CONTINUING CASE Choosing a Source of Credit: The Costs of Credit Alternatives Jamie Lee Jackson, age 27, full-time student and part-time bakery employee, is busy setting up her new home. Her budget isa little tight now as she made the decision to move in to a place of her own, which gives her privacy and independence, but all of the expenses are now her responsibility Jamie Lee applied for three store credit cards when she was shopping for her furnishings. The excitement of making selections and the attractiveness of percentages off her purchases made the credit card offers too good to pass up. It was all too easy to select 252 CONTINUING CASE Choosing a Source of Credit: The Costs of Credit Alternatives Jamie Lee Jackson, age 27, full-time student and part-time bakery employee, is busy setting up her new home. Her budget isa little tight now as she made the decision to move in to a place of her own, which gives her privacy and independence, but all of the expenses are now her responsibility Jamie Lee applied for three store credit cards when she was shopping for her furnishings. The excitement of making selections and the attractiveness of percentages off her purchases made the credit card offers too good to pass up. It was all too easy to select 252