Payday Cash Advance Victims

By Colin Jones

The very easy and quick means, 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 individuals are not even aware that they are gradually becoming dependent on these small, regular, temporary cash advances.

These individuals are creating an insecure, destructive 'safety net' for themselves. However, they do not fully realize it or are even aware of it. The best thing is to admit to yourself that 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 skipped a couple of payments elsewhere and ruined your credit status, this credit line would soon disappear too.

People are now finding out just how simple it is to get money with the modern methods of easily obtaining cash advances. In some cases, this even means that some people are taking up cash advances even when they are not suffering a financial crisis, which is what cash advances were originally intended for. Some people are even using cash advances just for a birthday present or an expensive night out.

It really is the case, that people are using the money that they get from payday advance loans, to go on holiday, buy a new car or something like that. This is obviously not the right way of using this financial tool. 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 stores is also one of the reasons why people are becoming cash advances victims. It means that people feel that they need to borrow money from a loan advance company, which means in turn that they end up with a much larger debt to repay. If this train of events goes on unchecked, it can result in some people having to file for bankruptcy, in turn changes the problem from being just a personal one into a much broader, social problem.

The most important action you can take is to get out of debt as soon as possible. You could get help from a financial adviser 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 payments, which will eventually get you out of debt. Soon, you will be able to enjoy your interest free, hard earned money and will be back on track to a better and healthier financial life.

However, having said all that, I will say that cash advances should not be blamed for our own human weaknesses: the lack of financial common-sense is the real culprit here. - 30241

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