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How many cards is too many?

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MrCredit
Established Contributor

How many cards is too many?

HHI is $150,000, how many is too many? I dont have balances on 11 of them and have a balance on 1.

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DaveSignal
Valued Contributor

Re: How many cards is too many?

I have 11 cards too, but only use 3 or 4.   Sometimes I let a balance report on up to 3 cards at a time, but usually just 1 or 2.  I make less than you, about $75,000.   I don't think income really matters though.  Whenever you get to a point where you have balances on more than a few cards that you can't pay off easily each month, then you have too many cards.  This might happen with different amounts of cards for different people, but for me, having 11 cards that I manage perfectly fine each month is not too many

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lg8302ch
Senior Contributor

Re: How many cards is too many?

when you lose track of due dates and start miss payments Smiley Tongue

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imovinup
Regular Contributor

Re: How many cards is too many?

+1




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jamesdwi
Valued Contributor

Re: How many cards is too many?

this guy has a couple too many cards, but only a couple

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maiden_girl
Valued Contributor

Re: How many cards is too many?


@jamesdwi wrote:

this guy has a couple too many cards, but only a couple


Smiley Very Happy Wow...does he pay online or have them mailed? LOL

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red259
Super Contributor

Re: How many cards is too many?

I wouldn't keep CCs that serve no purpose. My max would probably be 5-7 cards, but everyone is different in terms of what cards they need for specific purposes.

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HiLine
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