Savvy Saver hosted Carnival of Debt Reduction #15, and PFAdvice.com’s post on credit cards and dogs is the subject of this week’s Flashback.

If your dog is well-trained, he obeys you.  If your dog is not, he will run you all over the place.  That’s the connection that pfadvice bring up.  If you’ve trained yourself well on how to use credit, it’s very convenient and has many advantages.  If you haven’t trained yourself to use it wisely, then the card will own you and run you all over the place.  The choice is yours!

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