Buy now pay later

Buy now pay later

Everyone wants materialistic things that they can’t afford to buy. When we see advertisements for luxury items that we’re craving but cannot afford, we’re letting our irrational side take over. We can, after seeing the commercial or reading the advertisement, choose to ignore it and fight the irrational temptations. Or, we can take advantage of some wonderful savings and deals to delight in the luxury. Stores often lure their customers in with buy now, pay later deals. While this always sounds incredibly tempting, consumers need to take some extra time to look at and read the fine print. Sometimes, the buy now pay later deals offer no interest as well. Once the time span is up, it can sometimes become a shocking situation to the consumers.

If you suddenly just have to have that huge, wall-mounted television, a buy now, pay later deal is a blessing. If you can manage to have it paid off before that initial period is up, you truly took advantage of an excellent deal. Of course, this means that you either made a lump sum large payment to get rid of the debt or you were wise and paid as the months went on, even though you weren’t required to be making payments. That’s the ideal thing to do.

What most consumers find after their buy now, pay later period has expired, is that if they have not aspired to pay off their purchase in full by the expiration date, interest has accrued since the first day of purchase. Even though the promotion may have said that you can buy now, pay later and have 0% interest for a certain amount of time, you may not have read the fine print. Many times, stores will charge interest from the beginning which can total quite a bit of money. Since most stores have their own credit cards, their interest rates can be quite steep. Suddenly, you can be looking at 12 months of 23% interest that has accrued. However, consumers don’t take the time to ask questions and read the fine print.

If you are able to take advantage of a buy now, pay later deal – strive to make somewhat of a payment each month. Some months you may only be able to send a few dollars. But, every payment that you make towards the ending balance will be a huge help. Try not to allow yourself to continue to accrue more debt. And, realize that if you can’t afford to make the payments now, is a buy now, pay later option really practical? Your financial situation can change rapidly and you don’t know what the future will hold. If you can’t afford it today, wait until you can afford it.