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Whats a useful moneysaving tip you want to share?
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A lot of people avoid credit cards, but if you get one that has good "cash back" rewards and only use it for stuff you're already buying anyway then you basically get a discount on everything.
I have a PayPal card that is like 1.5%-3% back on everything so I just do all my normal purchases on there, even insurance payments and stuff, then pay it all off as soon as I'm "allowed" to. I basically get a few hundred dollars a year back from stuff I'd be buying no matter what.
Just be careful of your cards maximum... I literally just learned this the hard way this week... I did all my normal shopping/payments like I always do, but I also rebuilt my computer so I ended up using 50% of my available credit and lost 20 fucking points off my credit score for it!!! Such a scam system lol
That system only exists because it's profitable for PayPal. Enough people can't manage paying it off fast enough. And the spying on purchase habits but that's unavoidable with any card. Just be honest with yourself before you start trying to farm credit card perks.
It is because credit card companies charge a fee to vendors. It is sizeable enough that credit card companies will offer 1% back so they can make money on the other 2%-4%.
I'd wager it is the 15% or more they can sucker half of people into paying. Cash back is bait.
The premium credit cards don't assume standing balances. You typically don't get that much money by being bad with money.
https://www.nerdwallet.com/reviews/credit-cards/paypal-cashback
690 doesn't sound premium
Wow I never knew credit scores could be triple digits.