[SpamCop-Social] Re: was china thread

[Sylvesterthekat]

"Deborah" <dlane-olson at synoffsys.com> wrote in message
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 > I thought it was higher than that, actually - around $10,000.  But I
> wonder....is that really the average debt or is it just the average
> spending amount?  Just a thought - but I, like a lot of middle-class
> consumers I think, charge almost everything these days - from clothes to
> groceries to movie tickets.  But I pay my balance off every month and
> never pay any interest.  I wonder if that type of behavior might be
> inflating the figures compiled for these reports.  If not, there are a
> lot of people out there in a lot of serious debt!

I *think* they base the figure on people who don't pay it off, otherwise it
would be meaningless. To me it's just a safe and convenient way to pay for
stuff, I don't pay that way so I can pay it off over time. Paying for all
our gas by Amex means I get a year end summary that tells me how much was
spent on gas which is an added bonus. It also saves me having to go into the
cashier's office to pay LOL