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Wcross (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-05 09:11 AM Original message |
Yet another scam to rip off the poor and people with bad credit. |
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Merlot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-05 09:19 AM Response to Original message |
1. Speaking of bad credit... |
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Wcross (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-05 09:25 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. I have heard about that scam too. |
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Liberal Veteran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-05 09:32 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Those commercials are so vile... |
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miss_kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-05 10:07 AM Response to Reply #1 |
13. Consumer Credit Counseling is a good group |
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oneighty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-05 09:28 AM Response to Original message |
3. Rent to own |
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BiggJawn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-05 09:39 AM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Rent-A-Center. Home of the $900 particle board nightstand... |
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Guy Fawkes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-05 12:37 PM Response to Reply #7 |
16. Our local rent-a-center advertised a $900 X-Box. |
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BiggJawn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-05 01:36 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. Those things sell at CostCo for what, $250? |
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lpbk2713 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-05 09:34 AM Response to Original message |
5. Add the payday loan outfits to the list |
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terrya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-05 10:08 AM Response to Reply #5 |
14. Payday loans are evil. One half ring above borrowing from the Mob. |
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youthere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-05 12:54 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. Did you know that right now these payday loan places |
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terrya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-05 01:09 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. I can believe it. There seems to be one in every strip mall. |
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youthere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-05 01:30 PM Response to Reply #20 |
31. We have a group here in Eastern Iowa that is lobbying |
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lpbk2713 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-05 01:18 PM Response to Reply #5 |
21. I always have a bad feeling about going into a business..... |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-05 09:37 AM Response to Original message |
6. That commercial just annoys the shit out of me..... |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-05 09:39 AM Response to Original message |
8. usury laws repealed under ronald reagan |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-05 09:40 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. I wonder if they have been editied out of the bible yet..... |
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FloridaPat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-05 09:45 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Not for individuals. If you or I charged those rates, we'd be arrested |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-05 10:05 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. it's easy enough to file as an LLC |
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Kat45 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-05 01:05 PM Response to Reply #8 |
19. Ah Ha! I suspected as much. |
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Hugin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-05 09:49 AM Response to Original message |
11. Typical. |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-05 12:33 PM Response to Original message |
15. How about a little personal responsibility. |
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Pithlet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-05 02:27 PM Response to Reply #15 |
23. Not stupid. Desperate. |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-05 02:31 AM Response to Reply #23 |
24. I realize that I'm in the minority here, but I think it IS a matter of |
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Pithlet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-05 09:54 AM Response to Reply #24 |
25. No |
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CTLawGuy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-05 10:38 AM Response to Reply #25 |
26. are they lying to the customers or misleading them? |
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Pithlet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-05 10:41 AM Response to Reply #26 |
27. That doesn't absolve them from not doing it in the first place |
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CTLawGuy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-05 05:39 PM Response to Reply #27 |
32. im not buying into that at all |
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Nevernose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-05 10:59 AM Response to Reply #15 |
28. A close friend of mine is mentally retarded |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-05 11:21 AM Response to Reply #15 |
29. We live in a culture lacking in personal responsibility for finances. |
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Spock_is_Skeptical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-05 12:49 PM Response to Original message |
17. yes, I've seen those commercials too. What a scam. |
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China_cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-05 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
30. There are no usury laws any more. |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-05 06:00 PM Response to Original message |
33. Those refund anticipation loans are also bad. |
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Wcross (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-05 07:06 PM Response to Original message |
34. I would love to earn a 300% return on my capital.... |
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Wapsie B (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-05 07:14 PM Response to Original message |
35. Places like this need to be shut down, not just regulated. |
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