Why “Buy Now Pay Later” is Worse Than Credit Cards
Valuetainment
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4.8 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 12 December 2023
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Patrick Bet-David explains the new concept of Buy Now Pay Later and how it has become a popular way to buy things in today's society. It could be tempting for people to get things now and pay for them later. However, these products usually cost a lot more than you think, and they can actually be more difficult to pay off than credit card debt. Purchase Patrick's new book "Choose Your Enemies Wisely": https://amzn.to/3Rgy36O Connect one-on-one with the right expert to get the answers you need with Minnect: https://bit.ly/48bowEV Get best-in-class business advice with Bet-David Consulting: https://bit.ly/3Nm7YlC Visit VT.com for the latest news and insights from the world of politics, business and entertainment: https://bit.ly/3RgGoYe Visit Valuetainment University for the best courses online for entrepreneurs: https://bit.ly/47gKVA0 Text “PODCAST” to 310-340-1132 to get the latest updates in real-time! SUBSCRIBE TO: @VALUETAINMENT @PBDPodcast @ValuetainmentShortClips @vtsoscast @VALUETAINMENTRUSSIAN @bizdocpodcast Want to be clear on your next 5 business moves? https://bit.ly/3Qzrj3m Join the channel to get exclusive access to perks: https://bit.ly/3Q9rSQL Download the podcasts on all your favorite platforms https://bit.ly/3sFAW4N Patrick Bet-David is the founder and CEO of Valuetainment Media. He is the author of the #1 Wall Street Journal Bestseller “Your Next Five Moves” (Simon & Schuster) and a father of 2 boys and 2 girls. He currently resides in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.
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| 0:00.0 | Have you heard about the snow alternative to credit cards that's allowing them to get paid anywhere between 17 to 70 percent annually and avoid going through the truth in lending act that came out to protect consumers from being destroyed by credit card? Have you heard about this new thing? |
| 0:13.2 | It's called Buy Now Pay Later. Guess who's using it? A firm, Carnow, Apple, PayPal, and |
| 0:18.0 | they're making so much money and so attractive to the consumer because the consumer says, |
| 0:21.0 | babe, this thing here is a thousand bucks. I can't pay thousand right now, but guess what? |
| 0:25.1 | This buy not pay later allows me to pay only 25% right now, which is $250, and I get to pay the other |
| 0:30.6 | in three payments, 250, 250, 250, over the next six weeks. |
| 0:34.6 | And I own it in many cases, this is 0%. |
| 0:37.0 | How cool is this? |
| 0:38.2 | Then how do they make their money? |
| 0:39.7 | Well, these companies like Clarna on the back end |
| 0:42.1 | get paid 2 to 8% from the person that's |
| 0:44.9 | selling the product. So for example, Apple would send Clarnaw, if this is a thousand dollar |
| 0:49.4 | product, they will give you $20 to $80. So that's how they're making the money. |
| 0:53.4 | Couple of different ways. |
| 0:54.1 | But God forbid if you make a miss a payment, |
| 0:55.7 | it goes to 30%. |
| 0:56.7 | And by the way, more than 4 and 10 Americans |
| 0:58.4 | who have taken out one of these buying up pay later loans |
| 1:00.5 | have made a payment late on one of those loans according to a new |
| 1:04.0 | survey from lending tree which is why 23% of BMP customers have regretted |
| 1:09.4 | financing a purchase this way so why are people using it? I don't know baby. It's a hot |
| 1:13.4 | phenomenon they're making a lot of money let alone on top of this credit card |
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