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loan letter

hi there
has anyone heared of first stop loans my boyfriend has been sent a letter and i don,t want applying for a loan with them am i right to be
worried :confused: they are asking him for £47.95 up front first or are they a good loan company or do we tell them to run and jump
we are both on dss he,s on dla
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  • iolanthe07
    iolanthe07 Posts: 5,493 Forumite
    If you search this board you will find lots of posts about this and similar companies that charge an up-front fee. The general consensus is that they are a rip-off, best avoided. They are not loan companies as such, but brokers who 'find' you a loan, usually at some eye-watering APR for a much smaller amount than you asked for. You then have a long struggle to get your money back.

    Try your own bank, but to be honest if you're both on DSS then you are unlikely to get a loan at anything like a decent rate in the present climate. Best get a job and then save up.
    I used to think that good grammar is important, but now I know that good wine is importanter.
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