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Loan for unemployed

DP87
DP87 Posts: 9 Forumite
Hey!

I got a loan through 'thecarpeople' when I purchased my car from them two years ago. The interest rate seems to be really high though so I was hoping to be able to get a loan somewhere else to pay off the outstanding balance. The problem is myself and my wife are both unemployed so I cannot find a bank loan I would be accepted for.

Does anyone have any suggestions?
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  • Tixy
    Tixy Posts: 31,455 Forumite
    I'd imagine its very unlikely you'd find anywhere - but to help anyone possibly come up wit suggestions - how much do you want to borrow? whats the current APR you are paying but want to improve upon.
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  • ILW
    ILW Posts: 18,333 Forumite
    Sell the car and get another one when you are working again.
  • No-one will give you a loan if you have no income with which to pay it back.
    Thinking critically since 1996....
  • blacksta
    blacksta Posts: 919 Forumite
    it is no brainer
    I owe £3233 @ 0%
  • DCFC79
    DCFC79 Posts: 40,649 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    OP I have a suggestion but it may not be 1 you were looking for but ill post it anyway, for get teh idea of the loan as you have no income to pay it back.
  • chalkie99
    chalkie99 Posts: 1,618 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Payments could be made by that well known benefactor....

    Mr Benny Fitz
  • McKneff
    McKneff Posts: 38,857 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Sell the car, full stop.

    Pay off what you get for it.

    Buy another one when you get jobs.
    make the most of it, we are only here for the weekend.
    and we will never, ever return.
  • jon142
    jon142 Posts: 277 Forumite
    I'm sure wonga will lend u a couple of hundred quid.

    Only 4000% intrest tho...
  • KingElvis
    KingElvis Posts: 4,100 Forumite
    Yep your only option is to flog the banger, use whatever you get for it to keep paying the laon and pray you get a job before it runs out.
    "We want the finest wines available to humanity, we want them here, and we want them now!"
  • rartherinv
    rartherinv Posts: 158 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker Debt-free and Proud!
    Unemployedloans.com ltd is a company designed to help people with no income by giving them low interest loans which they can pay back in the future when they have the money.

    Is that what you wanted to hear?:rotfl:

    sorry to be the thread meanie! good luck with your journey to better financial health... as others suggested you will either have to borrow from someone who trusts you or sell the car to pay it off.
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