The proportion of people in the UK that have a personal debt problem is significant. The number of credit cards in the UK far outweighs the population itself. While there are still cases where personal debt has occurred due to unexpected expenses or a loss of earnings, the vast majority of personal debt is attributable to the ‘buy now, pay later’ culture that swept through the country prior to the recession.
With the number of credit options available to people, you can see why people would start spending money they actually don’t have. They are faced with the temptation of a higher overdraft, a credit card or a loan every day. If you can resist these temptations, then shops will be doing whatever they can to get you to get some credit with them instead. There are store cards and each time you buy something you will be told at the till exactly how much you could save with one of these store cards before giving you the form!
If you manage to resist again, then there is always the option of buying on credit without the card, such as a “buy now pay next year” sort of deal! This lets you buy quite big things and not have to pay for it in the near future, which is more that you can buy without actually having the money!
The issue with this expensive borrowing is that many of the consumers are finding themselves in difficult positions when they have made numerous purchases on these kind of payment plans and are struggling to repay the debt. Purchasing with money that you don’t have is a very expensive habit. The only worthwhile borrowing is ‘interest free’, however failure to pay off this debt can lead to charges and interest, pushing up the cost of the original loan.
But as credit carries on being available and made into a viable option for many consumers, they dont know any better because there is still no education in schools about how to effectively manage your money, so it doesn’t look like the problem of personal debt is going away any time soon!
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