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keithbvadu2

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Sun Feb 11, 2024, 12:21 PM Feb 2024

My mother bought a refrigerator [View all]

My mother bought a refrigerator from some appliance store in the nearby big city. After 2 or 3 payments, she noticed that she owed more than the original balance. The payments were set up to be slightly less than the interest accrued. It was designed to be an everlasting loan where you paid interest only but not quite enough. She was in her 70s, maybe 60s. She got rightfully p_ssed off and paid the whole thing off. The refrigerator itself was fine but the finance plan was sleazy.

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My mother bought a refrigerator [View all] keithbvadu2 Feb 2024 OP
Those rent to own places do that too. Swede Feb 2024 #1
Rent to own, "payday loan" and other tactics to rob people... David__77 Feb 2024 #4
"Rent to owe" is always my reading of those ads. n/t Hugin Feb 2024 #7
Geez, just when you think you've seen it all, here's this new and odious form of grubbing for ever more PROFITS. PatrickforB Feb 2024 #2
It's definately not new. It's been the payment method of choice for generations. ihaveaquestion Feb 2024 #9
I believe credit card minimum payments have to cover all interest and a small amount of principal Shermann Feb 2024 #3
Wait... GiqueCee Feb 2024 #5
I love to and learned to always multigraincracker Feb 2024 #6
In Britain homegirl Feb 2024 #8
There are laws against predatory lending practices. If this isn't one it should be. twodogsbarking Feb 2024 #10
I've seen credit cards that charge you a fee every month that you DON'T go deeper in debt to them.... lastlib Feb 2024 #11
Credt card companies have one job. COL Mustard Feb 2024 #12
If the number of payments wasn't specified, Warpy Feb 2024 #13
Sears credit card was like that. appleannie1 Feb 2024 #14
pay off the credit cards every month keithbvadu2 Feb 2024 #16
We have more than a few of these stores on this island malaise Feb 2024 #15
This is a scam I was not aware of Farmer-Rick Feb 2024 #17
Cautionary tale. Thank you. CousinIT Feb 2024 #18
Was it at Conn's? Just curious as they are well known to scalp customers on financing. flying_wahini Feb 2024 #19
This is why I never finance anything. True Blue American Feb 2024 #20
Yeah, The banks are predators. Jacson6 Feb 2024 #21
Macy's had a scam on their credit cards which made me can my card with them. Botany Feb 2024 #22
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