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busterb 04-01-2006 05:18 PM

Credit Cards
 
I have a B of a card. Before the new banking laws, my min. payment was 0. So the law said they could double that. Which equals what? 0 doubled = 0. Anyway I've been keeping an eye on this account. If I don't use it they charge me about $.90 cents. This month my bill shows a periodic finance charge of $13.69 on a balance of $1,914.35. What is the real interest rate?
I'm not smart enough to use their MBA math. But I think I could get almost that good of rates from the local Jesse James loan company.Which this state is known for. Vote for your best pick of assholes. :lol:

xoxoxoBruce 04-01-2006 06:37 PM

I think the new law says the minimum is a percentage of the balance, so there couldn't be a 0 minimum payment.
I know they would rather collect interest than principle but I've never had a card that didn't want at least $15 or $20 minimum every month. :eyebrow:

marichiko 04-01-2006 07:01 PM

Or you could have a debit card where the bank lies to you about how it works and gets $200 for what amounts to a $100 loan. GRRRRRR!

busterb 04-01-2006 07:06 PM

Mari. Slow down and read the fine print, I would say that they have you by the nuts, you understand!

busterb 04-01-2006 07:11 PM

Guess what I'm thinking, is that I use part of my SBA loan to payoff the card.
But big brother might have a shit fit? So what to do with me? How can they do anything as long as I pay my notes?

zippyt 04-01-2006 10:42 PM

From what I understand of the new laws their intent was to raise the min payment so you would pay at least some againgt the principle not just the intrest , so you could possibly pay off the card one day .

Beestie 04-02-2006 12:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by busterb
This month my bill shows a periodic finance charge of $13.69 on a balance of $1,914.35. What is the real interest rate?

8.5%. Not bad so quit yer bellyachin. ;)

What the credit institutions or, rather, the secondary investors who are buying debt backed by credit card balances are beginning to realize is that the new law is going to produce a substantial increase in bankruptcy filings. So the credit card company lobbyists have been asked to switch gears from paying Congressmen and Senators to change the min pmt law to paying them to change the bankruptcy laws. Not if but when.


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