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Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2008 6:46 am Subject: Age limits on PDLs?

Read an interesting story from Florida this morning; a 17 year old took out a PDL, then went to use the money to buy drugs (!!!), and ended up getting robbed. The weird story aside, I was wondering, are there age limits to who can get PDL's, esp. at storefronts? Seventeen seems a bit young, to me. Or do they let anyone have PDL's as long as the person has a job/checking account?

Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2008 7:10 am Subject:

Maybe they had phony proof of age. who knows what these places will or will not do.

Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2008 7:12 am Subject:

I'm assuming you would have to be 18 for a storefront to lend to you. But seeing as this person is using the money to buy drugs, in all likeliness, they were using a fake id. Who knows, the banking information and etc. may all have been forged/stolen.

But then again, if you are already stealing identities and forging ids and banking information, you may as well just rob somebody for the money to buy drugs Rolling Eyes

Pachacutec · Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2008 7:33 am Subject:

I was also wondering if the kid had forged id or something; oh well, now he not only got robbed, he didn't get his drugs, he DID get arrested, AND he'll have to pay back the PDL. Some days it doesn't pay to get out of bed.... Very Happy

Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2008 3:42 pm Subject:

You know, when I signed up, they asked for my date of birth but never verified that with anyone - I guess they could have with my social, though. I know I had a bank account when I was younger than 17 so who knows? That's funny though - payday loans are the ultimate punishment!