Recession fails to stop shopaholics, survey claims

Written by Alexander Clunies on August 29, 2010 – 11:13 pm

The recession has done little to reduce consumer spending and personal debt, according to one survey which claims that more than £24bn of unsecured debt has been amassed during the economic downturn.

Comparison service uSwitch has claimed that “shopaholics” have been largely undeterred by the recession, with women amassing more than £13bn of personal debt compared to £10bn for men.

The website defines a recession shopaholic as someone who has built up more than half of their unsecured debt through fashion purchases – and while there are more female than male shopping addicts – about 4 million and 3 million respectively – men acquire a higher average personal debt of £3,425 compared with £3,353 for women.

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What Is The Most Principal Aspect Of Debt Elimination

Written by Stephanie Ratcliffe on August 29, 2010 – 2:42 pm

What is Debt Elimination ?. The objective with debt eliminations is to get rid of costly interest by paying of your debt as quick as possible Occasionally debt elimination refers to do-it-yourself techniques such as living frugally, making a budget, or using the debt snowball method. Other times it refers to working with a debt elimination company also known as a debt relief company. If you have hefty amount of credit card debt and battling to pay it, it is sensible to research the possible debt elimination techniques that will permit you to become debt free. Full Post…


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Avoiding Bankruptcy – Bankruptcy Alternatives

Written by Amelia Gordon on August 29, 2010 – 12:20 pm

Most people who are in debt are looking desperately for a way to avoid bankruptcy. They scramble to create new budgets, ways to spend less and make their pennies stretch further. Much to the dismay of countless consumers, it’s a relatively simple process to get into debt, but not so easy to get out of. Buy now, pay later has been the source of many consumers financial destruction. What you purchase on credit today, may look affordable in your budget, it may even BE affordable at the moment. The problem is that things change very quickly in the wide world of finance and with the economy shrinking the way that is has been in recent months, what you could afford comfortably 3 years ago is no longer affordable today. F

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How Debt Management Plans can help you?

Written by Stephanie Ratcliffe on August 24, 2010 – 7:00 pm

Debt management plans are offered by debt Management Company to provide aid in debt. But keep in mind that they don’t offer free services at all; they charge money to prepare financial statement or budget according to your situation. These companies only handle unsecured debts. Generally, they take a charge of your debt. Debtors make monthly payments to company and it distributes the same amount towards creditors after deducting their fees. Usually, companies charge 30% their fees and distribute the 70% amount towards creditors on pro-rata basis.

After adopting debt management plans, you are not required to deal with any creditor. T

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