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Credit Card Pet Mart
Credit doesn’t always come cheap.

Credit cards might seem like magic. I mean, you just whip out a little plastic rectangle and tickets to the tropics are yours. But don’t be fooled. When you use a credit card, the credit card company lends you money that they expect you to pay back. So buying that DVD player with a credit card today means you’ll have to pay that debt back later. Plus, the company will charge you extra – sometimes a lot extra – if you take a long time to pay them back. The longer it takes you to repay, the more interest, or additional charges, you’ll have to pay.

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