Article: Live Goose Paid for With Credit Card; Money Management International Uncovers Strange, but True, Stories of Credit Usage.

HOUSTON -- HOUSTON, April 11 /PRNewswire/ -- To help promote National Credit Education Week (April 14-18, 2003), Money Management International asked "what's the weirdest thing you ever charged to your credit card?" and got some very interesting responses.

Credit can be a very effective money management tool. Many people use credit cards for convenience, unplanned expenses and business reimbursements. Although the following purchases may sound somewhat strange, the individuals doing the buying seem to have learned how to use credit wisely:

 
  Convenience 
  --  "I went to a farm supply store and purchased a live goose for a former 
  boss that had ...





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