• MissJinx@lemmy.world
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    never understood this. If you can’t buy it now will you be able to.pay later?! You need groceries every month

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      If you are at the point where you are buying grocoeries in installments, who cares about paying it back. What good is a good credit score if you cant afford to buy anything anyways. Just survive any way you can at that point

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      Some people don’t have the option, and end up relying on these services. It’s similar to the payday loan trap. Being poor is expensive.

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      Then you’ve never been poor and living paycheck to paycheck.

      There are times when it’s either find a loan from someone or not eat for two weeks because something in your house broke and that’s unfortunately a reality for many Americans including myself at one time.

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        I understnd financing. The problem is financing groceries. So you cover the unexpected and finance groceries. what about next month?! Unless you get a way to make more money to cover the difference you going ro have to finance again plus interests

        edit: I’m sorry, I’m not american and I was trying to understand some decision. I get it

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          Welcome to the Sam Vimes Theory of Socioeconomic Unfairness.

          That’s the kind of choice of surviving that comes with living while poor in America that happens way, way too often.