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The "Bachelor Party Payday Loan Ad" Makes the NYT

posted by Bob Lawless

Andrew Martin over at Bucks blog at the New York Times also found and commented on the payday loan company trolling for customers who wanted to finance their bachelor party at a 300% APR. As our own Nathalie Martin commented a couple of weeks ago when noticed the same ad: this takes the cake. (BTW, that web page will try to stop you from hitting the "back" button on your browser to get back to this page -- another business practice only employed by the "finest" companies.)

April 7, 2011 at 2:52 PM in Payday & Title Lending

Comments

I saw even the payday lenders are condemning that gem. http://paydaypundit.org/2011/04/06/giving-the-industry-a-bad-name/

Posted by: Jim Hawkins | April 07, 2011 at 03:16 PM

All the links to the the loan company in question now appear to be down. Google cache still shows the inane pitches for "the lighter side of loans" though, including a payday loan for cosmetic surgery... wow.

Posted by: blackacre2a4life | April 11, 2011 at 10:42 AM

Yes, I understand this ad has been taken down. As Jim noted above, even some places associated with the industry condemned the ad.

Posted by: Bob Lawless | April 11, 2011 at 11:23 AM

@blackacre
Hey, you have to get yourself redone so you can get a better job and repay that payday loan. You see, it all makes perfect sense.

Posted by: Knute Rife | April 12, 2011 at 07:21 AM

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