Average Credit Cards with Great Rates

Nowadays, more and more people are “robbing Peter to pay Paul”, trying to make ends meet in today’s economy. A big part of their strategy involves shuffling credit card balances around in an attempt to get lower interest rates and lower payments. The credit card companies know this and, to make the deals more attractive, they are offering low teaser rates and other benefits in an order to attract these customers.

The problem is, credit card defaults are up, legislation is looming, and approvals are tightening. The sweet deals are still out there for those with good credit, but have been heavily curtailed for those with marginal credit. For the purpose of this article, we will assume that you have good to excellent credit.  We will also assume that your goal is to pay off your balance, not simply reduce your payments.

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Have you ever wondered, “What is the best credit card I can qualify for with my credit level”? If so, this article is for you; if you have spectacular credit, not so much. Today’s economic conditions have resulted in credit scores dropping across the board in America. We are carrying more debt, paying our bills slower, and sometimes missing a payment in order to fill up the gas tank to get to work.  For this reason, a lot of consumers are applying for credit cards to help them cope with the recession.

Obviously, we all want to qualify for the very best credit card that’s available. The problem is finding the very best card you qualify for, without getting turned down. Most credit card retailers, like us, have credit cards sectioned off by credit level, but you’re still faced with the challenge of picking the right credit section. In hopes of helping our visitors get the very best credit card they qualify for, we have assembled a general description of each credit level and an estimated interest rate range.

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It’s been said, that real hatred is only possible when it is derived from something you love; and America loves credit cards. The problem is, credit cards are simply a one night stand that fulfilled our lustful desire during a moment of weakness, and now we’re stuck with them. To quote the movie Wedding Crashers, they’re a “Stage Five Clinger”. Now we are faced with the unavoidable task of kicking them out of our lives, unless we go back for seconds, which cements the relationship.

The hardest thing about being a writer is the daily task of developing interesting ideas to write about. If you factor in the fact that I’m a financial writer, which usually generates a yawn while reading the title, it’s really hard. Before I begin to write, I get most of my ideas by scanning the financial headlines on Google to see what topics are hot and which are not. While looking for ideas today, one article in particular stood out to me; and this seems to be the consensus among writers on the subject:

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I think everyone can agree that the liberal guidelines and liberties exercised by most credit card issuers needs to be reined in. Credit card companies have the ability to change interest rates, fees and credit limits for just about any reason they deem necessary. This leaves consumers, who dare to carry a balance from month to month, completely vulnerable to market swings and the mood swings of the credit card issuers. The credit card companies call this “risk-based management”, and this is exactly what New York Democrat Carolyn Maloney aims to change with her Credit Cardholders’ Bill of Rights.

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