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Blogging Away Debt
Blogging Away Debt
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Breaking the Cycle – Closing the Cards

The credit cards are paid off. The cards are cut up. And I’ve started making the calls to close the accounts.

Phew, the difference in customer service is crazy. One account took me over an hour just to close it and then a couple of days for it to actually be processed and receive confirmation. One account took me 3 minutes and I received confirmation immediately. (Neither of these accounts was the Southwest Credit Card, I just happened to take a picture of that one when I cut it up.)

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