Clipping the Credit Cards

I'm cuttin' up, but I don't think credit card companies are funny

I'm cut­tin' up, but I don't think credit card com­pa­nies are funny

It’s a bold new credit world out there and I’m learn­ing very quickly that I don’t like it. Last week, I can­celled our Sears store card because they had raised our inter­est rate to over 25 percent.

I’ve had this card for nearly 3 decades, and I have to admit, cut­ting it up felt a lit­tle like los­ing an old friend, albeit an old friend with whom I shared a dys­func­tional relationship.

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