What year did you get your first credit card? [View all]

1996 for me. I was 41 years old. Still got it.

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What year did you get your first credit card? [View all]	NNN0LHI	Jun 2012	OP
Probaby in the late 80s/early 90s	cyberswede	Jun 2012	#1
1986. I was taking a trip and thought I should have one	Warpy	Jun 2012	#2
1991	JustAnotherGen	Jun 2012	#3
So, I take it you don't buy their, "Use our online service to save YOU money and time?	ryan_cats	Jun 2012	#26
You got it!	JustAnotherGen	Jun 2012	#30
1984. Interest rates were astronomical. My mom co-signed so I could start establishing credit.	slackmaster	Jun 2012	#4
1973	Turbineguy	Jun 2012	#5
1990 ...... freshman year in college .................	marmar	Jun 2012	#6
1990 - It was a Dayton's store card with a $200.00 limit.	myrna minx	Jun 2012	#7
How funny. Mine was a Hudson's (the Michigan half of the Dayton-Hudson Corp.) ......	marmar	Jun 2012	#10
Ha! We're seperated at credit card birth.	myrna minx	Jun 2012	#13
Frango chocolates = good stuff.	marmar	Jun 2012	#14
Yep - I'd charge meals at Marketplace too when I was low on cash.	myrna minx	Jun 2012	#17
1842	Lint Head	Jun 2012	#8
1994... freshman year of college	belcffub	Jun 2012	#9
1982. Year they took my last credit card away: 2011	hunter	Jun 2012	#11
1976: Sears Card, still have it. My "MasterCharge", turned Visa, since 1987. (nt)	Tarheel_Dem	Jun 2012	#12
1962 or 3	tularetom	Jun 2012	#15
I'll let you know when and if I ever get one.	Iggo	Jun 2012	#16
1982. It was the classic "MasterCard" - white with double circles.	HopeHoops	Jun 2012	#18
I think the first was a JCPenney card - maybe 1984 or so.	TBF	Jun 2012	#19
Long enough ago that I remember	nobodyspecial	Jun 2012	#20
Amoco Credit Card - 18 Years Old	ProfessorGAC	Jun 2012	#21
1982. Still have it.	Zoeisright	Jun 2012	#22
Freshman year when all you had to do was lie about your income	jp11	Jun 2012	#23
Never had one. I'm 53.	greendog	Jun 2012	#24
1974 at Gimbels Department Store (24 years old)	badtoworse	Jun 2012	#25
late '70s, after 1975	Blue_In_AK	Jun 2012	#27
1981. Still have it. n/t	lumberjack_jeff	Jun 2012	#28
1970-something, a JC Penneys credit card	rustydog	Jun 2012	#29
Never got one, probably one of the smarter things I did in my life	MadHound	Jun 2012	#31
1994.	RiffRandell	Jun 2012	#32
Mom had one in the 50s.	trof	Jun 2012	#33
1975, right out of high school.	sufrommich	Jun 2012	#34
Still never had one	Recursion	Jun 2012	#35