see this as a good thing is if the credit card pays interest on
>> the amount, which I know some do, but in that instance they wouldn't
>> be refunding it to you so why do it?
>>
>
> More like: keep +$400 in the account.
But you're not getting any interest on this money, as Darren said if
you're going to do this you might as well have a debit card which
shouldn't have any fees at all and pays you interest for a positive
balance.
> I'll admit that maybe it's bizarre but what am I *so* guilty of? Maybe
> of being a bit neurotic, maybe of just thinking in a different way? It
> keeps the money more tangible to me. The monthly due-date lockstep just
> trips me up that's all.
You're guilty of being bizzarre, which if it were a crime would mean I
(and the vast majority) would be locked up with you.
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Phil Cook
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I once tried to be apathetic, but I just couldn't be bothered
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