What Credit Card Companies Don't Want You to Know


	What Credit Card Companies Don't Want You to Know

Mithray

3-14-2007 11:08 PM

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credit cards, interests, credit, mortgage

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3-15-2007 1:13 PM

asawchuk

I guess the lesson here is to pay your bills on time.

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