▲ 878 ▼ Klarna for rent (media.piefed.zip) submitted 6 months ago* by inari@piefed.zip to c/memes@lemmy.world 156 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] yermaw@sh.itjust.works 15 points 6 months ago (2 children) Could I get a loan to help me pay a klarna instalment? How deeply can we dig this hole? permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] nialv7@lemmy.world 9 points 6 months ago you are not gonna believe what the banks did in 2008 permalink fedilink source parent [–] village604@adultswim.fan 7 points 6 months ago (1 child) I knew a guy in college that kept getting new credit cards to pay off other credit cards he had maxed out. I wonder what his credit looks like now. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] janus2@lemmy.zip 4 points 6 months ago that's me, been trapped in that cycle since I had to pay several months' rent with credit card during covid aside from some dings due to high credit usage, my score is good. mainly because i have a shit load of cards i opened years ago, so my average account age is high. I'm not a particularly responsible spender and have a shit ton of debt, but since I make the CC companies a bunch of money by paying balance transfer fees all the time, I'm profitable. So my score is high. What a stupid world permalink fedilink source parent
[–] nialv7@lemmy.world 9 points 6 months ago you are not gonna believe what the banks did in 2008 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] village604@adultswim.fan 7 points 6 months ago (1 child) I knew a guy in college that kept getting new credit cards to pay off other credit cards he had maxed out. I wonder what his credit looks like now. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] janus2@lemmy.zip 4 points 6 months ago that's me, been trapped in that cycle since I had to pay several months' rent with credit card during covid aside from some dings due to high credit usage, my score is good. mainly because i have a shit load of cards i opened years ago, so my average account age is high. I'm not a particularly responsible spender and have a shit ton of debt, but since I make the CC companies a bunch of money by paying balance transfer fees all the time, I'm profitable. So my score is high. What a stupid world permalink fedilink source parent
[–] janus2@lemmy.zip 4 points 6 months ago that's me, been trapped in that cycle since I had to pay several months' rent with credit card during covid aside from some dings due to high credit usage, my score is good. mainly because i have a shit load of cards i opened years ago, so my average account age is high. I'm not a particularly responsible spender and have a shit ton of debt, but since I make the CC companies a bunch of money by paying balance transfer fees all the time, I'm profitable. So my score is high. What a stupid world permalink fedilink source parent
