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A $600 Repair Tests Whether Savings or Interest Pays

A $600 car repair hits the same, savings or not — what changes is the bill afterward. Pay in cash and the $600 is simply gone. Put it on a high-interest card and every future payment covers the repair plus the interest piling up.

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