{"id":12670,"date":"2020-01-10T12:57:28","date_gmt":"2020-01-10T16:57:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/?p=12670"},"modified":"2020-01-10T23:46:49","modified_gmt":"2020-01-11T03:46:49","slug":"theorem-of-turning-a-credit-card-into-a-debit-card","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/theorem-of-turning-a-credit-card-into-a-debit-card\/","title":{"rendered":"Theorem of Turning a Credit Card Into a Debit Card"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">By Larry Chiang<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\">A credit card should be operated like a debit card.&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\">Every nickel out should be paid attention to. Just as if you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re down to your last $300, the attention to detail will help turn&nbsp;a credit card into a debit card.&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\">&#8211; paying your credit card balance every Thursday.&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\">In doing so, you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re doing many positive things. These include improving debt ratios, credit utilization and timeliness of on time payments.&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<table style=\"border: 1px solid black; padding: 8px\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"bottom\">\n<td width=\"48\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/361307546\/larry-chiang9-duck9-business-card_normal.jpg\" style=\"width: 48px; height: 48px; padding-right: 8px\"><\/td>\n<td><b>CEO of Duck9, Larry at (650) 283-8008 (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/6502838008?s=11\">@6502838008<\/a>)<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\">\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/6502838008\/status\/829762736837926912?s=11\">2\/9\/17, 1:43 PM<\/a><\/div>\n<div>START: Turn a credit card into a debit card. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23first17steps&#038;src=hash\">#first17steps<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23cs183duck9dc2cc&#038;src=hash\">#cs183duck9dc2cc<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DDrrtQRVvD\"><span>pic.twitter.com\/DDrrtQRVvD<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>A cliche error is to turn a debit card into a really expensive credit card. This happens because debit cards have weird rules. I am guessing you have already been burned by overdraft fees<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">So do you know about the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153total temporary charges\u00e2\u20ac\u009d pitfall that comes with using a debit card at gas stations, car rental companies or hotels!?<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Debit. Cards. Suck.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">The total temporary charges are way higher than the actual charges and this causes you to overdraw. The over draw causes fees. Junk fees make you sad and look bad.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Be happy:<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/image1-2.jpeg\" alt=\"image1.jpeg\" id=\"5FCFED75-928F-4BB3-AE4B-89B91692E571\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">The best is to turn your American Express card into a debit card<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ejeIz4EhoJ0\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ejeIz4EhoJ0<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div>First steps first, let us get you qualified and approved for a no annual fee Visa or MasterCard from Bank of America. Aim for a $300 credit line.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>Caution: Make sure your first attempt to get credit is not a failure.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/image2-2.jpeg\" alt=\"image2.jpeg\" id=\"3C68F457-BF93-414E-BD15-40CC8E701697\"><\/div>\n<div>Text me before you enter a bank branch.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>Text me while you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re inside the bank<\/div>\n<div>Text me when you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re approved inside the bank<\/div>\n<div>Text me if they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re encouraging you to go home as they process your application.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/image3-rotated.jpeg\" alt=\"image3.jpeg\" id=\"0C037B36-ED93-4053-85CB-1AB8F94C8ED6\"><\/div>\n<div>Text me as if you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re a FedEx package going from #641Campus to #530LyttonAve.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Larry Chiang A credit card should be operated like a debit card.&nbsp; Every nickel out should be paid attention to. Just as if you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re down to your last $300, the attention to detail will help turn&nbsp;a credit card into a debit card.&nbsp; &#8211; paying your credit card balance every Thursday.&nbsp; In doing so, you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40,34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12670","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-deep-underground-credit-knowledge-via-subroutines","category-student-credit-score-fico"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12670","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12670"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12670\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12670"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12670"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}