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    As more and more credit card companies are being “friendly” and allowing even lower minimum payments you may think this is a good thing. And you may be right if you are really broke, but beware, it is costing you a fortune in the long run, which of course is why they do it. Yes, I know it is a surprise, you thought they were being friendly! Unlike a debt consolidation loan that has fixed monthly payments (Assuming rates don’t change), you can vary the monthly payment on a credit card. Lets say you have a ?3,000 balance on your credit card with an interest rate of 19% APR (Annual Percentage Rate) and the minimum payment allowed is 3%. In this case the minimum monthly payment is ?90. By making this payment and not using the card for anything else, it will take 12 years and 5 months to pay off this card, and you will have paid a

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    As more and more credit card companies are being “friendly” and allowing even lower minimum payments you may think this is a good thing. And you may be right if you are really broke, but beware, it is costing you a fortune in the long run, which of course is why they do it. Yes, I know it is a surprise, you thought they were being friendly! Unlike a debt consolidation loan that has fixed monthly payments (Assuming rates don’t change), you can vary the monthly payment on a credit card. Lets say you have a ?3,000 balance on your credit card with an interest rate of 19% APR (Annual Percentage Rate) and the minimum payment allowed is 3%. In this case the minimum monthly payment is ?90. By making this payment and not using the card for anything else, it will take 12 years and 5 months to pay off this card, and you will have paid a

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    nd allowing even lower minimum payments you may think this is a good thing. And you may be right if you are really broke, but beware, it is costing you a fortune in the long run, which of course is why they do it. Yes, I know it is a surprise, you thought they were being friendly! Unlike a debt consolidation loan that has fixed monthly payments (Assuming rates don’t change), you can vary the monthly payment on a credit card. Lets say you have a ?3,000 balance on your credit card with an interest rate of 19% APR (Annual Percentage Rate) and the minimum payment allowed is 3%. In this case the minimum monthly payment is ?90. By making this payment and not using the card for anything else, it will take 12 years and 5 months to pay off this card, and you will have paid a
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    were being friendly! Unlike a debt consolidation loan that has fixed monthly payments (Assuming rates don’t change), you can vary the monthly payment on a credit card. Lets say you have a ?3,000 balance on your credit card with an interest rate of 19% APR (Annual Percentage Rate) and the minimum payment allowed is 3%. In this case the minimum monthly payment is ?90. By making this payment and not using the card for anything else, it will take 12 years and 5 months to pay off this card, and you will have paid a
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    (Annual Percentage Rate) and the minimum payment allowed is 3%. In this case the minimum monthly payment is ?90. By making this payment and not using the card for anything else, it will take 12 years and 5 months to pay off this card, and you will have paid a total of ?2,714.16 in interest!

    Now, the next month you receive a letter with your statement saying that you are such a good customer they are going to reduce the minimum payment to 2%. Great, you think, I’ve only got to pay ?60 month and I can spend another ?30 down the pub. But lets look at what you are really paying. By making the new minimum payment only, it will now take you 28 years and 5 months to pay off your card and you will be paying a whopping total of ?7,845.73 in interest. This is an extra 16 years and ?5,131.57 in extra interest, rather an expensive trip to the pub I would say. So, maybe the credit card company isn’t being so friendly after all, maybe a debt consolidation loan with it’s higher monthly payments isn’t such a bad idea.

    Oh yes I can hear you asking, but what about the credit card with zero interest, well, that is another article, but basically most people forget to change at the end of the period and end up with high interest.

    So I would advise you to pay more than the minimum payme

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