years ago i never heard of pdls. there was pawn shops, loan sharks, and natural banking systems, and of course relatives.
my relatives are usually broke. the pawn shops here are only interested in giving quarter price for items, so they can sell it back out high. loan sharks were in the cities not Montana out back. Since my divorce (and my bad decisions) i never thought i had a credit rating for natural banking.
I found a store front payday loan, and that wasn't so bad. after finding Mt laws now, don't know that guy does it (mt is a no rollover, this store front does it).