People borrow on credit cards because it is easy, once you have the card you can borrow money without having to fill in a form. There is also the temptation to regard the available balance on your credit card(s) as money that you have available to spend, and not consider the monthly interest costs of using it.
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The irony is that the debt relief solution that is most suitable for people with extreme financial difficulties (bankruptcy) is the one that is not free. Not only that, it requires you to pay an up-front fee. Informal Debt Relief There are a wide range of companies and charitable organizations offering informal debt relief solutions. These usually involve either persuading the creditors to accept a longer time period for the repayment of their debt (debt management plans) or persuading them to accept a figure that is lower than the debt owed (debt write-off). None of these solutions are legally binding on the creditors and so rely on the experience of the debt management/counseling company and the particular mix of creditors for their chances of success. With informal debt relief it is always possible to find debt charities that will work with you for no fee or companies that will only charge a fee if they arrange a successful resolution. In this way, if the fee is taken out of the settlement to the creditors then their services can be effectively free to you, the debtor. Supervised Debt Relief This includes Individual Voluntary Arrangements (IVAs) in the UK and Chapter 13 bankruptcy in the United States. These debt relief solutions require the services of a qualified person to setup and monitor the agreement (which typically involves paying back a proportion of the debt owed over an agreed period) and the involvement of the court to ratify it. The requirement for legally qualified advice and the involvement of the courts mean that these debt relief solutions are never free. In some circumstances they can be structured (in the UK) so that the fees are taken from the agreed monthly payments, meaning no up-front fees. Bankruptcy I'll say it again, it seems very unfair that a debt relief solution that you would probably only select if you were in a financial crisis requires you to pay an up-front fee. Both in the US and the UK there are court fees to be paid to declare yourself bankrupt (in the US this applies to both Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 bankruptcy). The only hope of being able to declare yourself bankrupt if you cannot raise the court fees is to look for a local charity that will pay your bankruptcy costs. These do exist but you will probably need to do some local research to find them, and be prepared to justify why you need their help.
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