Payday loans etc.  (51 Posts) Extrospektiv Fri 21-Sep-12
12:02:28  In the past 5 years I have noticed more and more shops
opening up as pawnbrokers/ cash converters style places and
offering "payday loans". Now they even advertise on telly,like
there's no shame in lending at ridiculous interest rates
anymore.  Also the shops where you can buy furniture, tv's,
washing machines and the like on "pay weekly". like if you had
the cash you'd pay £10 for petrol to drive/ train ticket to a
big shopping area and £120 for a particular tv... and these
places are bringing in people on (already stupidly low benefits,
thank you Bullingdon Cameron & Osborne) or who are working at
less than 2/3 of a living wage, who don't have the £10 let alone
the £120- and tempting them with just £3 a week!  Sounds good,
you're sitting on the 17th floor of a block in east london.
Redundant through no fault of your own. Going 2 hours across the
city on foot to look for a new job because your benefits won't
stretch to the "luxury" of a bus t