Saturday, November 21, 2009

Cash Advance Victims

By Colin Jones

The very simple and quick ways, by which lenders are making cash advances available to people who need money on a short, temporary basis, is creating a social phenomenon called "cash advance dependence." Many people are not even aware that they are gradually becoming dependent on these small, regular, temporary cash advances.

These people have created an insecure, destructive 'safety net' for themselves, which they do not fully realize or are even aware of. The best policy is to admit you have a problem and get yourself out of it. Just going from loan to loan, month to month is a very fragile way of running your life. Just think, if you missed a couple of payments elsewhere and ruined your credit status, this credit line would soon disappear too.

People are finding out just how easy it is to obtain money with the modern methods of easily obtaining cash advances. In some cases, this means that some people are taking up cash advances even when they do not have a financial emergency, which is what cash advances were first intended for. Some people are even using cash advances just for a birthday gift or a costly night out.

It really is the case, that people are using the cash that they get from payday advance loans, to go on holiday, purchase a new car or something to that effect. This is obviously not the smart way of using this financial implement. This is in fact abusing the privilege that one gets from being able to draw a cash advance. It is also destructive to one's learning of how to handle money properly.

The "no credit policy" of most local shops is also the reason why people are becoming cash advances addicts. It means that people have to borrow money from a cash advance company, which means in turn that they end up having a higher debt to pay. If this situation goes on unchecked, it can lead to some people having to file for bankruptcy. This transforms the problem from being just a personal problem into a broader, social one.

The most proactive action you can take is to get yourself out of debt as soon as you can. You could do this by getting help from a financial advisor from your bank or from another private financial sector company. It is their job to help you take a step in the right direction by making regular repayments, which will eventually get you out of debt. In this way, you will soon be able to spend your own interest-free, hard-earned wages and will be back on track to a better and healthier financial situation.

However, having said all that, I will say that cash advances should not be blamed for our own human weaknesses: the lack of financial education is the real culprit here. - 30462

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