andros_rex@lemmy.world to A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.world · 23 hours agoMy landlord partnered with a financing company - I can pay $15/month for the luxury of making weekly payments on my rentlemmy.worldimagemessage-square65linkfedilinkarrow-up1403arrow-down12
arrow-up1401arrow-down1imageMy landlord partnered with a financing company - I can pay $15/month for the luxury of making weekly payments on my rentlemmy.worldandros_rex@lemmy.world to A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.world · 23 hours agomessage-square65linkfedilink
minus-squareSoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up47·14 hours agoShort answer: late stage capitalism Long answer: Because they don’t have enough money to make rent on time and the associated fees are less than the late fees. Being poor is expensive.
minus-squarepotoooooooo ☑️@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·7 hours agoI just moved from a shithole place that used and promoted Flex. The alternative was $300 late fees.
minus-squarewinkerjadams@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down10·7 hours agoPay earlier to avoid fees?
minus-squareStupidBrotherInLaw@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·4 hours agoI’m so grateful that big brain lent a fraction of their vast intelligence to think of us simple folk.
Short answer: late stage capitalism
Long answer: Because they don’t have enough money to make rent on time and the associated fees are less than the late fees. Being poor is expensive.
I just moved from a shithole place that used and promoted Flex. The alternative was $300 late fees.
Pay earlier to avoid fees?
Brilliant, thanks!
I’m so grateful that big brain lent a fraction of their vast intelligence to think of us simple folk.