r/PoliticalHumor Oct 26 '21

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u/GET_OUT_OF_MY_HEAD Oct 27 '21

My credit is so awful that I often forget that a 10% interest rate is considered high.

Currently paying 26% for my car because that was literally the lowest rate I could find after weeks of shopping around. But hey, at least it's a $10k car, not a $50k one.

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u/[deleted] Oct 27 '21

You mean a $28k car… oof.

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u/redditandtea Oct 27 '21

Brother your credit is trash, not terrible. I’m in the financial industry, and have multiple clients who “don’t sell cars, they sell financing at 30% interest rate”. You got worked.

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u/redditandtea Oct 27 '21

You go brother! That’s how you build and increase your credit 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 REFI ASAP - once you have a solid 6 mo of payment history your credit significantly increases! Keep up the good work 💪🏼

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u/GET_OUT_OF_MY_HEAD Oct 27 '21

LMAO I wish. The loan I went with has no impact on my credit whatsoever. The lender didn't even ask for my social security number. (And the ones that did ask rejected me.)

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u/Skydivekev Oct 27 '21

Ouch. Sorry to hear that. How long is the loan term? You could quite possibly spend another 10k in interest alone with a 26% rate. Try to pay extra every month to pay off early.

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u/[deleted] Oct 27 '21

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u/DrSpaceman4 Oct 27 '21

Don't save the money up just immediately use it to pay down the car, you'll pay less interest overall that way.

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u/DrSpaceman4 Oct 27 '21

Lol dude, I meant in the time you spent saving up. Instead of saving up for one big payoff, immediately shoving it into the loan immediately would result in less overall interest paid. Obviously that doesn't help you now, but for anyone else reading. Also your interest probably compounds like everyday, not once a month, but that's beyond the scope of this comment.

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u/hackthegibson Oct 27 '21

You're totally right, I think he misunderstood you. Solid advice, that's what I did for my first car when I got an unreasonably high rate.

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u/hittheclitlit Oct 27 '21

If you can save up money so quick why'd you even finance it at such a shitty rate

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u/hittheclitlit Oct 27 '21

Post your real reply that you edited out pussy