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and the unemployed.
( , Wed 30 Oct 2013, 13:55, Reply)

Some will. There are also lenders which sell money rather than charge interest. That's more responsible; missed payments don't cause the debt to snowball. If it's face to face collections as well then it's much easier to manage repayment plans if someone does get into difficulty.
( , Wed 30 Oct 2013, 13:57, Reply)

to pay the catalogue and get some fags would fail to see the distinction.
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( , Wed 30 Oct 2013, 14:21, Reply)

to be making decisions like that sensibly versus going after people that have proven themselves incompetent at life in general and money in particular in order to squeeze the last bit of solvency out of them.
Payday loan companies are saying that if you pay the loan back on time the APR is meaningless and so it is. However, they're going into business betting that the people they're lending to won't be paying it back. Other institutions are betting that you will.
Perhaps that's overly simplistic, but I'm not an accountant.
( , Wed 30 Oct 2013, 14:31, Reply)

It is also how the lenders make it very lucrative.
( , Wed 30 Oct 2013, 14:33, Reply)
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