Australia wakes up to $30b credit card hangover   :(

Canberra Times
January 10 2018

Jessica Wright is considering shifting her credit card debt to a balance transfer card with zero interest after a blowout over Christmas plunged the family finances into the red.

The Brisbane-based woman is facing a predicament shared by many Australians – the nation collectively spent about $30 billion on credit cards in December.   :(

Ms Wright, 36, usually puts $4000 a month through a Coles Mastercard to earn Fly Buys points. But last month there was an extra $5500 in spending – she bought her parents flights to Hawaii for her mother's 60th birthday, bought Christmas presents for her three young children, and then the family's washing machine broke down.

On top of that the household income slumped because her husband, the family breadwinner, unexpectedly had less work than usual.

"I usually pay it off in full but there's no way it's going to happen this month," Ms Wright said. "There's a little bit of remorse because when I decided to buy the tickets for my parents, I didn't realise my husband's work would be all over the place – he usually earns good money but he had three weeks off over Christmas that we hadn't planned for so that made it hard. I knew it would be a struggle but not as bad as it got and the washing machine – well, I didn't see that coming."

Ms Wright said it made no sense to pay high interest on the Coles Mastercard so she'd look for a balance transfer deal. She believes she can pay it off before the higher interest kicks in, as long as the interest holiday is longer than six months.

Reserve Bank figures show a total $27.45 billion in credit card purchases for October 2017. Over the previous three years, December spending was on average 10 per cent higher than October of the same year. If that trend holds this year, the December spending on credit cards would have exceeded $30 billion. The Reserve Bank will release the official figures in February.

Four out of five credit card holders plan to pay off their Christmas-induced debt in three months or less, according to a survey of 1450 Australians by comparison site Finder in December. One in five will take longer than three months to service their debt.

Finder estimates the splurge could cost Australians $230 million in interest payments alone, taking into account a typical 55-day interest-free period.   :(

Graham Cooke, insights manager at Finder, said a balance transfer to a card with an interest-free period was a good way to minimise interest charges.

"This over-reliance on credit cards in December means the cost of Christmas is carried well into the new year and could take a toll on household budgets throughout 2018," Mr Cooke said. "A balance transfer could give credit card holders the chance to make more headway on their outstanding balance, especially if they're having difficulty making repayments." Mr Cooke said there were more than 100 balance transfer cards offering zero per cent and more than half of them offered an interest-free period of a year or more. However, Gerard Brody, the chief executive of Consumer Action, which runs the Victorian side of the government-backed National Debt Helpline, urged caution.

"Credit card debt is the number one reason people contact us for help with unmanageable debt," Mr Brody said. "For some people who can demonstrate the capability and discipline to pay the debt in full before the interest-free period is up, the balance transfer deals can work but in the main most people are better off taking steps to pay down their existing debt rather than taking on new credit. The problem is credit cards are a product where if the bank wins, the consumer loses."

Mr Brody said there's a lot of marketing for credit cards at this time of year and the balance transfer cards can seem like a good deal, promising zero interest for a period of time, but it can exacerbate people's problems because most people don't pay it off before the interest holiday ends, and the cards then revert to high rates of 20 per cent or more.

Another problem was people don't always close the previous card and then they wind up with two credit card debts.   :(

"We see people with four or five credit cards, sometimes up to $100,000 debt, which can be really stressful and cause a lot of anxiety especially if they get referred to debt collectors," Mr Brody said.

He said it was free to call the helpline and speak to an independent financial counsellor.

National Debt Helpline: 1800 007 007

Did they put Christmas on the credit card?   :(

you will find that most of them are stupid leftwits...

next they'll want a banking RC because they can't handle their own finances...

oh wait...  :-/

Just another blip in the modern fantasy that you can have, indeed deserve everything you want whether you have the means or not.

Have not needed one in years. If I can't afford it, I don't buy it.

Just a thought: can you put life insurance or funeral insurance on a credit card?

By the time we come to adulthood, every sensible person will have learned, that we always need to live within our means.

It is a good philosophy to adopt in life.

If you want something, and are unable to save the money for it, then you shouldn't commit buy it [until you can and have].

Common sense.



Saving [money] for what we wish to buy, teaches us patience and self-restraint.

Good personal qualities to aspire to, in every human being.


antonym of patience

impatience = =
1 having or showing a lack of patience or tolerance.
2 restlessly eager.


antonym of self-restraint

self-indulgence = = indulging or tending to indulge one’s desires.


pander = = gratify or indulge



'Pandering' to their 'i want',       is the 'accommodation' from others which so often, is seen in small children and very 'weak' adults.

issuevoter wrote on Jan 11^th, 2018 at 8:42am:

Have not needed one in years. If I can't afford it, I don't buy it. Just a thought: can you put life insurance or funeral insurance on a credit card?

Sure, and if you die before you pay it back it's an unsecured loan and your estate pays nothing. I'm looking forward to paying for my funeral that way. ;)

I have a credit card, it's a handy thing to have but it should be used properly not as a "Hey! I've got 5, 10 or 20G to spend, yay!, gotta get down on Friday, weekend, weekend, party, party"

Setanta wrote on Jan 11^th, 2018 at 7:39pm:

issuevoter wrote on Jan 11th, 2018 at 8:42am: Have not needed one in years. If I can't afford it, I don't buy it. Just a thought: can you put life insurance or funeral insurance on a credit card? Sure, and if you die before you pay it back it's an unsecured loan and your estate pays nothing. I'm looking forward to paying for my funeral that way. ;) I have a credit card, it's a handy thing to have but it should be used properly not as a "Hey! I've got 5, 10 or 20G to spend, yay!, gotta get down on Friday, weekend, weekend, party, party"

I suggest you get advice from a better qualified person than whatever idiot told you that garbage.

issuevoter wrote on Jan 11^th, 2018 at 8:42am:

Have not needed one in years. If I can't afford it, I don't buy it. Just a thought: can you put life insurance or funeral insurance on a credit card?

Are you aware that a CC can be used as a financial tool which allows you to use the banks money for a month then the entire balance is swept clean automatically?

I've never paid a cent in CC interest.

President Elect, The Mechanic wrote on Jan 11^th, 2018 at 7:09am:

you will find that most of them are stupid leftwits... next they'll want a banking RC because they can't handle their own finances... oh wait...  :-/

but isn't mal relying on mass immigration to apply for credit cards and fuel mal's fake services economy with more debt ?

Setanta wrote on Jan 11^th, 2018 at 7:39pm:

issuevoter wrote on Jan 11th, 2018 at 8:42am: Have not needed one in years. If I can't afford it, I don't buy it. Just a thought: can you put life insurance or funeral insurance on a credit card? Sure, and if you die before you pay it back it's an unsecured loan and your estate pays nothing. I'm looking forward to paying for my funeral that way. ;) I have a credit card, it's a handy thing to have but it should be used properly not as a "Hey! I've got 5, 10 or 20G to spend, yay!, gotta get down on Friday, weekend, weekend, party, party"

dont like that attitude at all.. I do hope you are not passing that on....

so many people dodging their obligations  and someone else ends up picking up their bills....NOTHING is EVER FREE.....

Aussie wrote on Jan 11^th, 2018 at 7:48pm:

Setanta wrote on Jan 11th, 2018 at 7:39pm: issuevoter wrote on Jan 11th, 2018 at 8:42am: Have not needed one in years. If I can't afford it, I don't buy it. Just a thought: can you put life insurance or funeral insurance on a credit card? Sure, and if you die before you pay it back it's an unsecured loan and your estate pays nothing. I'm looking forward to paying for my funeral that way. ;) I have a credit card, it's a handy thing to have but it should be used properly not as a "Hey! I've got 5, 10 or 20G to spend, yay!, gotta get down on Friday, weekend, weekend, party, party" I suggest you get advice from a better qualified person than whatever idiot told you that garbage.

I got it from a friend who's wife died with CC debt in her name and no he didn't have to pay it back.

It's unsecured debt, that's why the interest is so high. Feel free to share if you know better.

edit: You may be right...
https://blog.creditcardcompare.com.au/what-happens-to-credit-card-debt-when-you-die.php

Perhaps she had no assets in her name and because it was not a joint card...


Quote:

DEATH AND CREDIT CARD DEBT If you think that leaving your death to take care of your credit card debt is a solid plan – after all, you would stop spending on the card – you could actually be leaving your family to pay for the costs of your bad debt. The way that credit card debt is handled after death changes with legislative differences across our borders, however, in most cases the amount needed to clear your credit card debts when you die will be taken out of your estate or the assets you wanted to leave to your family. Once the amount of your credit card debt has been deducted from the value of your estate, your beneficiaries will be given access to whatever is left – if anything. Alternatively, your estate and assets won’t be enough to cover the total of your credit card debts when you die, in which case the bank has to write off the debt as a loss. Of course, the bank wants to avoid writing off the debt, and will look at every other possible avenue, as they may also be the same institution which holds your savings account, transaction account, home loan or other controllable assets – a commonplace scenario in Australia. However, before the bank can start using your assets to pay off your credit card debt, they must first go to court to obtain an order to allow your assets to be sold to pay off your debt.

That last highlighted may be subject to a cost/benefit analysis on the banks behalf, I suppose.

Aussie wrote on Jan 11^th, 2018 at 7:48pm:

Setanta wrote on Jan 11th, 2018 at 7:39pm: issuevoter wrote on Jan 11th, 2018 at 8:42am: Have not needed one in years. If I can't afford it, I don't buy it. Just a thought: can you put life insurance or funeral insurance on a credit card? Sure, and if you die before you pay it back it's an unsecured loan and your estate pays nothing. I'm looking forward to paying for my funeral that way. ;) I have a credit card, it's a handy thing to have but it should be used properly not as a "Hey! I've got 5, 10 or 20G to spend, yay!, gotta get down on Friday, weekend, weekend, party, party" I suggest you get advice from a better qualified person than whatever idiot told you that garbage.

Perhaps he should ask the taxi driver who frequents this forum.  ::)

whiteknight wrote on Jan 11^th, 2018 at 6:17am:

Did they put Christmas on the credit card?   :(

I don't know how people can live without a credit card, do they let people like you on Newstart have Credit cards?

Setanta wrote on Jan 11^th, 2018 at 8:36pm:

Aussie wrote on Jan 11th, 2018 at 7:48pm: Setanta wrote on Jan 11th, 2018 at 7:39pm: issuevoter wrote on Jan 11th, 2018 at 8:42am: Have not needed one in years. If I can't afford it, I don't buy it. Just a thought: can you put life insurance or funeral insurance on a credit card? Sure, and if you die before you pay it back it's an unsecured loan and your estate pays nothing. I'm looking forward to paying for my funeral that way. ;) I have a credit card, it's a handy thing to have but it should be used properly not as a "Hey! I've got 5, 10 or 20G to spend, yay!, gotta get down on Friday, weekend, weekend, party, party" I suggest you get advice from a better qualified person than whatever idiot told you that garbage. I got it from a friend who's wife died with CC debt in her name and no he didn't have to pay it back. It's unsecured debt, that's why the interest is so high. Feel free to share if you know better. edit: You may be right... https://blog.creditcardcompare.com.au/what-happens-to-credit-card-debt-when-you-die.php Perhaps she had no assets in her name and because it was not a joint card... Quote: DEATH AND CREDIT CARD DEBT If you think that leaving your death to take care of your credit card debt is a solid plan – after all, you would stop spending on the card – you could actually be leaving your family to pay for the costs of your bad debt. The way that credit card debt is handled after death changes with legislative differences across our borders, however, in most cases the amount needed to clear your credit card debts when you die will be taken out of your estate or the assets you wanted to leave to your family. Once the amount of your credit card debt has been deducted from the value of your estate, your beneficiaries will be given access to whatever is left – if anything. Alternatively, your estate and assets won’t be enough to cover the total of your credit card debts when you die, in which case the bank has to write off the debt as a loss. Of course, the bank wants to avoid writing off the debt, and will look at every other possible avenue, as they may also be the same institution which holds your savings account, transaction account, home loan or other controllable assets – a commonplace scenario in Australia. However, before the bank can start using your assets to pay off your credit card debt, they must first go to court to obtain an order to allow your assets to be sold to pay off your debt. That last highlighted may be subject to a cost/benefit analysis on the banks behalf, I suppose.

I may be right?  I haven't said anything other than to tell you what you posted was rubbish.  It seems you have now realised that yourself.  I guess you must have asked Mr Rort's Taxi Driver.

Quote:

I don't know how people can live without a credit card

I live without a credit card.



I live with a DEBIT card.      ....which draws down on money i have, in a linked account.

Aussie wrote on Jan 11^th, 2018 at 8:49pm:

Setanta wrote on Jan 11th, 2018 at 8:36pm: Aussie wrote on Jan 11th, 2018 at 7:48pm: Setanta wrote on Jan 11th, 2018 at 7:39pm: issuevoter wrote on Jan 11th, 2018 at 8:42am: Have not needed one in years. If I can't afford it, I don't buy it. Just a thought: can you put life insurance or funeral insurance on a credit card? Sure, and if you die before you pay it back it's an unsecured loan and your estate pays nothing. I'm looking forward to paying for my funeral that way. ;) I have a credit card, it's a handy thing to have but it should be used properly not as a "Hey! I've got 5, 10 or 20G to spend, yay!, gotta get down on Friday, weekend, weekend, party, party" I suggest you get advice from a better qualified person than whatever idiot told you that garbage. I got it from a friend who's wife died with CC debt in her name and no he didn't have to pay it back. It's unsecured debt, that's why the interest is so high. Feel free to share if you know better. edit: You may be right... https://blog.creditcardcompare.com.au/what-happens-to-credit-card-debt-when-you-die.php Perhaps she had no assets in her name and because it was not a joint card... Quote: DEATH AND CREDIT CARD DEBT If you think that leaving your death to take care of your credit card debt is a solid plan – after all, you would stop spending on the card – you could actually be leaving your family to pay for the costs of your bad debt. The way that credit card debt is handled after death changes with legislative differences across our borders, however, in most cases the amount needed to clear your credit card debts when you die will be taken out of your estate or the assets you wanted to leave to your family. Once the amount of your credit card debt has been deducted from the value of your estate, your beneficiaries will be given access to whatever is left – if anything. Alternatively, your estate and assets won’t be enough to cover the total of your credit card debts when you die, in which case the bank has to write off the debt as a loss. Of course, the bank wants to avoid writing off the debt, and will look at every other possible avenue, as they may also be the same institution which holds your savings account, transaction account, home loan or other controllable assets – a commonplace scenario in Australia. However, before the bank can start using your assets to pay off your credit card debt, they must first go to court to obtain an order to allow your assets to be sold to pay off your debt. That last highlighted may be subject to a cost/benefit analysis on the banks behalf, I suppose. I may be right?  I haven't said anything other than to tell you what you posted was rubbish.  It seems you have now realised that yourself.  I guess you must have asked Mr Rort's Taxi Driver.

Bad guess, I'd trust google over a taxi driver any day.
Still, mate's wife's CC debt was wiped, I suppose it wasn't worth their time on that one.

Yadda wrote on Jan 11^th, 2018 at 8:58pm:

Quote: I don't know how people can live without a credit card I live without a credit card.

Moslem, are you?

Aussie wrote on Jan 11^th, 2018 at 8:49pm:

Setanta wrote on Jan 11th, 2018 at 8:36pm: Aussie wrote on Jan 11th, 2018 at 7:48pm: Setanta wrote on Jan 11th, 2018 at 7:39pm: issuevoter wrote on Jan 11th, 2018 at 8:42am: Have not needed one in years. If I can't afford it, I don't buy it. Just a thought: can you put life insurance or funeral insurance on a credit card? Sure, and if you die before you pay it back it's an unsecured loan and your estate pays nothing. I'm looking forward to paying for my funeral that way. ;) I have a credit card, it's a handy thing to have but it should be used properly not as a "Hey! I've got 5, 10 or 20G to spend, yay!, gotta get down on Friday, weekend, weekend, party, party" I suggest you get advice from a better qualified person than whatever idiot told you that garbage. I got it from a friend who's wife died with CC debt in her name and no he didn't have to pay it back. It's unsecured debt, that's why the interest is so high. Feel free to share if you know better. edit: You may be right... https://blog.creditcardcompare.com.au/what-happens-to-credit-card-debt-when-you-die.php Perhaps she had no assets in her name and because it was not a joint card... Quote: DEATH AND CREDIT CARD DEBT If you think that leaving your death to take care of your credit card debt is a solid plan – after all, you would stop spending on the card – you could actually be leaving your family to pay for the costs of your bad debt. The way that credit card debt is handled after death changes with legislative differences across our borders, however, in most cases the amount needed to clear your credit card debts when you die will be taken out of your estate or the assets you wanted to leave to your family. Once the amount of your credit card debt has been deducted from the value of your estate, your beneficiaries will be given access to whatever is left – if anything. Alternatively, your estate and assets won’t be enough to cover the total of your credit card debts when you die, in which case the bank has to write off the debt as a loss. Of course, the bank wants to avoid writing off the debt, and will look at every other possible avenue, as they may also be the same institution which holds your savings account, transaction account, home loan or other controllable assets – a commonplace scenario in Australia. However, before the bank can start using your assets to pay off your credit card debt, they must first go to court to obtain an order to allow your assets to be sold to pay off your debt. That last highlighted may be subject to a cost/benefit analysis on the banks behalf, I suppose. I may be right?  I haven't said anything other than to tell you what you posted was rubbish.  It seems you have now realised that yourself.  I guess you must have asked Mr Rort's Taxi Driver.

I prefer Uber to taxis, they're cheaper cleaner and the drivers don't stink.

Yadda wrote on Jan 11^th, 2018 at 8:58pm:

Quote: I don't know how people can live without a credit card I live without a credit card. I live with a DEBIT card.      ....which draws down on money i have, in a linked account.

I have much more money in the bank than my CC limit but most is in higher(not so high these days) interest accounts and not linked to my debit card account(which pays no interest). It's convenient to have. I think I owe all of about $60 dollars on it at the moment. $147.82 DR and I paid $90 towards that today.

Mattyfisk wrote on Jan 11^th, 2018 at 9:00pm:

Yadda wrote on Jan 11th, 2018 at 8:58pm: Quote: I don't know how people can live without a credit card I live without a credit card. Moslem, are you?

Har, har.   It is to laugh!


Proverbs 22:7
The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.


A person who borrows money is always in a form of 'bondage'.

I am at liberty, and i am happy.

Setanta wrote on Jan 11^th, 2018 at 8:58pm:

Aussie wrote on Jan 11th, 2018 at 8:49pm: Setanta wrote on Jan 11th, 2018 at 8:36pm: Aussie wrote on Jan 11th, 2018 at 7:48pm: Setanta wrote on Jan 11th, 2018 at 7:39pm: issuevoter wrote on Jan 11th, 2018 at 8:42am: Have not needed one in years. If I can't afford it, I don't buy it. Just a thought: can you put life insurance or funeral insurance on a credit card? Sure, and if you die before you pay it back it's an unsecured loan and your estate pays nothing. I'm looking forward to paying for my funeral that way. ;) I have a credit card, it's a handy thing to have but it should be used properly not as a "Hey! I've got 5, 10 or 20G to spend, yay!, gotta get down on Friday, weekend, weekend, party, party" I suggest you get advice from a better qualified person than whatever idiot told you that garbage. I got it from a friend who's wife died with CC debt in her name and no he didn't have to pay it back. It's unsecured debt, that's why the interest is so high. Feel free to share if you know better. edit: You may be right... https://blog.creditcardcompare.com.au/what-happens-to-credit-card-debt-when-you-die.php Perhaps she had no assets in her name and because it was not a joint card... Quote: DEATH AND CREDIT CARD DEBT If you think that leaving your death to take care of your credit card debt is a solid plan – after all, you would stop spending on the card – you could actually be leaving your family to pay for the costs of your bad debt. The way that credit card debt is handled after death changes with legislative differences across our borders, however, in most cases the amount needed to clear your credit card debts when you die will be taken out of your estate or the assets you wanted to leave to your family. Once the amount of your credit card debt has been deducted from the value of your estate, your beneficiaries will be given access to whatever is left – if anything. Alternatively, your estate and assets won’t be enough to cover the total of your credit card debts when you die, in which case the bank has to write off the debt as a loss. Of course, the bank wants to avoid writing off the debt, and will look at every other possible avenue, as they may also be the same institution which holds your savings account, transaction account, home loan or other controllable assets – a commonplace scenario in Australia. However, before the bank can start using your assets to pay off your credit card debt, they must first go to court to obtain an order to allow your assets to be sold to pay off your debt. That last highlighted may be subject to a cost/benefit analysis on the banks behalf, I suppose. I may be right?  I haven't said anything other than to tell you what you posted was rubbish.  It seems you have now realised that yourself.  I guess you must have asked Mr Rort's Taxi Driver. Bad guess, I'd trust google over a taxi driver any day. Still, mate's wife's CC debt was wiped, I suppose it wasn't worth their time on that one.

It means the person with a CC debt who died had a bankrupt estate.  Simple as that.

Aussie wrote on Jan 11^th, 2018 at 9:12pm:

Setanta wrote on Jan 11th, 2018 at 8:58pm: Aussie wrote on Jan 11th, 2018 at 8:49pm: Setanta wrote on Jan 11th, 2018 at 8:36pm: Aussie wrote on Jan 11th, 2018 at 7:48pm: Setanta wrote on Jan 11th, 2018 at 7:39pm: issuevoter wrote on Jan 11th, 2018 at 8:42am: Have not needed one in years. If I can't afford it, I don't buy it. Just a thought: can you put life insurance or funeral insurance on a credit card? Sure, and if you die before you pay it back it's an unsecured loan and your estate pays nothing. I'm looking forward to paying for my funeral that way. ;) I have a credit card, it's a handy thing to have but it should be used properly not as a "Hey! I've got 5, 10 or 20G to spend, yay!, gotta get down on Friday, weekend, weekend, party, party" I suggest you get advice from a better qualified person than whatever idiot told you that garbage. I got it from a friend who's wife died with CC debt in her name and no he didn't have to pay it back. It's unsecured debt, that's why the interest is so high. Feel free to share if you know better. edit: You may be right... https://blog.creditcardcompare.com.au/what-happens-to-credit-card-debt-when-you-die.php Perhaps she had no assets in her name and because it was not a joint card... Quote: DEATH AND CREDIT CARD DEBT If you think that leaving your death to take care of your credit card debt is a solid plan – after all, you would stop spending on the card – you could actually be leaving your family to pay for the costs of your bad debt. The way that credit card debt is handled after death changes with legislative differences across our borders, however, in most cases the amount needed to clear your credit card debts when you die will be taken out of your estate or the assets you wanted to leave to your family. Once the amount of your credit card debt has been deducted from the value of your estate, your beneficiaries will be given access to whatever is left – if anything. Alternatively, your estate and assets won’t be enough to cover the total of your credit card debts when you die, in which case the bank has to write off the debt as a loss. Of course, the bank wants to avoid writing off the debt, and will look at every other possible avenue, as they may also be the same institution which holds your savings account, transaction account, home loan or other controllable assets – a commonplace scenario in Australia. However, before the bank can start using your assets to pay off your credit card debt, they must first go to court to obtain an order to allow your assets to be sold to pay off your debt. That last highlighted may be subject to a cost/benefit analysis on the banks behalf, I suppose. I may be right?  I haven't said anything other than to tell you what you posted was rubbish.  It seems you have now realised that yourself.  I guess you must have asked Mr Rort's Taxi Driver. Bad guess, I'd trust google over a taxi driver any day. Still, mate's wife's CC debt was wiped, I suppose it wasn't worth their time on that one. It means the person with a CC debt who died had a bankrupt estate.  Simple as that.

Or perhaps the cost of a court order and all the costs involved in chasing it was not worth it, cost/benefit, she was not a bankrupt.

Setanta wrote on Jan 11^th, 2018 at 9:02pm:

Yadda wrote on Jan 11th, 2018 at 8:58pm: Quote: I don't know how people can live without a credit card I live without a credit card. I live with a DEBIT card.      ....which draws down on money i have, in a linked account. I have much more money in the bank than my CC limit but most is in higher(not so high these days) interest accounts and not linked to my debit card account(which pays no interest). It's convenient to have. I think I owe all of about $60 dollars on it at the moment. $147.82 DR and I paid $90 towards that today.

For people with a mortgage the best setup is to put all money in an offset then live day to day on the CC then the CC is cleared monthly.

Even my meth dealer take visa

Then, Setanta, they would have gone after the Estate (not him...he has nothing to do with it as I assume, a beneficiary.)  As a matter of curiosity, what was in her Estate.  What did he end up with....while you reckon the Bank just shrugged its shoulders and said, "Oh we'll let that one go."

(And cods is right by the way.)

If there was anything in her "Estate" the Bank would have chased it.

Gordon wrote on Jan 11^th, 2018 at 9:21pm:

Setanta wrote on Jan 11th, 2018 at 9:02pm: Yadda wrote on Jan 11th, 2018 at 8:58pm: Quote: I don't know how people can live without a credit card I live without a credit card. I live with a DEBIT card.      ....which draws down on money i have, in a linked account. I have much more money in the bank than my CC limit but most is in higher(not so high these days) interest accounts and not linked to my debit card account(which pays no interest). It's convenient to have. I think I owe all of about $60 dollars on it at the moment. $147.82 DR and I paid $90 towards that today. For people with a mortgage the best setup is to put all money in an offset then live day to day on the CC then the CC is cleared monthly. Even my meth dealer take visa

The teacher who was the IT coordinator I used to work with most at the school did that. I don't have a mortgage. My CC is just a convenience.

Aussie wrote on Jan 11^th, 2018 at 9:23pm:

Then, Setanta, they would have gone after the Estate (not him...he has nothing to do with it as I assume, a beneficiary.)  As a matter of curiosity, what was in her Estate.  What did he end up with....while you reckon the Bank just shrugged its shoulders and said, "Oh we'll let that one go." (And cods is right by the way.) If there was anything in her "Estate" the Bank would have chased it.

She died of pancreatic cancer so by the time her time came they probably saw it wasn't worth the cost of chasing what they were after and she may not have had a lot left. I have no idea what she owed, I just know they didn't get it.

Setanta wrote on Jan 11^th, 2018 at 9:36pm:

Aussie wrote on Jan 11th, 2018 at 9:23pm: Then, Setanta, they would have gone after the Estate (not him...he has nothing to do with it as I assume, a beneficiary.)  As a matter of curiosity, what was in her Estate.  What did he end up with....while you reckon the Bank just shrugged its shoulders and said, "Oh we'll let that one go." (And cods is right by the way.) If there was anything in her "Estate" the Bank would have chased it. She died of pancreatic cancer so by the time her time came they probably saw it wasn't worth the cost of chasing what they were after and she may not have had a lot left. I have no idea what she owed, I just know they didn't get it.

Setanta, the Bank would not have had a clue what she died of or even that she was dying.  I have no doubt your mate told you what you are repeating here, but the very strong likelihood is that she died leaving with nothing in her Estate, and that your Mate would not have even bothered worrying about dealing with her debts.  There would have been no Probate, just a Funeral, and mail from the Bank sent back advising that she is deceased.

This post Christmas torpor in our economy predates credit cards.

I remember as a fruit grower, you did not want fruit on the market after Christmas, you get nothing for it,,, the economy is taking a little rest.

Also in a cruel twist of irony the quality of fruit after Christmas also improves markedly.

Aussie wrote on Jan 11^th, 2018 at 9:55pm:

Setanta wrote on Jan 11th, 2018 at 9:36pm: Aussie wrote on Jan 11th, 2018 at 9:23pm: Then, Setanta, they would have gone after the Estate (not him...he has nothing to do with it as I assume, a beneficiary.)  As a matter of curiosity, what was in her Estate.  What did he end up with....while you reckon the Bank just shrugged its shoulders and said, "Oh we'll let that one go." (And cods is right by the way.) If there was anything in her "Estate" the Bank would have chased it. She died of pancreatic cancer so by the time her time came they probably saw it wasn't worth the cost of chasing what they were after and she may not have had a lot left. I have no idea what she owed, I just know they didn't get it. Setanta, the Bank would not have had a clue what she died of or even that she was dying.  I have no doubt your mate told you what you are repeating here, but the very strong likelihood is that she died leaving with nothing in her Estate, and that your Mate would not have even bothered worrying about dealing with her debts.  There would have been no Probate, just a Funeral, and mail from the Bank sent back advising that she is deceased.

I have no idea what you are trying to pick on here Aussie, I'm sure the bank didn't know or care that she was dying. My point was perhaps the fact she died a slow death ate what she had and there was not enough to go after with the costs of taking it to court to get, let alone enough to pay the costs of lawyers to scrounge what they could from her dead bones.

not enough to go after with the costs of taking it to court to get, let alone enough to pay the costs of lawyers to scrounge what they could from her dead bones


That is what happens in the real world

Your point was...."perhaps".....??

No, Setanta, that's not where you started which was ........ the death expunged the CC debt and you can plan around that.

Cods knew that was morally reprehensible, and I knew it to be atrocious advice from a legal perspective.

Aussie wrote on Jan 11^th, 2018 at 10:12pm:

Your point was...."perhaps".....?? No, Setanta, that's not where you started which was ........ the death expunged the CC debt and you can plan around that. Cods knew that was morally reprehensible, and I knew it to be atrocious advice from a legal perspective.

My post that cods responded to was tongue in cheek about paying for my funeral on CC and then dying. I don't owe any money and I have enough to be disposed of.

The part about my mate's wife is true.

I'm now considering just crawling off into a national park and let the emergency services find some bones to recover 12 months on instead. Got any legal advice on that?

Sure.  Want to pay for it?

Aussie wrote on Jan 11^th, 2018 at 10:22pm:

Sure.  Want to pay for it?

;D

Setanta wrote on Jan 11^th, 2018 at 10:19pm:

Aussie wrote on Jan 11th, 2018 at 10:12pm: Your point was...."perhaps".....?? No, Setanta, that's not where you started which was ........ the death expunged the CC debt and you can plan around that. Cods knew that was morally reprehensible, and I knew it to be atrocious advice from a legal perspective. My post that cods responded to was tongue in cheek about paying for my funeral on CC and then dying. I don't owe any money and I have enough to be disposed of. The part about my mate's wife is true. I'm now considering just crawling off into a national park and let the emergency services find some bones to recover 12 months on instead. Got any legal advice on that?

If it'd Abo land,  make sure you do a smoking ceremony first.

Gordon wrote on Jan 11^th, 2018 at 10:26pm:

Setanta wrote on Jan 11th, 2018 at 10:19pm: Aussie wrote on Jan 11th, 2018 at 10:12pm: Your point was...."perhaps".....?? No, Setanta, that's not where you started which was ........ the death expunged the CC debt and you can plan around that. Cods knew that was morally reprehensible, and I knew it to be atrocious advice from a legal perspective. My post that cods responded to was tongue in cheek about paying for my funeral on CC and then dying. I don't owe any money and I have enough to be disposed of. The part about my mate's wife is true. I'm now considering just crawling off into a national park and let the emergency services find some bones to recover 12 months on instead. Got any legal advice on that? If it'd Abo land,  make sure you do a smoking ceremony first.

I'll be sure to take a few numbers with me.
Hmm. a 2 a 4 and a 3 should see me through.

The only card I've ever had is a Visa "Load and Go" card from Australia Post.

Cost me $6.50. No monthly fees or interest. It is actually a debit card so you must have the money available on the card (maximum $1000) before you can use it.

You can use it exactly the same as a normal credit card (and the only reason I got it in the first place was to renew my British passport last year which you can only do online these days and you have to pay with a card).

Happens each year, at this time of year.  Very noticeable slump in people using Cabs, and as also happens every year at this time.......payment by card shrinks, and cash is used.  I like cash.