Bank Advice

Money goes out (car, rent) and money comes in (bank)


Round here they call receipts ‘advice’. So the automatic teller asks if you’d like advice. I always wonder if one day the little slip of paper will emerge that reads ‘Don’t spend so much!’. It never does.

On another banking note, I always spend everything on available on my credit card. Then they raise the limit, and I spend that amount. I hate them, yet I never turn the money down. It’s horrid. My entire life I have been making more money but remaining a constant level of broke. Whatever money I get, I spend. That is, the percentage I spend is a constant 100%. Actually, more like 150% since, as a ‘responsible adult’, I get access to credit. Wish the ATM would give me some advice about that.

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Comment by Eukaryote
2008-06-27 19:31:46

So true about money, and the credit card limit. Several years ago I had to practically beg a private bank to get a Credit card with 20,000 limit. Now at least they have realized the potential and turned the situation around, begging us to use their credit cards.

I always felt a damn shame if I EVER ran out of money at a shop or store, and having a credit card does really maintain your cool and avoid shame [don't know why but I can't help the feeling shame part]

 
Comment by Me
2008-06-28 18:58:02

A lot of things can be said about a person by examining his car keys.

Comment by indi
2008-06-29 18:37:14

Car, gate, flat, parents’ house, old flat (really should return).

 
 
Comment by Pink Mist
2008-07-02 22:26:49

Well, considering the inflation rate, it makes more sense to spend than to hang onto money that is just going to decrease in value. Depressing.

 
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