> Where does the money come from you ask?
> Paypal/credit card most likely.

Almost daily, it's easier and easier to pay for 
cels from stores, deputies, and even private 
individuals with credit cards. I've talked to 
more than one person who admitted to me they have 
a more than $1000 balance on their credit card(s) 
from cels *alone*! (One person, over $3000.) And 
every time, it's always in connection with words 
similar to: "it will get paid off eventually".  
Heck, an argument for accepting Paypal is that 
people will bid higher when they can pay with a 
credit card than they would if they had to shell 
out cash for a money order.

I completely do NOT understand this attitude, 
since I was always taught that a credit card is a 
convienience ONLY. Nothing goes on it which you 
can't pay for immediately, and when your bill 
comes, you pay it down to *zero*.

There must be more people in "cel debt" than have 
talked to me about it. . . The more I think of 
how many people that could be, the more I think 
that perhaps part of the reason cels are going 
for scandalous amounts of money is because people 
*AREN'T* paying for them! They're sticking it on 
a credit card and just paying their minimum 
amount due - which is often piddling. (Example: 
For a $600 balance on my MC, my minimum amount 
due is only about $20. O_o;)

I would be very interested to know what people 
think of this?? Do people think that the growing 
ability to dodge cel costs onto credit cards is 
pushing up cel prices? I really think it is 
becoming a signifigant factor! I get the feeling 
many cels are going to not even those with the 
deepest pockets, but to those with the highest 
credit card limit. . .

Many Sharp Smiles,
--Drac