Make Your Credit Cards Work for You Instead of You for Them

by Gregory Karp

Overview

This Element is an excerpt from Living Rich by Spending Smart: How to Get More of What You Really Want (ISBN: 9780132350099) by Gregory Karp. Available in print and digital formats.

 

Even the odds! How to play the credit game right and save a fortune!

 

Credit card companies are masters at separating you from your money. But you have power too. Did you know credit card companies will take a little less money from you--and all you have to do is ask? Periodically, call and ask for three things: a lower interest rate, a higher limit, and waived fees. You can save literally thousands....

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780131378094
Publisher:	Pearson Education
Publication date:	11/16/2009
Series:	FT Press Delivers Elements
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	9
File size:	652 KB
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Gregory Karp's "Spending Smart" newspaper column reaches more than 6,000,000 readers of Tribune Co. newspapers, including The Chicago Tribune, Baltimore Sun, and Hartford Courant. It also runs on the Web sites of additional media outlets ranging from The Los Angeles Times and Newsday to Superstation WGN in Chicago. Karp won the first-ever best-column award in 2006 from the Society of Business Editors and Writers. A staff member at The Morning Call in Allentown, Pa., Karp is an award-winning writer with 17+ years of professional journalism experience as both a writer and editor. He also writes about family finances for Better Homes and Gardens (circulation 7.6 million).