How worrying is this?

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Skippy

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Post by Skippy » Sat Dec 08, 2007 2:24 pm
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The people who lived in our house before us had a little boy who was probably about 2 years old. When Dave pulled the old oven out to fit the new one he found a child's pretend credit card! I find it very worrying that children can have pretend credit cards - they don't need to be made to think that credit cards are the norm any more than they will as they are growing up.

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Post by tinytori » Sat Dec 08, 2007 3:03 pm
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very worrying hun!!
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Post by cat 1 » Sat Dec 08, 2007 4:03 pm
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worrying but very much a part of life..hence, my IVA? Not stopping to think of the consequences, burying head etc..If I can't afford something my little girl say's 'put it on the plastic' (age 10).Cat[:(!]
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Post by marsha1 » Sat Dec 08, 2007 11:21 pm
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My son is 18, he joined the Lloyds TSB a year ago and now they have given him a 500.00 overdraft, he didnt even ask for it. I have warned him off cc's hope he listens!!!!
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Post by Lisa2009 » Sun Dec 09, 2007 12:12 am
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I set up my son's bank account for him and made sure it didn't come with an overdraft
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Post by lily » Sun Dec 09, 2007 1:10 pm
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Money comes from holes in walls, right??? Thats what one of mine said when I said I didnt have any, just go the the hole in the wall.

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Post by Shining » Sun Dec 09, 2007 1:29 pm
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Yes Lily I can relate to that as that's what my youngest said to me once!
IVA final payment left the bank on the 26th January 2013...looking forward to a debt free future.
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Post by cat 1 » Mon Dec 10, 2007 4:30 pm
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Mine has never really seen money changing hands so I suppose they make an assumption. Even now I rarely have cash. Pay for everything via switch and anything over £5 for school by cheque. Cat1
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Post by mike.s » Mon Dec 10, 2007 10:24 pm
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Hey skippy,
Yes, very much a cause for concern, sign of the times? And they wonder why.
It send shivers down my spine when I think back to a year ago in Tesco's when my daughter said to me 'I can't wait till I grow and get a credit card' Shocked 'why'?? I replied 'cause you can buy loads of stuff and you don't have to pay for it' Scary, but they do learn from us. Too easy, and debt should never be a play thing, listen up debt marketing people, you are building future IVA's for yourselves with debt toys!!
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