So, I got a letter from my credit card company, saying I was scheduled for an "account review". They wanted to let me know that, because the highest balance on my account has been significantly lower than my credit limit, my credit limit could be decreased.
Now, let's think about this for a minute.
I'm being punished for being fiscally responsible.
It's no wonder nobody worries about the national debt. Apparently, if I continually spent more than I could afford and kept a credit card balance high enough for the company to rake in interest, I'd be rewarded with more spending power. It would be as if Congress members got voted back into office because of their skill in spending money the government doesn't have.
Oh.
Yeah, that pretty much explains it.
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Of course, a credit card company is a business, and certainly they're in it for the bottom line. You can see why they'd want to give more credit to someone who spends a lot of money, because that person is also paying interest, which goes to: the credit card company. I get that. On the other hand, you have to wonder what harm I'd doing them by keeping my cards paid off. Everything else being equal, I'm costing them the same amount of money whether my credit limit is a hundred dollars or a million.
You'd think they'd keep my credit limit up, hoping something big happens like a pet dog needing surgery (as an example). When that happened to us, I did put it on the card. Of course, I also paid it off within two months, which probably annoyed them.
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I don't really mind all that much. After all, I don't plan on running up the card, and if I suddenly needed a bunch of money I'd try for a lower interest source, such as almost anything that doesn't involve an enforcer named Guido.
But it's not the first time I was annoyed by, pardon the expression, the principle of the thing.
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| I keep thinking that if I sell enough books, I wouldn't need a credit card. But then I'd have to pay an accountant ... with a credit card. |
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Most months I don't even use mine.
ReplyDeleteI don't have a debit card, so I tend to use the credit card while shopping, then pay it off at the end of the month. That used to get my credit limit raised, but they finally figured out I wasn't going to buy a car or a spa with one.
DeleteSears tried that once - they wanted to lower my limit, so I told them if I didn't have enough credit available on the card to buy all new kitchen appliances, I did not need the card at all. They decided not to change my limit.
ReplyDeleteThat's one way to do it! I'd imagine that would work for me, too.
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