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Cash advancing is a new way to continue it ensnare an already increasing debt ridden populous with the additional burden of trying to pay back a ridiculously high interest rate loan off. These type of loans are a trap within a trap. Example lets say you borrow $350.00, and your payback amount is $425.00, when you receive your next paycheck you can pay back the full amount plus interest, or you can renew the loan and pay the interest only. For the average minimum wage person, or even the slightly above poverty line minimum wage person, will usually opt for the refinance. The refinance charge can applied several times over six months or more, which results in the person actually paying off the loan in full over the six months, and still have the remaining principal balance to contend with! This results in placing the borrower back in the precarious position they were in to begin with! There is also a temptation to apply for more than one cash advance loan, which is very addictive. Addictive in the sense that you are getting another cash loan and will probably only pay the minimal interest fee, and this will give the person the feeling that they are somehow coming out ahead or beating the odds, as a gambler would say. Inevitably leaving you owing all the loans in the end, and having to get another advance to pay off the other advances. Cash advancing is very addictive, and a hell of a ride to get off of once you get on.
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by Jamie Monk
I think the term "addictive" in relation to this topic is rather exaggerated as it implies something you cannot stop doing
Can people become addicted to taking out cash advance loans?
Like many things in life that offer quick rewards with seemingly
by Richard Ford
Yes it is, and terribly expensive.
Rather like any other addiction the only way to stop is to stop.
Sure, you will suffer for
Addictive or vicous?
I would rather term cash advancing as vicious rather than addictive. You have your streams of revenue
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