• UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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    2 hours ago

    If I can just find a way to pay off my credit card with my Klarna and my Klarna with my credit card, I believe I’ll be qualified as a Silicon Valley Bank.

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      2 hours ago

      Lol just register for an LLC then sign up for like stripe or something so you can take card then BOOM done. Although you’d be losing a little money each time because transaction fees lol

  • ianhclark510@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    2 hours ago

    My default is to assume any new financial instrument is there to exploit you, but I’ve heard from peers in Europe that they’re done this forever and it’s fine?

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      2 hours ago

      It’s better than credit cards IMO, you have a firm set amount of payments and amounts you need to make on a fim schedule (every 2 weeks) with no interest.

      Properly managed, it’s a decent way to make big purchases without straining your savings to do it. E.g. you want to make a 600$ purchase and have the money saved for it, but why spend it all when you have a 0 interest way to split that up over time in line with your paychecks? Then you can keep that savings for something truly unexpected

      Ofc it’s still debt short term or not, so if you’re horrible at managing debt it’s as bad as any other debt like Credit Cards