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Summary

Gen Z is increasingly relying on “buy now, pay later” (BNPL) services for holiday shopping, with spending projected to rise 11.4% this year, totaling $18.5 billion.

These services appeal to younger consumers with limited credit histories but can lead to overextension, as they lack centralized reporting and encourage overspending.

Experts warn of accumulating fees, particularly when BNPL plans are tied to credit cards.

With inflation and rising credit card debt already burdening Gen Z, consumer advocates caution that these services may worsen financial instability despite their convenience.

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[-] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 7 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

One big recent consequence is it destroys credit short term, like less than a decade.

It's recoverable, but every one counts as a new line of credit, which automatically gets closed about a year after payment.

So unless you also have a lot of zombie credit cards, it's going to keep debt utilization waaaay up, number of accounts waaat up, and keep average age of accounts low.

This snowballs, especially if they ever do but a house. If they day ever comes, they're going to lose alot of money again.

It's like experiencing turbulence on a place so you scream YOLO and start playing Russian roulette.

If the plane goes down, it doesn't matter. If it's normal no big turbulence, then it's just as much an increase in risk as playing on land.

They assume they'll have bigger problems, and they may be right. But it's should still be concerning.

We got a while before kids are unironically bumping this tho

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vG1CuunXLsI

[-] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 23 points 4 weeks ago

This snowballs, especially if they ever do but a house

They know this will never happen. They're not buying houses. They're renting until they die on an overheated planet that no one wants to do anything about. Where one party rolls coal and the other pretends that the inflation reduction act makes up for the harm caused by the record oil production they brag about.

They know they're fucked, and there's no reason not to take on as much debt that they can't pay back as possible.

[-] cerement@slrpnk.net 16 points 4 weeks ago

(since no one can afford a house even with perfect credit)

[-] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 1 points 4 weeks ago

They assume they’ll have bigger problems, and they may be right. But it’s should still be concerning.

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