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It is rightly said that the devil lies in the details, more so, in credit card details. Agreed, plastic is perhaps one of those innovations that has changed the way we live, enjoy life, conduct business and go about doing our daily chores. We pay our grocery bills, utility bills and other unplanned expenditures through plastic. We buy gas and airlines tickets through plastic. More so, if you plan to important that cute little RC toy from that Chinese manufacturer, you will have to use your card to do the payment.

But then, all is not good with credit cards. Credit cards just give you an instant source of cash, but it does not gift you the money. It merely lends you the money, and it does so at a high cost. So, you will have to pay it back at the end of the month or the grace period. But most of us fail to realize this and go on a spending spree the moment we hit the stores. Reality dawns at the end of the month when you get that lengthy bill. More often than not, the bill ends up surprising you and in not so pleasant way.

If you have a good and stable cash flow, you will perhaps be able to pay up the bill and move on to live the next day. In the situation you are not so lucky you may end up being in the wrong end of the spectrum, that is, end up with defaults. Ignoring repayment terms and other credit card details is one of the most important factors that lead to defaults, and subsequently, a bad credit score. A little more observation while accepting a credit card is perhaps the best possible solution to this wide spread problem.

So next time you sign up for that seemingly lucrative plastic offer letter, make sure you diligently go through the fine print. While scanning through the

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