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To: 2ndDivisionVet
I have an acquaintance who owns a payday loan business. Basically, he is a lender of last resort. He charges a lot of interest, but he also has a lot of losses and fraud. To keep the fraud down, he gives discounts to repeat business.

He says he'll never get rich, but he can pay his bills and makes loans to people that otherwise wouldn't get a loan.

He also said that the meltdown in 2007-2008 almost put him under because so many people lost their jobs and had no expectation of getting a new job. People that he dealt with for years just disappeared.

13 posted on 04/21/2015 8:45:03 PM PDT by fini
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To: fini

Agreed.

Anyone who can run a loan business with lower rates is absolutely free to do so. If they decide to do so, I am sure they will immediately drive the payday loan companies out of business.

Unless a person is willing to cash in on this obviously lucrative opportunity, he should not criticize those who are in the payday loan business.


14 posted on 04/21/2015 8:48:06 PM PDT by Boojum
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