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June 12, 2009 by DebtGeniusNo Comments Tweet this post
Learning From Past Debt
In many to most cases, people fail to learn from their past behaviors when it comes to their debts, and staying away from new ones. We can easily get caught up and have to start all over again when we go to purchase a new car, or any other big-ticket item(s). While it might be exciting to get the items you want or even need, there are always alternatives to consider.
How about searching for lightly used versions online or at second-hand shops? This has been my habit, and I’ve saved an absolute ton of money as a result. While you might not get the “best of the best”, you will certainly get what you want or need, and you’ll be the wiser one for having spent but a fraction of what those who have to buy brand new shelled out.
The key here is to at the very least take a lesson from any sort of debt that you or people you know have had to pay off over time, and not get excited for the short-term, realizing that the payments that have to be made on a regular basis are largely going to pay off interest, and possibly making the companies involved very wealthy. If there’s no other possible way out, then that’s what you must decide through doing your research and crunching the numbers. Most times there is another option right before your eyes, if you just decide to be open to it.
When it comes right down to it, I’d much rather have the lightly used items than be heavily in debt, realizing that novelty often wears off, but the payments won’t go away anywhere near as fast.
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