Pay-per-Post: UK loans
by V.E. on January 22nd, 2007
filed under ppp
[If you hadn't guessed from the first part of the title, this is a paid post.]
I’ve never been to the UK. In fact, the last time I was out of the country was when I was five and my parents took my family to Tiajuana (right across the border from San Diego in Mexico, in case you’ve never heard of it) for a day for “authentic” Mexican food. BUT, I do have plenty of [school] loans, so I feel like I’m at least somewhat qualified to speak on the subject. Plus, how different can UK loans be from US loans?
Apparently, no one (except, perhaps, the extremely rich who “winter” in one place and “summer” in another) can get by in life without having some kind of personal or secured loan. School loans, buying a car or house, credit card debt–all forms of loans. In fact, if someone walked into a car dealer and plunked down $30,000 in cash (or even “secured” in check form), the dealership would be pretty antsy about dealing with the customer (no pun intended). I mean, who really has $30,000 to just blow on a new car? Aside from Paris Hilton, of course; but we’re talking about real, normal people here–not freaks of finance.
In any case, loans seem to be around for the long haul–and if you can get by without one, more power to you. For the rest of us, at least those of us living in the UK, there’s SelectLoans.co.uk, where you can compare personal loans before you sign your name (and first-born child) to one of them.
