On 25/04/2018 23:44, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
TimW wrote:
On 25/04/18 14:41, dennis@home wrote:
On 25/04/2018 11:15, TimW wrote:
On 25/04/18 07:40, Brian Gaff wrote:
[...]Its been my experience that high street banks are the
last place to look except for payday loan sharks of course.
Brian


Although I understand the payday loan sharks are used by the canny
poor because they know that if they get to the end of the month and
incur penalty charges on phone, loan, cards etc they will be fleeced.
Better to pay the outrageous fees to a payday loan shark than to let
the high street banks get at you.

It's a sobering thought but wonga exists because the likes of
Barclays and Lloyds are even worse.

TW

They exist because the likes of Barclays and Lloyds won't lend people
money that they can't afford to pay back
Lenders like wonga will lend money to almost anyone and send the heavy
mob around if they don't pay.
They are not in the same leagues.

Actually if you are getting into trouble Barclays and Lloyds will start
to increase your costs and rob you as fast as they can, knowing you
can't afford to pay it back.

Quite. When looking into this, I was surprised just how much an
unauthorised overdraft could cost these days. Some certainly pay for
'free' banking now.


The key here is unauthorised.
You are comparing taking someones money without permission with taking
someones with permission.
If you ask the bank for an overdraft and they say yes then its much
cheaper than the likes of wonga.