>have my own business >write off car and house in taxes >bill everything to my company credit card for more tax write offs >saved like 100k in taxes in the last 2 years
its that easy bros
I mean what is the likelihood that he'll even get audited vs the likelihood of him remaining a poor ass for his entire life? I'm not saying he's doing the right thing, but he's likely playing a game with the numbers stacked in his favor.
>I’m in Europe, enjoying the highest quality of life possible while not having a credit score.
In germany we have a score Schufa and another Infoscore.
Bank won't give me one. I pretty much do everything with crypto and cash these days. I don't even meet the minimum requirements to be considered for one.
Back in early 2020 I got my first car loan through a local credit union and they just automatically sent me a credit card with a $1000 limit. I didn't have a credit history prior to that. I suppose that may not be normal though.
debts and taxes, just for that
if i'm so into crypto it's because i hate that stuff, i'd rather be chill looking at charts in dextools than worrying about paying the same shit 3 times
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I have been personally charged more by both my local tag agency and vending machines for using a credit card instead of cash.
said, but it also depends on how you use those rewards.
The card in the OP has a $250 annual fee, but the card also comes with $10/month of uber eats credits and $10/month of grub hub credits.
That $240 per year worth of credits knocks the effective annual fee down to $10, which is chump change when you factor in how much money you'll be getting back from the sign up bonus(anywhere from $600 to $900) and how much you're getting back when you use the card to dine out and buy groceries(4% back depending on how you end up spending the points). Some cards want you to spend $500 in the first 3 or 4 months to get a $200-$250 sign up bonus. Getting one of those and then paying off your car insurance for the next 6 months and then pay an electric bill or two will do the trick, and then boom you now have $250.
The rewards are there for the taking, but you can't let them charge you any interest or late fees or the rewards are cancelled out almost immediately. You have to treat it like a debit card or it'll frick you.
I dislike them on behalf of my fellow man who get punished in several places by the credit card machine.
But I rather benefit from them myself. Anything I purchase is Net 30 by default, and I get 2% cashback on top of it. I also get instant insurance against thefts and defects, and of course the all-might chargeback capability for dealing with asshat merchants.
In exchange, I pay no annual fees and no interest. It's a pretty sweet deal.
However, all of this happens at the expense of others:
- Merchants get less money from me than from cash buyers even though we ostensibly pay the same price.
- People that pay in cash are de facto paying more than me, by 2% or so.
- People that are using credit cards but shouldn't quickly crumble under a mountain of high interest debt.
I guess this is the perfect time to utter this beloved American credo: Frick you, I'm getting mine.
I don't hate it, I just don't find the use for it, if I want something I prefer to save up all the money and pay for it, not in parts
I do the same with crypto, if I grab something like maga I won't let go until I make sure I have at least doubled my money
i actually quite like them, i got the SORA card last year and i can buy launches on pinksale, buy memecoins, btc, pay in installments, its great really. Its weird not liking it considering its just another financial tool
>get card with 3k limit >buy an ounce of gold for $2200 >hold until billing date >sell gold for $2300 >pay off card >pocket $100 profit >repeat for infinite money
Which card issuer is the least predatory? I’ve heard capital one rejects people with good credit because they know they won’t be able to gouge them with fees.
You might be thinking of credit one, which is definitely predatory (even naming itself to be similar to capital one) and people mistake it as capital one all the time. I don't think capital one is any worse than any other online HYSA bank like ally or anything else. But imo, my best experience is with Discover... They gave me a massive limit without me even asking for one. Meanwhile capital one kept my limit at $300 per card for ages.
> Meanwhile capital one kept my limit at $300 per card for ages.
Same experience. By the time AmEx gave me a $20k limit, Capital One still had me at $1000.
Then they closed my credit card with them without warning because I somehow forgot to use it in years, damaging my credit score in the process.
So, great credit card provider all around. 10/10.
It depends on what you mean by predatory. Different companies have different money making strategies. Certain issuers just want you to join up, get behind on payments, and then pay tons of interest and fees(Basically every issuer that isn't affiliated with a larger financial institution and doesn't process their own transactions). Some are trying to get you into their system(Chase, Bank of America, etc). Some just want you to spend a shit ton of money with their cards so they can make their money through transaction fees(American Express and maybe Discover).
For the average person the litmus test determining how predatory a lender would likely just be the difficulty of obtaining one of their cards. By that standard, Chase and American Express are the least predatory(at least for their nicer cards). Bank of America sort of qualifies, but I don't think they're very stingy with handing out cards. They just give you obscene rewards bonuses when you have a lot of money tied up in their system.
All of these companies will frick you if you give them the chance, but the ones that purposefully search for people who are prone to getting into debt are especially predatory.
And greed is one of the seven deadly sins, yet the most successful societies on record are heavily leaning on both, and there are strong arguments to be made that this is not coincidental.
It's almost as if religious teachings are only intended for the people at the bottom of the ladder, as a sort of soothing drug for the common folk that keeps them properly servile.
Shed no tears for my immortal soul, for I predict that I shall be seized with the fear of God on my death bed, repent and accept Jesus in my heart as true Lord and Savior.
It's gonna be Wilde.
i actually love credit cards. the nice thing about credit cards is if the debt becomes too overwealming you can just stop paying them. literally nothing will happen to you. you can't go to jail or be killed for not paying your debt. it's just an imaginary number.
CCs are for the financially inept who can't figure out how to grow their own money and rely on someone else's money to feel like they're progressing in life.
I don't.
Alright well I guess that settles it then.
It’s only a scam if you fall for the scam. If you game the system then the scam works in your favor.
Frick off spamming homosexual
Thunder strike your mom’s house
>have my own business
>write off car and house in taxes
>bill everything to my company credit card for more tax write offs
>saved like 100k in taxes in the last 2 years
its that easy bros
Bro if you get audited, it's going to be a shitshow.
I mean what is the likelihood that he'll even get audited vs the likelihood of him remaining a poor ass for his entire life? I'm not saying he's doing the right thing, but he's likely playing a game with the numbers stacked in his favor.
I’m in Europe, enjoying the highest quality of life possible while not having a credit score.
>I’m in Europe, enjoying the highest quality of life possible while not having a credit score.
In germany we have a score Schufa and another Infoscore.
I have a feeling the people who brag about being from Europe are usually not from rich countries like Germany.
Bank won't give me one. I pretty much do everything with crypto and cash these days. I don't even meet the minimum requirements to be considered for one.
Back in early 2020 I got my first car loan through a local credit union and they just automatically sent me a credit card with a $1000 limit. I didn't have a credit history prior to that. I suppose that may not be normal though.
debts and taxes, just for that
if i'm so into crypto it's because i hate that stuff, i'd rather be chill looking at charts in dextools than worrying about paying the same shit 3 times
Based
Shut up israelite
Why not steal bait off the fisherman’s hook if you know how to not get yourself hooked? It’s free food.
I'd pretty to avoid the fisherman
I use mine for like 2% cashback
DUA is also offering cash back from daily activities. What are you boasting about, huh?
vendors hate credit cards
the transaction fees are higher than bitcoin
you get paid after a month
yeah this is why I dream of a word using bitcoin. faster transactions on average and point sales. I cant wait.
They should give a cash discount still then. People will bend over backwards for even 1% off.
In those cases card users tend to have to pay a surcharge. Cash is generally treated as the default.
I think credit card companies have it as part of the contract that merchants can't offer alternative rates, they really have them cucked
Because they want to know everything about you before issuing the card. And the rewards hardly cover the annual fee.
>annual fee
Not all cards have an annual fee.
I have been personally charged more by both my local tag agency and vending machines for using a credit card instead of cash.
>the rewards hardly cover the annual fee
What
said, but it also depends on how you use those rewards.
The card in the OP has a $250 annual fee, but the card also comes with $10/month of uber eats credits and $10/month of grub hub credits.
That $240 per year worth of credits knocks the effective annual fee down to $10, which is chump change when you factor in how much money you'll be getting back from the sign up bonus(anywhere from $600 to $900) and how much you're getting back when you use the card to dine out and buy groceries(4% back depending on how you end up spending the points). Some cards want you to spend $500 in the first 3 or 4 months to get a $200-$250 sign up bonus. Getting one of those and then paying off your car insurance for the next 6 months and then pay an electric bill or two will do the trick, and then boom you now have $250.
The rewards are there for the taking, but you can't let them charge you any interest or late fees or the rewards are cancelled out almost immediately. You have to treat it like a debit card or it'll frick you.
>Why do you hate credit cards
I don't frick with the Devil's IOU's.
I dislike them on behalf of my fellow man who get punished in several places by the credit card machine.
But I rather benefit from them myself. Anything I purchase is Net 30 by default, and I get 2% cashback on top of it. I also get instant insurance against thefts and defects, and of course the all-might chargeback capability for dealing with asshat merchants.
In exchange, I pay no annual fees and no interest. It's a pretty sweet deal.
However, all of this happens at the expense of others:
- Merchants get less money from me than from cash buyers even though we ostensibly pay the same price.
- People that pay in cash are de facto paying more than me, by 2% or so.
- People that are using credit cards but shouldn't quickly crumble under a mountain of high interest debt.
I guess this is the perfect time to utter this beloved American credo: Frick you, I'm getting mine.
>Frick you, I'm getting mine.
Yessssssssss
I don't hate it, I just don't find the use for it, if I want something I prefer to save up all the money and pay for it, not in parts
I do the same with crypto, if I grab something like maga I won't let go until I make sure I have at least doubled my money
They don't allow me to buy my $orbs so i loathe them, they are banned from the magic comunity henceforth
I love credit cards
I max 0% cards for 18 months then transfer the balance to another 18 month card for a 3% fee
1.5% interest paid for 3 years
Never understood why people aren't debtmaxxing, your cash is earning 5% in a savings account right now
i actually quite like them, i got the SORA card last year and i can buy launches on pinksale, buy memecoins, btc, pay in installments, its great really. Its weird not liking it considering its just another financial tool
why would you hate free money?
>get card with 3k limit
>buy an ounce of gold for $2200
>hold until billing date
>sell gold for $2300
>pay off card
>pocket $100 profit
>repeat for infinite money
But I don't. When used correctly they're literally free money.
I like them. morons who maintain debt on their cards pay for my free cashback rewards.
Which card issuer is the least predatory? I’ve heard capital one rejects people with good credit because they know they won’t be able to gouge them with fees.
You might be thinking of credit one, which is definitely predatory (even naming itself to be similar to capital one) and people mistake it as capital one all the time. I don't think capital one is any worse than any other online HYSA bank like ally or anything else. But imo, my best experience is with Discover... They gave me a massive limit without me even asking for one. Meanwhile capital one kept my limit at $300 per card for ages.
> Meanwhile capital one kept my limit at $300 per card for ages.
Same experience. By the time AmEx gave me a $20k limit, Capital One still had me at $1000.
Then they closed my credit card with them without warning because I somehow forgot to use it in years, damaging my credit score in the process.
So, great credit card provider all around. 10/10.
It depends on what you mean by predatory. Different companies have different money making strategies. Certain issuers just want you to join up, get behind on payments, and then pay tons of interest and fees(Basically every issuer that isn't affiliated with a larger financial institution and doesn't process their own transactions). Some are trying to get you into their system(Chase, Bank of America, etc). Some just want you to spend a shit ton of money with their cards so they can make their money through transaction fees(American Express and maybe Discover).
For the average person the litmus test determining how predatory a lender would likely just be the difficulty of obtaining one of their cards. By that standard, Chase and American Express are the least predatory(at least for their nicer cards). Bank of America sort of qualifies, but I don't think they're very stingy with handing out cards. They just give you obscene rewards bonuses when you have a lot of money tied up in their system.
All of these companies will frick you if you give them the chance, but the ones that purposefully search for people who are prone to getting into debt are especially predatory.
usury is morally wrong
And greed is one of the seven deadly sins, yet the most successful societies on record are heavily leaning on both, and there are strong arguments to be made that this is not coincidental.
It's almost as if religious teachings are only intended for the people at the bottom of the ladder, as a sort of soothing drug for the common folk that keeps them properly servile.
>fleeting earthly pleasures in exchange for eternity in hell
suit yourself.
Shed no tears for my immortal soul, for I predict that I shall be seized with the fear of God on my death bed, repent and accept Jesus in my heart as true Lord and Savior.
It's gonna be Wilde.
I like credit cards
Because I've got Brillion, I can use it to connect with over 5000 financial institutions.
The lines on your nails show iron deficiency
i actually love credit cards. the nice thing about credit cards is if the debt becomes too overwealming you can just stop paying them. literally nothing will happen to you. you can't go to jail or be killed for not paying your debt. it's just an imaginary number.
CCs are for the financially inept who can't figure out how to grow their own money and rely on someone else's money to feel like they're progressing in life.
Do you believe this about other types of debt as well, or just this one form of debt?
You're not a true IQfy wizard unless you max out every credit card, buy crypto with it, then don't pay it back.