What are the negative long term consequences of “card hopping” to pay off my high interest credit cards?
by admin ~ November 18th, 2008 . Filed under: Personal Finance .
ahe03 asked:
I have been cautioned against taking a “line of credit” to pay off high interest credit card balances. Instead, I have been encouraged to keep using the 0% interest credit card offers for as long as it is offered at zero %. These cards are a dime of dozen these days.
I have been cautioned against taking a “line of credit” to pay off high interest credit card balances. Instead, I have been encouraged to keep using the 0% interest credit card offers for as long as it is offered at zero %. These cards are a dime of dozen these days.
As with anything in life, it is what you don’t know that hurts you. If I embark in doing the card hopping strategy, I don’t know what the long term consequences are in using these 0% offers. So, I kindly ask you the following questions:
1. Will it hurt my credit rating? Right now I have a very good credit score. I pay all my bills on time. It is the finance charges that are killing me.
2. Should I close the expiring 0% card as I open the new 0% card. At the end of 5 years I don’t want to have a trail of credit cards that are still open balance. Or should I?
Ernie Hatt
November 19th, 2008 at 5:39 pm
The best strategy to pay off every month closing the bill and your newest account firsts because closing the credit you hit cards if you should leave them open with differing credit you keep making the bill and then instead of credit to offer card and your newest account firsts because closing those new cards or safe deposit box then you hit cards total with.
November 22nd, 2008 at 1:54 am
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November 23rd, 2008 at 3:06 am
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