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Need extra money for Christmas? You can get a 279.5% flex loan from Advance Financial

Posted on 11/14/25 at 3:24 pm
Posted by stout
Porte du Lafitte
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Posted on 11/14/25 at 3:24 pm
Posted by Broke
AKA Buttercup
Member since Sep 2006
65335 posts
Posted on 11/14/25 at 3:31 pm to
Do we not have fricking usury laws anymore??? WTF
Posted by Cosmo
glassman's guest house
Member since Oct 2003
128562 posts
Posted on 11/14/25 at 3:34 pm to
This is basically a payday loan

If you pay it off within 14 days (when you get another paycheck) you are charged about 10% which seems reasonable unless Im missing something
Posted by RolltidePA
North Carolina
Member since Dec 2010
4982 posts
Posted on 11/14/25 at 3:35 pm to
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Do we not have fricking usury laws anymore??? WTF



frick this company and every thing they do. These loans are well beyond predatory. I hope they get buried for this.

On the other hand, who is stupid enough to take this loan? You be better off with a loan shark. Are people really this dumb?
Posted by OysterPoBoy
City of St. George
Member since Jul 2013
42453 posts
Posted on 11/14/25 at 3:36 pm to
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On the other hand, who is stupid enough to take this loan? You be better off with a loan shark. Are people really this dumb?


If people will do it let them. I’m sure this company deals with a huge percent that won’t pay the money back. Not a business I’d want to be in. Seems like an incredible hassle.
Posted by LemmyLives
Texas
Member since Mar 2019
12781 posts
Posted on 11/14/25 at 3:39 pm to
Truth in lending statements aren't hard to read, and this information is clearly publicly available. But, we also have people that take out 96 month car notes so wifey gets her much needed Denali line three row SUV for Braydiin and Braxtyn. Not much difference.
Posted by Papercutninja
Member since Feb 2010
1604 posts
Posted on 11/14/25 at 4:03 pm to
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This is basically a payday loan


Not quite, there is no check or payment instrument to secure the loan. These are more akin to credit cards without the card. For most of the working poor, this is the only credit they can qualify for, it’s sad but a fact of life.
Posted by Doctor B
Member since Jul 2024
991 posts
Posted on 11/14/25 at 4:08 pm to
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who is stupid enough to take this loan?

Don't underestimate the lengths some people will go to to get a new pair of headphones or a new smartphone.
Posted by ShoeBang
Member since May 2012
21530 posts
Posted on 11/14/25 at 4:08 pm to
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Are people really this dumb?


C'mon you know the answer.



Maybe get SNAP to offset costs after you get an on paper divorce and move into the section 8 house with your baby mama but claim your permanent address at yo momma house
Posted by ATrillionaire
Houston
Member since Sep 2008
2140 posts
Posted on 11/14/25 at 6:16 pm to
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frick this company and every thing they do. These loans are well beyond predatory. I hope they get buried for this.

Companies have to protect themselves. Many of the people who take loans with nearly 300% interest rates won't pay the loan back. These same people wouldn't pay it back if it carried a 20% interest rate.
This post was edited on 11/14/25 at 6:17 pm
Posted by Gusoline
Jacksonville, NC
Member since Dec 2013
10459 posts
Posted on 11/14/25 at 6:30 pm to
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If you pay it off within 14 days (when you get another paycheck) you are charged about 10% which seems reasonable unless Im missing something


The easy to read fine print that says minimum 2 payments required before payoff. So you have to give them $80 to borrow 400 and pay it back in 2 months, 1 day
Posted by DiamondDog
Louisiana
Member since Nov 2019
12652 posts
Posted on 11/14/25 at 7:12 pm to
I was in a focus group for payday loans ans you'd be surprised how often people in low income areas take these out.

They'll use their car as collatetal. If they're late, they take the secured asset and profit. It's not uncommon to take possession of a $5,000 car based off a $1,000 loan.

They'll then auction the car out and turn 200-300% profit.
Posted by TigerReich
Member since Dec 2024
464 posts
Posted on 11/14/25 at 7:12 pm to
They call it a fee in most paperwork. Same with settlement funding companies. Hyper predatory
Posted by xBirdx
Member since Sep 2018
2118 posts
Posted on 11/14/25 at 11:36 pm to
I was in consumer finance for 15 years, and wrote alot of auto paper.. What you said is untrue.

First of all, and I’m sure not surprising, is people with bad credit do t take care of their stuff, so these vehicles are usually junk.

So you have a $1k loan that is $2100 on your books with interest, etc ( and by the way, if they don’t pay , the entire $2100 is bad debt against profit)

That $2100 usually turns into about an additional $1500 after court costs, etc are added to get allllll the way to a repo.

So you’re at $3600 for a “booked out” car. In reality that car is shite, you gotta put $500minimum into cleaning, oil
Change, Windhoek’s. Etc. and you end up selling for for $2500, and you lose $1600

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