Consumers are using buy now, pay later plans to pay for essentials such as groceries, as concerns around the economy grow.
  • MissJinx@lemmy.world
    45·
    28 minutes ago

    I understnd financing. The problem is financing groceries. So you cover the unexpected and finance groceries. what about next month?! Unless you get a way to make more money to cover the difference you going ro have to finance again plus interests

    edit: I’m sorry, I’m not american and I was trying to understand some decision. I get it

    • Evkob (they/them)@lemmy.ca
      11·
      2 days ago

      Girl, if they don’t eat they won’t make it to next month! This isn’t a financial decision, it’s a survival decision.

    • inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world
      4·
      2 days ago

      Welcome to the Sam Vimes Theory of Socioeconomic Unfairness.

      That’s the kind of choice of surviving that comes with living while poor in America that happens way, way too often.