Re: Freezing Credit Cards

From: <MsProf2U@aol.com>
Subject: Re: Freezing Credit Cards
Date: Fri, 3 Jul 1998 12:38:55 EDT

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<<Get a container that you can freeze with a lid. Take your credit 
cards and put them in the bowl, fill the bowl with water, now place 
it in the freezer. Keep those cards frozen until you can
call Consumer Credit Counselors,>>

I see this suggestion given frequently, and I always wonder about it.
Organized soul that I am, I don't need my actual cards to shop, because I keep
a file folder of each card with the paperwork and bills from the bank that
issued it. The card number is on those papers, so if I wanted to go on, say, a
mail order binge, all I have to do is pull out a paper with the account number
on it! Maybe I should freeze all my papers, too? Anyhow, I always assumed
everyone kept records this way...no?

If you want to force yourself not to use credit cards, just call the issuer up
and cancel them! 



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