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Important payday loan information – paydayloans are potentially a debt trap!
Warning - read this before you apply for a payday loan! The market is huge for payday loans, but they are extremely expensive, which a loan calculator will tell you, and they can get you in a debt, that you may be unable to control.
Before you apply for a payday loan, you should find out how much it will cost you and if you really need it.
It is not unusual to pay more than 500 % annual interest for payday loans and this does not include the loan fee, which is additional to the interest rate.
Think about it. It is very easy and fast to lend a few hundred dollars by getting a payday loan. If you use this way to get cash when you are running low a few times each month, you end up having to pay the expensive interest rate for most of the year.
If you really need to borrow money, then consider making an ordinary loan, but still remember not to lend more money, than you can afford. A debt trap is something you don not want to experience on first hand!
I know it is so easy to get payday loans, that a lot of people just make the loan and thinks that 30 $ to borrow a few hundred is cheap and will not influence the economy, and this may be right.
The problem is that when the payday loan is due and is repaid on the next payday, then you start out with less money than you are used to, and this means that you may make another payday loan which is the beginning of a vicious circle.
This way you risk loosing control of your economy, and remember that each time you make a payday loan, you have to pay not only the interest rate but also a loan fee. This money bought you nothing more than pushing the problem a few days ahead and it also added to the problem.
My advise is to stop using payday loans as the answer to money problems. As I told you before, if you really need the money then make an ordinary loan that you know the cost of.
Here is a link to an Internet page with a loan calculator that will tell you exactly how much the interest rate is for your payday loan.
Loan calculator for payday loans (http://www.paydayloaninfo.org/calc.cfm)
Remember that I am not telling you what to do, but I am telling you that payday loans is an extremely expensive way to lend money and that you alone are responsible for you economy along with all other things in your life.
Last I will give you a little tip that has saved me lots of money personally.
No matter what kind of loan you are making it always pays to talk to several banks and playing them against each other. You simply call the banks and tell them that you need to make a loan on x dollars and that you would like to know, how cheap they are able to lend you the money. It is ok to tell them, that you have talked to other banks because this will make them lower the interest rate and loan fee even more.
If you want an even better loan you find the cheapest loan and then call the other banks and ask them if they can do it better.
This trick has saved me thousands of $ and remember, that:
The only person, who is responsible for your economy, is yourself!
Best of luck to you.
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