2008年4月18日 星期五

Assignment~Credit Card Debt

Nowadays, credit card holders in Taiwan are numerous. Owning a credit card should be a very convenient and positive thing as long as it is used responsibly. But there are also ways of credit cards to get people into financial trouble .A credit card is easy to obtain, but if you over use it, you might get yourself into the credit card debt. There are too main reasons for people to get into the debt.

First, credit cards are abused by being used too often and to purchase items that are extremely expensive, consumers can get themselves into a financial trouble. The most common problems that people have with credit cards are that they charge much more than they can afford, and become in debt. It can take some people years to recover from high credit card debt.

Second, some people attempt to take out a loan to pay off a credit card, or you transfer credit card debt from one card to another, hoping to take advantage of a lower interest rate or promotional offer. While this will work for awhile, eventually you will have difficulty paying off the debt along with high interest. This only makes the situation more worse. There are many people still doing this to get by.

As a result of this phenomenon, you may go into bankruptcy for not being able to pay off the debt. That can seriously damage your credit record. For preventing this situation from getting worse, most of banks set a more strict limitation of credit card applying. Obtaining a credit card is not as easy as it used to be. The plastic piece makes our life more convenient only if we use it responsibly.