Comments on: Credit Card Owners to get an Extra 60 Days to Pay http://masteryourcard.com/blog/2008/11/27/credit-card-owners-to-get-an-extra-60-days-to-pay/ The best Credit Card Debt Blog online Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:38:55 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: NtJS http://masteryourcard.com/blog/2008/11/27/credit-card-owners-to-get-an-extra-60-days-to-pay/comment-page-1/#comment-10016 NtJS Thu, 11 Dec 2008 11:56:06 +0000 http://masteryourcard.com/blog/?p=492#comment-10016 gimmick? generosity? This has very little to do with consumers. More time to pay = less 'delinquencies' = their books look better. They are cooking the books on their end with some numbers games. gimmick? generosity? This has very little to do with consumers. More time to pay = less ‘delinquencies’ = their books look better. They are cooking the books on their end with some numbers games.

]]> By: Interesting Reads From Fellow Personal Finance Bloggers #12 | Pecuniarities http://masteryourcard.com/blog/2008/11/27/credit-card-owners-to-get-an-extra-60-days-to-pay/comment-page-1/#comment-9746 Interesting Reads From Fellow Personal Finance Bloggers #12 | Pecuniarities Thu, 04 Dec 2008 01:08:07 +0000 http://masteryourcard.com/blog/?p=492#comment-9746 [...] Your Card reports that UK Credit Card Owners are to get an Extra 60 Days to Pay. The banks’ intent may be dubious, but I sure wouldn’t mind having an extra 30 days to [...] [...] Your Card reports that UK Credit Card Owners are to get an Extra 60 Days to Pay. The banks’ intent may be dubious, but I sure wouldn’t mind having an extra 30 days to [...]

]]> By: Jonathan http://masteryourcard.com/blog/2008/11/27/credit-card-owners-to-get-an-extra-60-days-to-pay/comment-page-1/#comment-9590 Jonathan Fri, 28 Nov 2008 19:08:50 +0000 http://masteryourcard.com/blog/?p=492#comment-9590 Thanks for the comment CMB - I agree completely. Thanks for the comment CMB – I agree completely.

]]> By: CreditMattersBlog.com http://masteryourcard.com/blog/2008/11/27/credit-card-owners-to-get-an-extra-60-days-to-pay/comment-page-1/#comment-9566 CreditMattersBlog.com Thu, 27 Nov 2008 20:05:44 +0000 http://masteryourcard.com/blog/?p=492#comment-9566 This is similar (though there are clearly differences) to the proposal that card companies recently tried to float here in the U.S. We ain't buying it. It's an accounting maneuver that's good for the card companies. That it happens to also benefit some card users seems incidental to me. I don't trust card companies. Card companies giving cardholders a break? Ha! Don't believe it. This is similar (though there are clearly differences) to the proposal that card companies recently tried to float here in the U.S. We ain’t buying it. It’s an accounting maneuver that’s good for the card companies. That it happens to also benefit some card users seems incidental to me.

I don’t trust card companies. Card companies giving cardholders a break? Ha!

Don’t believe it.

]]> By: Jonathan http://masteryourcard.com/blog/2008/11/27/credit-card-owners-to-get-an-extra-60-days-to-pay/comment-page-1/#comment-9561 Jonathan Thu, 27 Nov 2008 15:40:59 +0000 http://masteryourcard.com/blog/?p=492#comment-9561 FruGal, you're not kidding! Banks being generous always sets off alarm bells :) FruGal, you’re not kidding! Banks being generous always sets off alarm bells :)

]]> By: FruGal http://masteryourcard.com/blog/2008/11/27/credit-card-owners-to-get-an-extra-60-days-to-pay/comment-page-1/#comment-9560 FruGal Thu, 27 Nov 2008 15:38:31 +0000 http://masteryourcard.com/blog/?p=492#comment-9560 I agree -- something certainly smells fishy. And a bit gimmicky, no? Thanks for the heads up! I agree — something certainly smells fishy. And a bit gimmicky, no? Thanks for the heads up!

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