We all hear the opinions on both sides regarding payday loans. I came across this scenario that really points out the similarities of taking out a short term payday loan and renting a car. According to Ohioans For Financial Freedom commercial (youtube video),

Renting a car can cost about $29.00 per day. But imagine if the government required the rental company to quote an annualized cost of $10,585!

It’s just like the government saying that a $100 emergency loan costs $391 for the entire year, when it only costs $15 for two weeks. If you only need the loan for two weeks.—the yearly rate is absurd.

Leadpile Lead Exchange deals a lot with payday loans, the consumers wanting them and the lenders wanting to provide the loan for them. This scenario I found really makes it a little bit easier to understand the comparison amongst payday loans to something like a credit card or a rental car. There is bad in everything if it is abused. There is a need for short term loans sometimes, and a payday loan is a reasonable loan to take out for that short term need.