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Everything on credit (slrpnk.net)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world
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This is a picture of a single gang EMT box, which is the kind of electrical box that a light switch is mounted to. This one is $1.90 to purchase, and there is a stupid option to buy it on credit for "4 easy payments of $0.48"
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[–] 11 points 2 years ago (2 children)

It’s even more disturbing that Instacart does this for groceries. By the time you pay off one grocery order, you’ve probably already racked up three more grocery orders. If those were financed, then you’re really screwed.

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  • [–] [S] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Eughh that's criminal

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    I remember visiting my family in Brasil some 20 years ago. Lots of stores had their own financing-long-term offers. People would then continue buying without bothering with details, each buy would add to a total sum.

    There's no way to check if the total amount was correct, without including the % they had to pay for the credit, which changed every month.

    A tedious task most people didn't bother with.

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