FINGERHUT RECEIVABLES INC
8-K, 1997-11-24
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	       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

		     Washington, D.C.  20549



			    FORM 8-K



			 CURRENT REPORT
	     Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
		 Securities Exchange Act of 1934

	Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):

			  November 18, 1997

		     FINGERHUT MASTER TRUST
		   FINGERHUT RECEIVABLES, INC.
	   (Originator of the Fingerhut Master Trust)
     (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


    Delaware                 033-77780            41-1783128
(State of Incorporation) (Commission File Number) (IRS Employer
						  Identification No.)

	     
   4400 Baker Road, Suite F480, Minnetonka, Minnesota   55343
	    (Address of principal executive offices)
				
			 (612) 936-5035
      (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
				
				
				
								 
								 
		   FINGERHUT RECEIVABLES, INC.
				
		   Current Report on Form 8-K


Item 7.     Financial Statements and Exhibits

	    Ex.  20.a      Series  1994-1 October Certificateholder's
			   Statement
	   
	   
			    SIGNATURE


	 Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities  Exchange
Act  of  1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report  to  be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

				     FINGERHUT RECEIVABLES, INC.



				     By  /s/James M. Wehmann
					 President and Treasurer




Dated:  November 24, 1997


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														    Exhibit 20a
Fingerhut Receivables, Inc.                                        Fingerhut Master Trust                        Monthly Report
Certificateholder's Statement                                          Series 1994-1                                     Oct-97
Section 5.2                                      Class A         Class B         Class C           Class D           Total   
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(i)   Certificate Amount                     119,316,666.67   92,050,000.00   92,050,000.00    122,728,000.00    426,144,666.67
(ii)  Certificate Principal Distributed       59,658,333.33            0.00            0.00                       59,658,333.33
(iii) Certificate Interest Distributed           608,763.58      493,426.35      525,132.47                        1,627,322.40
	 Total Distribution per $1,000 Certificate (Original Class A Certificate Amount = $715,900,000.00)               

Certificate Principal Distributed per $1,000     83.3333333       0.0000000       0.0000000                               
Certificate Interest Distributed per $1,000       0.8503472       5.3604166       5.7048612                               
(iv) Principal Collections                    49,361,351.01    6,346,853.43    6,346,853.43      8,462,103.50     70,517,161.37
(v)  Imputed Yield Collections                 3,815,638.33    2,115,617.79    2,115,617.79      2,813,360.27     10,860,234.18
     Recoveries                                  348,310.35      268,713.24      268,713.24        358,036.90      1,243,773.73
     Interest Earned on Prefunded Accounts             0.00            0.00            0.00              0.00              0.00
     Total Imputed Yield Collections           4,163,948.68    2,384,331.03    2,384,331.03      3,171,397.17     12,104,007.91
	Total Collections                     53,525,299.69    8,731,184.46    8,731,184.46     11,633,500.67     82,621,169.28
(vi) Aggregate Amount of Principal Receivables                                                                 1,173,790,588.20
     Invested Amount (End of Month)          119,316,666.67   92,050,000.00   92,050,000.00    122,728,000.00    426,144,666.67
     Floating Allocation Percentage             10.1650727%      7.8421143%      7.8421143%       10.4556981%       36.3049995%
     Invested Amount (Beginning of Month)    178,975,000.00   92,050,000.00   92,050,000.00    122,728,000.00    485,803,000.00
     Average Daily Invested Amount                                                                               474,862,867.38
(vii)  Receivable Delinquencies (As a % of Total Receivables)                                                   
       Current                                                                                         75.24%  1,177,589,444.90
       30 Days to 59 Days                                                                               5.83%     91,303,089.56
       60 Days to 89 Days                                                                               3.87%     60,499,713.79 
       90 Days and Over                                                                                15.06%    235,661,869.35 
	       Total Receivables                                                                          100.00%  1,565,054,117.60 
 (viii) Aggregate Investor Default Amount                                                                          7,543,843.19 
	As a % of Average Daily Invested Amount  (Annualized based on 365 days/year)                                     20.71% 
 (ix)  Certificate Charge-Offs                                                           
       Class A                                                                                                             0.00
       Class B                                                                                                             0.00
       Class C                                                                                                             0.00
	    Total Certificate Charge-Offs                                                                                  0.00
 (x)   Servicing Fee                                                             
       Class A                                                                                                       298,291.56
       Class B                                                                                                       153,416.76
       Class C                                                                                                       153,416.76
       Class D                                                                                                       204,546.72
	    Total Servicing Fee                                                                                      809,671.80
 (xi)  Pool Factor                                                               
       Class A                                                                                                        0.1666667
       Class B                                                                                                        1.0000000
       Class C                                                                                                        1.0000000
 (xii) Reallocated Principal Collections                                                         
       Class B                                                                                                             0.00
       Class C                                                                                                             0.00
       Class D  ** Everything was reimbursed by the end of the fiscal month.                                       1,402,380.28
 (xiii) Excess Funding Account Balance                                                                                     0.00
	Prefunding Account Balance                                                                                         0.00
 (xiv) Class C Trigger Event Occurrence                                                                                    None
       Class C Reserve Amount                                                                                               N/A
 Average Net Portfolio Yield                                                                                           12.5184%
 Minimum Base Rate                                                                                                      8.1785%
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