FINGERHUT RECEIVABLES INC
8-K, 1998-11-16
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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 12, 1998

		     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 1998-1 October Certificateholders' Statement
	   
	           Ex. 20.b Series 1998-2 October Certificateholders' 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/Brian M. Szames
       					 Brian M. Szames
       					 President and Treasurer




Dated:  November 15, 1998






<TABLE>
Exhibit 20.a
Fingerhut Receivables, Inc.                     Fingerhut Master Trust                                             Monthly Report
Securityholder's Statement                      Series 1998-1                                                            Oct-1998
                                          						   Class A          Class B           CTO          Class D               Total   
<C>                                            <C>              <C>             <C>             <C>                <C>
(i)   Security Amount                          337,500,000.00   51,136,000.00   61,364,000.00   61,364,000.00      511,364,000.00
(ii)  Security Principal Distributed                     0.00            0.00            0.00                                0.00
(iii) Security Interest Distributed              1,707,187.50      268,037.87      338,652.37                        2,313,877.74
      Security Principal Distributed per $1,000     0.0000000       0.0000000       0.0000000                                   
      Security Interest Distributed per $1,000      5.0583333       5.2416667       5.5187467                                   
(iv) Principal Collections                      23,319,839.10    3,533,283.83    4,239,995.87     4,239,995.87      35,333,114.67
(v)  Finance Collections                         8,180,467.92    1,239,456.02    1,487,366.62     1,487,366.62      12,394,657.18
     Recoveries                                  1,100,010.63      166,667.09      200,003.12      200,003.12        1,666,683.96
     Defeasance Funding Acct Earnings                    0.00            0.00            0.00             0.00               0.00
       	Total Finance Collections                9,280,478.55    1,406,123.11    1,687,369.74     1,687,369.74      14,061,341.14
       	   Total Collections                    32,600,317.65    4,939,406.94    5,927,365.61     5,927,365.61      49,394,455.81
 (vi) Aggregate Amount of Principal Receivables                                                                  1,213,088,768.43
      Invested Amount (End of Month)           337,500,000.00   51,136,000.00   61,364,000.00    61,364,000.00     511,364,000.00
      Floating Allocation Percentage              27.8215419%      4.2153552%      5.0584921%       5.0584921%        42.1538813%
      Invested Amount (Beginning of Month)     337,500,000.00   51,136,000.00   61,364,000.00    61,364,000.00     511,364,000.00
      Average Daily Invested Amount                                                                                511,364,000.00
 (vii)  Receivable Delinquencies                                                                                
      	Current                                                                                          78.81%   1,257,712,790.27
       30 Days to 59 Days                                                                                5.00%      79,811,955.92
       60 Days to 89 Days                                                                                3.32%      52,984,513.38
       90 Days and Over                                                                                 12.87%     205,469,453.16
        Total Receivables                                                                              100.00%   1,595,978,712.73
(viii) Aggregate Investor Default Amount                                                                             8,350,519.70
       As a % of Average Daily Invested Amount  (Annualized based on 365 days/year)                                        21.29%
(ix)  Security Charge-Offs                               0.00           0.00            0.00              0.00               0.00
											
 (x)   Servicing Fee                               517,808.22       78,455.23      94,147.51         94,147.51         784,558.47
											
(xi)  Pool Factor                                    1.000000        1.000000       1.000000 
											     
(xii) Unreimbursed Redirected Principal Collections                  0.000000       0.000000          0.000000               0.00
(xiii) Excess Funding Account Balance                                                                                        0.00
(xiv) CTO Trigger Event Occurrence                                                                                           None
      CTO Reserve Amount                                                                                                      N/A
(xv) Number of New Accounts Added to the Trust                                                                             80,411
(xvi) Revolving Receivables Reserve Account Balance                                                                   $750,000.00
(xvii) Defeasance Funding Account Balance                                                                                    0.00
Average Net Portfolio Yield                                                                                                14.56%
Minimum Base Rate                                                                                                           8.11%
</TABLE>


<TABLE>
Exhibit 20.b
Fingerhut Receivables, Inc.                     Fingerhut Master Trust                                              Monthly Report
Securityholder's Statement                      Series 1998-2                                                             Oct-1998
							                                                Class A         Class B         CTO            Class D          Total  
<C>                                                <C>               <C>             <C>            <C>             <C>
(i)   Security Amount                              337,500,000.00    51,136,000.00   61,364,000.00  61,364,000.00   511,364,000.00
(ii)  Security Principal Distributed                         0.00             0.00            0.00                            0.00
(iii) Security Interest Distributed                  1,752,187.50       277,412.80      346,834.24                    2,376,434.54
											
Security Principal Distributed per $1,000               0.0000000        0.0000000       0.0000000
Security Interest Distributed per $1,000                5.1916667        5.4250000       5.6520800
(iv) Principal Collections                          23,319,839.10     3,533,283.83    4,239,995.87   4,239,995.87    35,333,114.67
(v)  Finance Collections                             8,180,467.92     1,239,456.02    1,487,366.62   1,487,366.62    12,394,657.18
     Recoveries                                      1,100,010.63       166,667.09      200,003.12     200,003.12     1,666,683.96
     Defeasance Funding Acct Earnings                        0.00             0.00            0.00           0.00             0.00
       	Total Finance Collections                    9,280,478.55     1,406,123.11    1,687,369.74   1,687,369.74    14,061,341.14
       	  Total Collections                         32,600,317.65     4,939,406.94    5,927,365.61   5,927,365.61    49,394,455.81
 (vi) Aggregate Amount of Principal Receivables                                                                   1,213,088,768.43
      Invested Amount (End of Month)               337,500,000.00    51,136,000.00   61,364,000.00  61,364,000.00   511,364,000.00
      Floating Allocation Percentage                   27.8215419%      4.2153552%      5.0584921%     5.0584921%      42.1538813%
      Invested Amount (Beginning of Month)          337,500,000.00   51,136,000.00   61,364,000.00  61,364,000.00   511,364,000.00
      Average Daily Invested Amount                                                                                 511,364,000.00
 (vii)  Receivable Delinquencies                                                                               
       	Current                                                                                            78.81% 1,257,712,790.27
       	30 Days to 59 Days                                                                                  5.00%    79,811,955.92
       	60 Days to 89 Days                                                                                  3.32%    52,984,513.38
       	90 Days and Over                                                                                   12.87%   205,469,453.16
       	    Total Receivables                                                                             100.00% 1,595,978,712.73
(viii) Aggregate Investor Default Amount                                                                              8,350,519.70
	 As a % of Average Daily Invested Amount  (Annualized based on 365 days/year)                                              21.29%
(ix)  Security Charge-Offs                                    0.00            0.00           0.00            0.00             0.00
											
 (x)   Servicing Fee                                    517,808.22       78,455.23      94,147.51       94,147.51       784,558.47
											
(xi)  Pool Factor                                         1.000000        1.000000       1.000000
(xii) Unreimbursed Redirected Principal Collections                       0.000000       0.000000        0.000000             0.00
(xiii) Excess Funding Account Balance                                                                                         0.00
(xiv) CTO Trigger Event Occurrence                                                                                            None
      CTO Reserve Amount                                                                                                       N/A
(xv) Number of New Accounts Added to the Trust                                                                              80,411
(xvi) Revolving Receivables Reserve Account Balance                                                                    $750,000.00
(xvii) Defeasance Funding Account Balance                                                                                     0.00
Average Net Portfolio Yield                                                                                                 14.56%
Minimum Base Rate                                                                                                            8.28%
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