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                                                                      EXHIBIT 24



                              THE CREDIT STORE, INC

                                Power of Attorney
                           of Director and/or Officer


The undersigned director and/or officer of The Credit Store, Inc., a Delaware
corporation, does hereby make, constitute and appoint Richard S. Angel and
Michael J. Philippe, and any one of them, the undersigned's true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact, with power of substitution, for the undersigned and in the
undersigned's name, place and stead, to sign and affix the undersigned's name as
such director and/or officer of said Corporation to a Registration Statement or
Registration Statements, on Form S-8 or other applicable form, and all
amendments, including post-effective amendments, thereto, to be filed by said
Corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., in
connection with the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, of shares of
Common Stock of said Corporation authorized for issuance under said
Corporation's 1997 Amended Stock Option Plan, and to file the same, with all
exhibits thereto and other supporting documents, with said Commission, granting
unto said attorneys-in-fact, and either of them, full power and authority to do
and perform any and all acts necessary or incidental to the performance and
execution of the powers herein expressly granted.

                  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set the
undersigned's hand this 30th day of May, 2000.



                                    /s/  Jay L. Botchman
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                                    Jay L. Botchman







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                              THE CREDIT STORE, INC

                                Power of Attorney
                           of Director and/or Officer


The undersigned director and/or officer of The Credit Store, Inc., a Delaware
corporation, does hereby make, constitute and appoint Richard S. Angel and
Michael J. Philippe, and any one of them, the undersigned's true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact, with power of substitution, for the undersigned and in the
undersigned's name, place and stead, to sign and affix the undersigned's name as
such director and/or officer of said Corporation to a Registration Statement or
Registration Statements, on Form S-8 or other applicable form, and all
amendments, including post-effective amendments, thereto, to be filed by said
Corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., in
connection with the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, of shares of
Common Stock of said Corporation authorized for issuance under said
Corporation's 1997 Amended Stock Option Plan, and to file the same, with all
exhibits thereto and other supporting documents, with said Commission, granting
unto said attorneys-in-fact, and either of them, full power and authority to do
and perform any and all acts necessary or incidental to the performance and
execution of the powers herein expressly granted.

                  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set the
undersigned's hand this 30th day of May, 2000.



                                    /s/  Barry Breeman
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                                    Barry Breeman







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                              THE CREDIT STORE, INC

                                Power of Attorney
                           of Director and/or Officer


The undersigned director and/or officer of The Credit Store, Inc., a Delaware
corporation, does hereby make, constitute and appoint Richard S. Angel and
Michael J. Philippe, and any one of them, the undersigned's true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact, with power of substitution, for the undersigned and in the
undersigned's name, place and stead, to sign and affix the undersigned's name as
such director and/or officer of said Corporation to a Registration Statement or
Registration Statements, on Form S-8 or other applicable form, and all
amendments, including post-effective amendments, thereto, to be filed by said
Corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., in
connection with the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, of shares of
Common Stock of said Corporation authorized for issuance under said
Corporation's 1997 Amended Stock Option Plan, and to file the same, with all
exhibits thereto and other supporting documents, with said Commission, granting
unto said attorneys-in-fact, and either of them, full power and authority to do
and perform any and all acts necessary or incidental to the performance and
execution of the powers herein expressly granted.

                  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set the
undersigned's hand this 30th day of May, 2000.




                                    /s/  J. Richard Budd, III
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                                    J. Richard Budd, III





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                              THE CREDIT STORE, INC

                                Power of Attorney
                           of Director and/or Officer


The undersigned director and/or officer of The Credit Store, Inc., a Delaware
corporation, does hereby make, constitute and appoint Richard S. Angel and
Michael J. Philippe, and any one of them, the undersigned's true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact, with power of substitution, for the undersigned and in the
undersigned's name, place and stead, to sign and affix the undersigned's name as
such director and/or officer of said Corporation to a Registration Statement or
Registration Statements, on Form S-8 or other applicable form, and all
amendments, including post-effective amendments, thereto, to be filed by said
Corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., in
connection with the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, of shares of
Common Stock of said Corporation authorized for issuance under said
Corporation's 1997 Amended Stock Option Plan, and to file the same, with all
exhibits thereto and other supporting documents, with said Commission, granting
unto said attorneys-in-fact, and either of them, full power and authority to do
and perform any and all acts necessary or incidental to the performance and
execution of the powers herein expressly granted.

                  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set the
undersigned's hand this 30th day of May, 2000.




                                    /s/  Geoffrey Thompson
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                                    Geoffrey Thompson