xongsmith writes:
Why does anyone want to gamble? We have Phat right here, working so hard to get clear of it.
This brings up a memory. I used to be so addicted and broke that I used to go to the cash express place and take out $400.00 loans just so I could gamble! If I recall, I paid roughly $100.00 interest for that "privilege"!
jar writes:
...the quick money places no longer need to list the interest and finance charges even in the near impossible to read fine print and that the average annual interest rate is now over 500%.
Really? I thought they had changed the laws several years ago to prevent usury...
not increase it!
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