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Swede

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1. Those rent to own places do that too.
Sun Feb 11, 2024, 12:23 PM
Feb 2024

You wind paying ten times the value of the unit. If not more.

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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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