Credit cards are widely used in the United States that some establishments no longer accept cash purchases. A person who does not wish to be in a scenario where he has to do an emergency purchase but could not do so because he does not have a credit card should try considering the possibility of getting a card for the sake of his sanity.
Some people who do not have credit cards now used to own one or two plastics. However they may have failed to pay for the cards and ended up having bad credit. Some people want to get credit cards but are hesitant because they have unpaid loans or credit.
These people are classified by lending and credit card companies as bad credit. It means that credit card companies and other lending companies will most probably turn down any application from a bad credit because it is considered a credit risk.
It is difficult to apply even for a bank account if a person has bad credit. It is even more difficult for a person with bad credit to apply for a credit card. Financial and similar applications will require companies to look into the credit status of a person. And when the companies see that a person has become a credit...