Han Solo Your Credit Cards

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I’ve written about controlling impulse spending by practicing tantric shopping. Well, if that’s still not helping, here’s a fail safe way to control your impulse buying, especially with credit cards. I call it the Han Solo frozen carbonite method. If you’ll remember, in Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, Han Solo is frozen in carbonite and delivered to Jabba the Hutt. In Return of the Jedi, Luke saves him.

How To Han Solo Your Credit Cards

We’re going to do the same thing to your credit cards that Boba Fett did to Han Solo. Round up all your credit cards. If debit cards contribute to your impulse spending, get them, too. Throw them all in a plastic bag and fill the bag up with water. Now, put them in the freezer and walk away. Instead of carbonite, your credit cards will be frozen in a couple of inches of solid ice. When the urge to spend comes, you’ll have to wait a few hours while the ice containing your cards melts. This gives you some time to think over whether you really need make the purchase.

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5 Comments

1. crazypumpkin on 14.09.2007 at 13:50 (Reply)

   I always laugh at this suggestion. I’m good about staying out of stores, so yes, it would help there. But it’s online purchases I have a problem with. And since I have my card number and info MEMORIZED, freezing the card makes no difference to me!

2. strange bird on 16.09.2007 at 12:31 (Reply)

   Oh wow, the new layout looks GREAT!

3. Kaleb on 18.09.2007 at 12:32 (Reply)

   A couple of hours? I already used my credit card to buy a fancy microwave. Now it’s more like 20 seconds.

   “This baby can flash-fry a buffalo in 30 seconds.” - Moe
   “30 seconds? But I want it now!” - Homer

   Don’t bother correcting my quotes, it was from memory.

   1. Brett McKay on 18.09.2007 at 13:58 (Reply)

      Microwave… hmmm… I didn’t think about that one. Dude, I remember that quote. I love Simpsons quotes.

4. Susan on 21.09.2007 at 11:57 (Reply)

   I’ve done this. When I put it in the plastic bag, the card fell to the bottom while freezing and it there was barely any ice encasing it. You’d be better off actually cutting it, or even getting your significant other to hide it from you.

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