How about phone calls from credit card companies, overdrawn bank accounts, excessive overdraft charges, that nervous sweaty feeling when you offer your credit card up at the grocery store-Does that shake you up a bit?

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If the money is paid back promptly on the next pay day, this type of lending can be cheaper than paying an unauthorised overdraft or a credit card charge.

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