Comments on: Alternatives to Payday Loans

By: December 2008: Progress Update — Green Panda Treehouse

December 2008: Progress Update — Green Panda Treehouse — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 18:56:27 +0000

[...] Alternatives to Payday Loans [...]

By: Green Panda

Green Panda — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 01:44:50 +0000

I’m so sorry about the financial situation. Can you get help from welfare or even get Medicaid?

By: poor boomer

poor boomer — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 01:28:28 +0000

$95 is for health insurance (fortunately, a disease-specific foundation picks up another few hundred dollars per month) and the rest is for prescriptions.

There really isn’t any negotiating or wiggle room.

Alas, moving to a cheaper place is not an option because I have no money and can save up no money, so I am completely devoid of the funds required to move into a cheaper place.

I got into this place because the rent was charged and collected weekly; and to move in I needed only the few hundred I had. Moving to a monthly rental usually requires approx $1000 up front.

By: Green Panda

Green Panda — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 19:35:21 +0000

I’m so sorry your rent is so expensive. Have consider negotiating with the medical bills? My brother has has been able to work something out with the doctors. Is moving to a cheaper place an option?

By: poor boomer

poor boomer — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 17:46:19 +0000

I’m chronically short on money and I know exactly why. My monthly income is $1004 and after rent ($650 for a room in a house with nine people), medical expenses ($110), and a student loan garnishment ($136) I live on fumes.

I take out payday loans; my credit union wouldn’t even give me a $200 loan because they didn’t like my (lack of) income.