{"id":7475,"date":"2017-10-12T08:56:35","date_gmt":"2017-10-12T14:56:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/janetheactuary\/?p=7475"},"modified":"2017-10-12T08:56:35","modified_gmt":"2017-10-12T14:56:35","slug":"personal-experience-payday-similar-loan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/janetheactuary\/2017\/10\/personal-experience-payday-similar-loan.html","title":{"rendered":"Do you have a personal experience with a payday or similar loan?"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5476\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/533\/2016\/10\/800px-Guaranteed_Payday_Loans-Cash_Money_Store.jpg\" alt=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File%3AGuaranteed_Payday_Loans-Cash_Money_Store.jpg; By Vinceesq [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0) or GFDL (http:\/\/www.gnu.org\/copyleft\/fdl.html)], via Wikimedia Commons\" width=\"800\" height=\"532\"><\/p>\n<p>Spoiler alert on a future blog post: \u00a0I am reading about payday loans and am reminded of a payday loan place we used to pass that had a sign of \u201cwe beat anyone\u2019s rates.\u201d \u00a0I am looking for personal experiences, especially with respect to the question of, did you comparison shop for the best rate? \u00a0If not, how did you choose which company to use?<\/p>\n<p>Relatedly, I know that various states do not allow payday loans. \u00a0If you live in a state that doesn\u2019t permit these, and your finances are tight enough that you don\u2019t have an emergency fund, what are your options for borrowing, e.g., if your car breaks down?<\/p>\n<p>Please share your stories, or those of anonymous people you may know, in the comments \u2014 thank you!<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Image: \u00a0https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File%3AGuaranteed_Payday_Loans-Cash_Money_Store.jpg; By Vinceesq [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0) or GFDL (http:\/\/www.gnu.org\/copyleft\/fdl.html)], via Wikimedia Commons<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spoiler alert on a future blog post: \u00a0I am reading about payday loans and am reminded of a payday loan place we used to pass that had a sign of \u201cwe beat anyone\u2019s rates.\u201d \u00a0I am looking for personal experiences, especially with respect to the question of, did you comparison shop for the best rate? 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