Honestly, I was in high school. So, no, not really. There were other reasons that no one would give me a credit card.
> It took a credit management service and ten years of steady payments, but I'm now out of (consumer) debt. Thankfully.
Wait, you mean the binder full of credit cards didn't work out to a billion-dollar company for you?!? That sucks. I guess we're 1 for 2 on that one today.... 50% chance of success. /s
I had income, and I wasn’t like a million dollars in debt, just $100,000. But I was barely making my mortgage payment and I was getting new credit card applications in the mail every week.
I do. Credit cards weren't hard to get. Even if you were in debt up to your eyeballs. I know because I was, and I could still get new credit cards.
It took a credit management service and ten years of steady payments, but I'm now out of (consumer) debt. Thankfully.
<Edit> Sorry if the above sounded snarky. Being that much in debt still evokes some painful memories.