Credit-Card Debt Nears $1 Trillion as Banks Push Plastic

Re:Credit-Card Debt Nears $1 Trillion as Banks Push Plastic by bluedino on Friday May 20, 2016 @01:47PM (#11739916)

Your landlord accepts credit card payments and you pay him/her with your credit card? No different than any other vendor. Mine charges like 2% or something to cover costs.

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Re:Credit-Card Debt Nears $1 Trillion as Banks Push Plastic by dionidium on Friday May 20, 2016 @02:26PM (#11740247)

"Mine charges like 2% or something to cover costs."

What I meant to ask was, "How do you pay rent with credit (without paying $30-40 each month for the privilege)?"

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Re:Credit-Card Debt Nears $1 Trillion as Banks Push Plastic by epimetheus on Friday May 20, 2016 @02:36PM (#11740347)

My last landlord waived the fee if we had it set on automatic bill pay (via the credit card), I'm not sure if the peace of mind was worth the loss, but considering rent was 750 dollars, 2% would have only been 15 dollars. They probably pad the rent a bit to make up for it, but 750 for a 2 bedroom apartment was still a pretty good deal for the area at the time.

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Re:Credit-Card Debt Nears $1 Trillion as Banks Push Plastic by dmoy on Friday May 20, 2016 @03:16PM (#11740633)

My card gives back 2% on everything so that would work out as a wash. (That said my fee would be closer to like 3-5% for paying via cc so I don't...)

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