I'm in debt for about 4K in credit cards and the same in PDLs. I filed CH. 7 in '04, all was going well until a death in the family and moving to another residence. As a result, I resorted to the Pay Day loans and credit cards. Not just any cards, but the ones where the limit is $250, but the initial usage is only $75 dollars. This all happened very fast, from June '05 to Dec. '05, I was swimming in debt that I had not planned on. I still shake my head knowing that I should be 8K in the black vs. being in the red. I have defaulted on most of the PDLs. A couple have gone to collection.