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CC debt 27k. Got approved for a 20k personal loan best egg. Which should pay?

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Chickenpotpie
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Re: CC debt 27k. Got approved for a 20k personal loan best egg. Which should pay?

My response would be like everyone elses.  However, he needs to put those cards on ice for a long while.

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Aduke1122
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Re: CC debt 27k. Got approved for a 20k personal loan best egg. Which should pay?

Yes it will do absolutely no good to take out a personal loan to pay them off just to run them up again
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MrsCHX
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Re: CC debt 27k. Got approved for a 20k personal loan best egg. Which should pay?


@Aduke1122 wrote:
Yes it will do absolutely no good to take out a personal loan to pay them off just to run them up again

This. At one point I quickly ran up my limits and took out a $1,200 401k loan to pay them off. Within a year I was at almost $8k on cards. Ouch. 

 

Doing much better now with charging and paying in full.

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