They should be taken out and shot

[andrewducker]

I just opened some junk mail that had arrived here for tisme - offering credit - "No matter your credit history", at the low, low rate of 29.9% - but with the first week only costing £1!

Oh, and you had to buy from their store, where they were selling wide-screen TVs, over-priced computers and "authentic" leather beds.

So, they're aiming it at people with no money, a history of bad debt, a taste for stupidly expensive things, and no idea that 30% interest rates are a mindnumbingly horrible rip-off

They should all be fucking shot repeatedly through the head.

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[bohemiancoast.livejournal.com]

Oh, now we agree. Yes, we live in a world where we convince ourselves that we'll be happier if only we have a better telly.

Of course, I *was* happier when I got a computer with a big wide screen. But that's *me*, and I'm not in debt*.

*Apart from the mortgage. We don't talk about the mortgage.

[andrewducker]

Yeah - I'm not convinced that banning it would work - but I still think that people who do it are scum.

I suspect I feel similarly about hard drugs - I think that banning them is wrong, but I also wouldn't feel kindly towards people who sold heroin.

And do, we don't talk about the mortgage. I don't talk about my debt either, although at least that's under control and is going down by £350 a month.