Capital One Credit Card Offers and Other Goodies

Like many people, you probably get Capital One Credit card offers in the mail from time to time, along with various other offers, including some for balance transfer credit cards. For many people, this is just junk mail- yet another waste of paper, hence trees, for products that are not wanted. It is a rare day when someone opens a piece of mail and says "You know, I've been wanting some Capital One Credit Cards" and then promptly returns the envelope, secure in the knowledge that they've been pre-approved. On the other hand, in today's world, it's nearly impossible to live without a credit card.

If you are going to be really effective with your financial planning, you need to be able to stick to your plan, even when the most tempting of offers come along. How often have you gone out with a set amount of money in mind to spend, but then found something that you really just had to have, and gave yourself the "ok" even though it was out of your price range? Unless the answer to that question is "gosh, almost never," then you have some work to do. Here's how it works: you don't want to spend more money than you make. You don't even want to spend as much money as you make. Being able to save up for large purchases, travel, retirement, or whatever it is that you want to save money up for is something that is essential for quality of life as you go along.

Ok, so you've committed yourself to being very responsible. The absolute best way to keep yourself safe and out of trouble is to pay off your credit card balance at each billing period. Now, there are certainly going to be a few times when this will not be a possibility because of the size of a purchase (that you have not saved up for). In these cases, the correct response is to adjust the rest of your budget. Make the changes such that you will be able to pay off your purchase in the shortest amount of time possible while not compromising any other factor in your budget (such as being able to pay your bills, etc).

The one thing you should not do is borrow money from your credit card to get through that time period. While it might seem much easier and quicker than a loan, it is ultimately simply credit card debt that you will owe in the future. Not a pretty thing, especially when you are trying to avoid debt completely. I have seen people try to pay off one credit card using another. This is usually a mistake, unless you are performing a balance transfer. In that case, you either want to look for a free transfer (no fees) or you want to look for a balance transfer followed by a grace period during which you need not pay interest on the balance.

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