I guess I went too fast.
No, you can't keep the money without paying it back. But you did pay it back when you sent in the application. You were the one loaning the money to them through your application.
They don't give you money trusting that you will pay them back. They borrow your money from you, and pay it back with theirs. The money they borrow from you is the application form with your signature on it. They pay it back by sending you the credit card. You simply transfer the card to cash at the ATM, or product at the store.
Most people have it backwards, regarding who is loaning what to whom when.
If you don't want the card cancelled, you need to make payments. If you want to cancel the card, simply keep the money that they traded to you for the app.
You might wind up going to court, but you don't have to. And if you understand how they are trying to mess with you for no cause, you will win. Google "Tom Schauf, bank loans." Look here
https://rodscontracts.com/docs/TomSchauf/001AmericasHopeHowToCancelBankLoans.pdf and here
http://discharge-debt.com/id135.htm. There are many more.
The greatest understanding in all this is, bank and lending institution loans are not loans. Rather, they are methods for creating new money, that you and the bank do together.
Ok, thanks for the pdf and the discharge-debt where it explains it very well. I don't understand how debts are good for a country since it could lead
to an economic collapse. We do not take in consideration loaning trillions of dollars to students who we are expected to pay back.
I found out something interesting. It looks like putting a country in debts is better than having the country with 0 debts. I found this:
A nation's debt grows when its revenues are less than its expenditures; to be able to fill the gap, it has to borrow the money. It can reduce the amount it borrows in one of two ways. The country can either raise revenues or decrease its expenditures.
My vision about debts is still blurred. I am not able to envision the advantages of getting a small loan of $10k, and pay back $10.8k
Do you guys use it for shopping? Open businesses? Or do you hope to increase your loan such that you can take a huge amount out and
successfully multiply the value?
I don't understand how this enables me to benefit on the long term when all it happens is the bank taking more money from me. I borrow $10k and, in
most cases your net worth is $800 down because you have debts. I understand it helps the nation, by why would an individual get into debts?
Let's take a middle class example/scenario.
You earn $1.8k/month or $21.6k/year
You can get $8k from your credit card and you repay back 8% or, let's just assume it's your first year and pay 0% interest.
You've got $8k you repay $8k.
Why did you get $8k from your credit card? Do you use it to make yourself feel richer when your year income is low?
Do I have to remind you that, if you earn $29k this year (salary + loan), in the following 12 months you will earn only
$13k (salary - loan)?
Makes no sense, or I'm too stupid to see the benefits. Enlighten me by showing me the advantages