Once again, I want to thank all the bloggers who participated in the credit card survey. My natural response as a fellow pf blogger is to link back to them. However, they were 40+ of them and simply listing them on a post would add no value. It would be like a carnival without post!

So in the spirit of this credit card survey, I decided to highlight the participants, and also highlight their best post about credit cards on their blogs (my opinion of what is best off course). Hence, I would say this is a thank you post but also a collection of really great credit card articles from the pf bloggers. I would like to consider this the Mother of all Credit Card Carnivals!. Bear in mind that some of the bloggers that participated in the survey did not really have any credit card posts on their sites. In those cases, I justed highlighted their blogs. So without wasting any more time, let’s begin (in no particular order of preference or any criteria) :

SVB from The Digerati Life is my good friend and probably has the blog with the best pictures and captions. You will love her rant about money, life, work and other stuff on her blog. Plus the great pictures too. One of my favorite post on her blog about credit is 4 methods she has used to reduce credit card debt

JD from Get Rich Slowly is arguably the granddaddy of all PF blogs with over 50,000 rss subscribers! And JD has just been around for over a year. JD has written quite a bit on credit cards and one of the better posts that I liked was a quick trick for tracking credit card expenses in Quicken

Trent from The Simple Dollar is another big hitter in the pf space. Trent has written quite a few post on credit cards. The one I like best is his take on seven nifty tactics credit card companies use to get into your pocket.

Cathy from Chief Family Officer is an attorney and mother of two. She is also (obviously) the CFO of her household. This is one of the more personal finance blog that I enjoy reading (it’s not often you get an attorney who blogs about finances!). She recently wrote a credit card post explaining that merchants cannot set a minimum or maximum on the amount where they will or will not accept credit cards. Definitely check out this post.

You should check out the about us page to find out why Aryn from Sound Money Matters started her blog. She has a very interesting credit card post on how the purchase protection feature in credit cards saved her friend $800.

Tricia from Blogging Away Debt – When I started reading Tricia’s blog, she had over $30,000 in credit card debt. That figure is now slightly over $8,000. If you are struggling with your credit card debt, Tricia will be an inspiration to you. Tricia wrote about the one charge that started her journey to racking up $37,000 in credit card debt.

Free From Broke is married with 2 kids, both himself and his wife work full time in NY and finds it challenging to save (hey what do expect if you live in NY!). He has written a very interesting experience about lowering his credit card interest rate. I won’t reveal the ending, but you’ve got to read this one.

Poorer Than You is a blog written by a student. I saw a few credit card posts that I really enjoyed reading. One of them is about her application hell when applying for a student credit card.

Kimberly from Alpha Consumer is actually one of the blogs of US News. She is one of the “corporate bloggers” who has taken the time to get involve in our “mom and pop” finance world. One of her recent credit card post that caught my attention was about the latest credit card scam. You should definitely be aware of this.

Lynae from Being Frugal will tell you ways to save money and be frugal that you would never dream of. You will learn how to save money by reading what she has to say. Check out her credit card story.

Mrs Micah is only 22, just got married (starting early?), has student loan debt and is documenting her journey to financial freedom. She is pretty entrepreneurial as well, having started Finwikian, a finance wiki. Way to go Mrs Micah. By the way, she has just got her very first credit card.

Single Ma of Fabulous Financials Fabulous Financials belongs to ’single ma’ who is a 30 something with a little ‘Diva” (kid) as she calls it. Earlier this year, she reviewed her annual credit card limits.

David from Money Ning has a Masters in Computer Engineering and has had lots of interesting jobs and also a very interesting background. He just got married also. His blog is interesting as he has a couple of calculators . Check out his post about credit card payments in self service kiosk

Saving Advice is a blog about savings and frugality. It has several authors and the person who responded to my survey was Jeffrey Strain. There were over 90+ credit card posts on their blog. After going through the whole lot, I decided to highlight this post which is about one of the authors (not Jeffrey) true experience of having 7 unauthorized credit cards opened in his name. What a massive identity theft.

Emily Gerson writes for Taking Charge of Credit Cards. Her post (as with most of her colleagues) are mainly news, announcements oriented. I’ve picked this post because I’ve never seen this advice given anywhere. It is about how our soldiers who work or fight abroad can take measures to protect themselves from identity theft.

Paid Twice gave the title of his blog “I’ve paid for this twice already”, because he or she (can’t assume can you?) figured that he probably paid twice for everything that was charged to the credit card when you factor in the interest rate! This is another blog journey from debt to hopefully (more wealth – financial freedom is getting a little stale!). One of the credit card posts l like is him telling us about his son wanting a BlueSky Amex!.

Blunt Money is a remarried mom who has been through quite a bit (given what she wrote in her about me page). Presently, she only has her mortgage as her debt. Her blog is very personal as she documents her financial and other life. Recently, she has written a post on why putting your credit cards on ice is not the way to go.

RC from Think Your Way to Wealth is married with 2 kids. I though that his post about creating an aggressive credit card debt elimination plan was worth highlighting here.

Trees Full of Money is a blog by Benjamin and he has actually quite a few very good credit card posts. He once had over $90,000 in credit card debt and he paid them off after a couple of years following a plan. In my opinion, one of his best post is The complete guide to protecting your identity, which is one of the best post that I’ve seen written on this topic.

Kevin from No Debt Plan is a blog about debt free life. He has a great advice: Only buy appreciating assets on credit. Can’t agree more – that means pay in full for your car and electronic gadgets. (perhaps maybe even for a home right now?)

Nina Smith and Andrea Cecile from Queer Cents are two of many authors from Queer Cents that participated in this survey. There are quite a few credit card posts on that blog. I’ve picked this one from Nina to highlight here : How to prevent identity theft?

David from Money under 30 used to write for SmartMoney even though (in his own words) ” I was still as dumb about my own money as could be. Each day, however, I interviewed somebody who was, in fact, smart with money, and lessons I learned about 401ks and bonds and insurance and mutual funds I filed away for a rainy afternoon.”! I want to highlight a post on his blog where he gave an advice of also considering a personal loan as an alternative to a credit card.

Debt Free Revolution is an Army wife, an Iraq veteran, a college student, a mom, family CFO, and a Domino’s pizza delivery driver to get her family out of the chain of debt! In February this year, she was debt free except for her house. She has written a thought provoking post on kids and credit cards and wonders who is to blame

Madison Dupaix from My Dollar Plan helps start and participate in investment clubs. She also “loosely manages” money for 4 relatives! Her post on 7 ways to pay off credit card debt is one of her more popular post on her site.

Andy from Money Walks is a 20 something year old student from Maryland whose goal is not only to retire early but to retire rich enough to where money is no longer a burden. He loves credit cards and in this post, he gives his reasons why

Melissa from A Penny Closer loves to cook! (well, that was what she said in her about me page). She also has a business degree and has worked in the technology and consulting business. She wrote a post a while back on how she chose her credit card.

Mr DebtBeater from Debt Beater has six kids! His blog is a about his journey to be debt free. In fact, DebtBeater is not a fan of credit cards and has even cut up his credit cards.

Clever Dude says he both makes and spends money (do’t we all) and wrote a post about credit card skimming at Redbox Stations that is worth reading.

All Financial Matters is a personal finance blog by JLP. His about me page is one of the longest I’ve seen (really personal – so check it out when you head over to his site). My post pick from his blog is about consolidating credit cards.

James & Miel from Dinks Finance have a really cool blog which is very personal indeed. I wanted to highlight this post about how to be savvy about the way you use your credit card

Ryan from Debt Reduction Formula had one of his readers write a post about whether credit cards were good or bad. Age old topic – it’s like fire – it has good uses but can be abused or cause damage when not used with care.

Finance Girl from Finance Gets Personal is twenty something and is looking to get out of debt in a few years (as claimed in her about me page). She and her husband bought their home in 2005 (at the highs?), but has since reduced $50,000 in debt (way to go). Well, she recently finally got out of her credit card debt and is now debt free. For those who still have credit card debt, this should serve as an inspiration.

John from the Mighty Bargain Hunter – John has a great blog with lots of money saving tips and lots of deals on his home page! John also started the Carnival of Debt Reduction. John clearly loves his credit card but hates credit card debt, and in this post, he clarifies that you can makes use of he perks of credit cards and yet not get into debt.

Millionaire Money Habits is a blog by Ryan Taylor and though there aren’t any credit card related posts, I found his blog pretty interesting. It is more about becoming a millionaire (as the blog implies).

Frugal Trader from Million Dollar Journey is from Canada and it is interesting to read about finance in Canada and from their perspective.

Living off Dividends is a blog more about investing. The author recently made the trip to Berkshire Hathaway’s annual meeting (which tells me that he or she is a real student in investing).

Father Sez is a father of 4 girls and a boy. He blogs about personal finance and hopes to pass on some of his wisdom.

Investor Blogger is more of an investor blog that focuses on investing. There aren’t really any credit card related posts on the blog.

Dan from Everyday Finance is more of an investing blog. He even lists his personal holdings and measures himself versus the S&P 500.

Not The Jetset is a fan of Dave Ramsey and thinks Suze Orman is a shill. Actually, I don’t disagree with him. I can’t seem to find any credit card post here but it has some creative posts.

Four Pillars is a Canadian PF blog written by Mike and Mr Cheap. It’s really Canadian focused and it does not really have any credit card topics.

The Great Loan Blog is run by Mr Mortgage and though there are no credit card posts on the blog, it actually has great posts on the economy and mortgages (which I think are relevant to many of us these days).

Bryce from Save and Conquer started his blog because his friends requested that he posts his thoughts on a blog. So he started one! He hardly has any credit card post (except for a couple written by guests).

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