Originally Posted by
Roody
I wonder how many of these young people come from familes that were foreclosed on within the past 5 years? That experience might make you a little leery about buying a car on credit.
And some of us fell for the predatory practices that credit card companies started using on college campuses in the 2000's. I wasn't burned as hard as some people, but just the thought of having a credit card makes me feel physically sick. I climbed out of that hole, I don't want to fall back in.
Of course, since I'm debt free (except for student loans, which I'm paying off ahead of schedule) I have crap (read: no) credit so corps have the option of charging through the nose for things. Arrrgh.