I have one card with the majority of my credit card debt on it from Citibank. It orginally had a limit of 10,000.00 in 2006 that eventually over time went up to 30,300.00.
Through balance transfers, using the card for expenses for living/work expenses, etc. ended up maxing out the card.
At the time I opened the card my future seemed bright and money was constantly coming in. I didn't really take into account things like lull in work, or an economic crash.
My formula was basically like "my day rate is on average 200-250.00 a day and I work at least 3 days a week, not counting all the extra work I get so my income must be about this"
Needless to say I have never come close to claiming what I made yet.. I always made my payments on time and every time I could, paid more than the minimum.
Some things may look like luxury purchases because I did rent clothing for shoots and did buy and return merchandise on the card. Which led me to believe I could afford some things for myself too!
I have not used this card since Feb 2009. With the whole economic crash scare they upped my interest rate and increased the minimum payments by 400.00. I opt-ed out of the new terms thinking I could still pay it but stopped paying at the end of March.
My lawyer requested the transaction history on the card going back three years but Citibank never responded to his request. He doesn't seemed worried about this now. Is this any indication that they may not care/may not object/show up?
Through balance transfers, using the card for expenses for living/work expenses, etc. ended up maxing out the card.
At the time I opened the card my future seemed bright and money was constantly coming in. I didn't really take into account things like lull in work, or an economic crash.
My formula was basically like "my day rate is on average 200-250.00 a day and I work at least 3 days a week, not counting all the extra work I get so my income must be about this"
Needless to say I have never come close to claiming what I made yet.. I always made my payments on time and every time I could, paid more than the minimum.
Some things may look like luxury purchases because I did rent clothing for shoots and did buy and return merchandise on the card. Which led me to believe I could afford some things for myself too!
I have not used this card since Feb 2009. With the whole economic crash scare they upped my interest rate and increased the minimum payments by 400.00. I opt-ed out of the new terms thinking I could still pay it but stopped paying at the end of March.
My lawyer requested the transaction history on the card going back three years but Citibank never responded to his request. He doesn't seemed worried about this now. Is this any indication that they may not care/may not object/show up?
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