{"id":5680,"date":"2015-08-12T00:09:14","date_gmt":"2015-08-12T04:09:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/?p=5680"},"modified":"2015-08-12T00:17:04","modified_gmt":"2015-08-12T04:17:04","slug":"los-angeles-excuses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/los-angeles-excuses\/","title":{"rendered":"Los Angeles Excuses"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div>By Larry Chiang<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>When you live above your means, your credit score suffers.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Then you lose your credit cards&#8230;<\/p>\n<table style=\"border: 1px solid black; padding: 8px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"bottom\">\n<td width=\"48\"><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/613751289587957760\/ZN0VKUOa_normal.jpg\" style=\"width: 48px; height: 48px; padding-right: 8px;\"><\/span><\/td>\n<td><b style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">Larry Chiang (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/larrychiang?refsrc=email&amp;s=11\">@LarryChiang<\/a>)<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\">\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/larrychiang\/status\/631251083076112384?refsrc=email&amp;s=11\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><font color=\"#000000\">8\/11\/15, 4:49 PM<\/font><\/a><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">crappy credit is all over LA RE &#8220;trying to check in they were informed that the hotel did not accept Visa Debit or Pre-Paid Visa cards.&#8221;<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><br \/>Wrong:&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\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\/613751289587957760\/ZN0VKUOa_normal.jpg\" style=\"width:48px;height:48px;padding-right:8px;\"><\/td>\n<td><b>Larry Chiang (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/larrychiang?refsrc=email&amp;s=11\">@LarryChiang<\/a>)<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\">\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/larrychiang\/status\/631251194011254784?refsrc=email&amp;s=11\">8\/11\/15, 4:49 PM<\/a><\/div>\n<div>&#8220;The reason for carrying these types cards while travelling is primarily security, to minimize the damage of compromised or stolen cards&#8221;<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Nope, pure fallacy Re carrying visa debit to minimize the damage of stolen credit cards.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Credit cards are safer.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/image113.jpg\" alt=\"image1.JPG\" id=\"470D9C1B-D481-4AB2-AF47-E23EE4966FDC\"><\/div>\n<div>Charge cards are even safer.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>$0 liability.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">This site is targeted at college grad and young professionals, contains user contributed content, and material that may be confusing to a lay audience.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eudADPfTWiE&amp;sns=em\"><embed width='425' height='344' allowfullscreen='true' allowscriptaccess='always' type='application\/x-shockwave-flash' src='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/eudADPfTWiE&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1' \/><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WVKHwYJzVVc&amp;sns=em\"><embed width='425' height='344' allowfullscreen='true' allowscriptaccess='always' type='application\/x-shockwave-flash' src='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/WVKHwYJzVVc&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1' \/><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Larry Chiang When you live above your means, your credit score suffers.&nbsp; 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