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Credit score is a poorly implemented modern invention. (discuss.online)
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[–] 27 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Please ELI5 the terms "zip and afterpay" for those of us unfamiliar with them. I think I can guess the meaning from context, but would like to be sure. TIA

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  • [–] 26 points 1 week ago* (1 child)

    "buy now pay later" schemes. They are basically a credit card where you pay in instalments rather than a minimum monthly repayment like a credit card. Technically not lines of credit so they skirt around lending laws and can be given out to more people, but it also means they can't do much to recover the debt if it goes bad. Which is why the financial councillor told us we could just ignore them if we can't afford it anymore.

    (I was in my early 20s when I racked up those debts lol)

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  • [–] 6 points 1 week ago (2 children)

    TYVM for the explanation. I was not aware they weren't considered LoCs & people could just walk away from them. Seems kind of a risky business model in that case, so I wonder why there's been such an explosion of them over recent years. There must be some way they're able to protect themselves from that.

    Ah, well - another rainy day research project to throw on the pile if I'm so inclined.

    Thanks again for the reply!

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  • [–] 6 points 1 week ago

    Haha well, from what I've heard, you're not technically supposed to walk away from them but they don't have the same legal recourse as banks so they just sell to debt collectors as the default action when you don't pay.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 week ago*

    There must be some way they're able to protect themselves from that.

    Remember in 2008 when it was found out that banks were trading bad debts as 'good' but then It exploded in their face and caused a global recession, but the banks were 'too big to fail' so they were all bailed out by tax payers and only one guy saw any prison time, so they can claim being tough on crime?

    Yeah... i dont know why they keep doing it.

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