<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26277603.post6228951721226870436..comments</id><updated>2007-02-08T00:12:48.384-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Comments on Dual Income No Kids: Payday Loans &amp; the Fringe Economy</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.dinksfinance.com/feeds/6228951721226870436/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26277603/6228951721226870436/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.dinksfinance.com/2006/12/payday-loans-fringe-economy.html'/><author><name>Dual Income No Kids</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04648586816512955888</uri><email>dinksfinanceblog@yahoo.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>2</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26277603.post-5740607623864996423</id><published>2006-12-31T00:07:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-12-31T00:07:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Another example, though on a smaller scale.  My ca...</title><content type='html'>Another example, though on a smaller scale.  My car insurance company offered to let me delay half of a $90 payment for a 60-day period, cost s $7 "service charge".  Not quite as bad as a payday loan, but still a higher effective interest rate than even a credit card.  I chose to decline their offer and paid the bill in full.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26277603/6228951721226870436/comments/default/5740607623864996423'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26277603/6228951721226870436/comments/default/5740607623864996423'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.dinksfinance.com/2006/12/payday-loans-fringe-economy.html?showComment=1167541620000#c5740607623864996423' title=''/><author><name>EMF</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05517935694411887194</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.dinksfinance.com/2006/12/payday-loans-fringe-economy.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26277603.post-6228951721226870436' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26277603/posts/default/6228951721226870436' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26277603.post-4396398339345176535</id><published>2006-12-30T17:46:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-12-30T17:46:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>The same thing happens with the Refund Anticipatio...</title><content type='html'>The same thing happens with the Refund Anticipation Loans or Rapid Refunds the tax shacks push.  I call it 'fleecing the poor.'&lt;br /&gt;I did not become a CPA to become a loan shark so I do not offer these usurious loans to clients.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26277603/6228951721226870436/comments/default/4396398339345176535'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26277603/6228951721226870436/comments/default/4396398339345176535'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.dinksfinance.com/2006/12/payday-loans-fringe-economy.html?showComment=1167518760000#c4396398339345176535' title=''/><author><name>taxxcpa</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09676864983283562473</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.dinksfinance.com/2006/12/payday-loans-fringe-economy.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26277603.post-6228951721226870436' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26277603/posts/default/6228951721226870436' type='text/html'/></entry></feed>