What was the highest credit card bill you've ever had?
By brady2moss
@brady2moss (700)
Singapore
March 30, 2009 11:09am CST
My wife and I watched the movie Confessions of a true shopaholic last week. It was a fun movie, but I'm not gonna reveal any details here. Anyhow, the heroine(Isla Fisher) got a humongous credit card bill amounting to $9000++ on her shopping sprees, and she has no money to pay for it. Eventually she found a way to settle it.
The highest credit card bill I've ever had is $12000, but about 90% of it was company expense so I was not worried at all. Now the highest credit card bill I've had on my own expense was $8000++. It got this big because during that time there were some issues with my family back home, and I had to fly back weekly at least once, and spend a few more dollars settling the issue(I did a cash advance) so the bill accumulated and I have absolutely no chance of paying it off quickly. I negotiated with the bank, and asked them to give me a fixed interest, and allow me to pay for it in 24 monthly installments. They agreed, and that's how I settled my bill. So what was the highest credit card bill you've ever had? How did you accumulate that bill, and how did you settle it?
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5 responses
@pitstop (13066)
• India
30 Mar 09
I'm very careful with my credit card and spend only what is within my ability and what is planned.
The max I have spent at one shot is about 1000$ when I purchased some air tickets. I promptly ensured I paid the bill the same month!
@brady2moss (700)
• Singapore
31 Mar 09
Hi there pitstop. Awesome, I'll try to do that from now on. Cheers!
@StillLoadingB (7)
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30 Mar 09
To be honest I love buying stuff but I don't go to far, so my credit card bill is not high but they highest i've had is 1,000 and something
@brady2moss (700)
• Singapore
31 Mar 09
Hi there stillloading. Good for you, at least it's still affordable.
@KrauseHome (36448)
• United States
15 Oct 11
Well the highest one right now, is actually thru a Bank and it is just right around $10,000. I am paying it off monthly and getting it down. Just hope this next time I get it down quite a bit I do not go to them again asking for more $$ back on it and having to start all over. But Credit Cards and credit can get you into trouble if you do not watch it. I have credit with a lot of places and my Credit is getting better. Just wish I was rich enough to get these and my Medical bills paid off so I could be debt Free in time as well.
@vaibhavbansal (427)
• India
30 Mar 09
Hii there.
my credit card bill not always come very high.
actually in other words i don't have a higher limit on my credit card, which even help me in some ways.
i just use my credit card according to my regular needs.
so it never create a hassle to repay the amount.
@brady2moss (700)
• Singapore
31 Mar 09
Hi there vaibhavbansal. Good for you, normally I don't go beyond $300 and I can easily pay it off. Thanks for responding.
@kingparker (9673)
• United States
15 Oct 11
I might be worse than you at this point. I was immaturely spend a lot of money from my credit card, and I am still suffering it to pay it off with all I can. I remember I max out my card to $10,000, and I just pay it down to around $7,000 now. I didn't negotiate with this card, and now they are charging me annual fee. When I pay it down to more than half. I would demand to cancel this card, and I would just trying to use cash strictly.
