5 Seemingly Harmless Things That Can Hurt Your Credit

By Gerri Detweiler "Mom," my daughter said as she stood by my desk recently waiting for one of her homework assignments to print from my computer, "Did you pay this bill? It was due Oct. 4." She asked me this on Oct. 14. And no, I hadn't paid it. The bill she was talking about was a "toll by plate" bill for $7.50. In some parts of Florida tollbooths have disappeared and drivers either pay using a Sunpass or get a bill, like I did, when a picture of their license plate is captured on one of these...