I don't have slippery-slope problems with respect to buying "on credit"
But bear in mind that some other people might. If DeVliegenderHollander suspects he may be one, then avoiding credit cards could be a very sensible move for him.
But bear in mind that some other people might.
A fair point, but it still seems to me that thinking of credit cards primarily as means of borrowing money is misguided.
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