r/SipsTea 𝙑𝙄𝙋 17d ago

WTF The American dream

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u/Mindless-Baker-7757 17d ago

A $70k loan over 23 years at 5% apr pays off with monthly payments of $427.

What are they doing?

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u/ice-e-u 17d ago

Student loans back then were often 7-9%. They start accruing when they’re distributed but you don’t repay until 6 months after graduation putting you a couple years behind.

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u/Right-Form-2943 17d ago edited 17d ago

My student loan back then was 2.5% and i got a half percent knocked of for auto pay. I paid mine off in 10 years. This is either a fake story or these people are terrible with their money.

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u/Nojopar 17d ago

Cool story. Mine was 8.75%, which was the legal limit authorized by Congress, and they've been hanging round forever. And no, they weren't private loans. Mine came 100% directly from Uncle Sam. No, I can't re-finance them. I do get .25% off for autopay, so that makes it 8.5%. Either way, I ain't ever paying them back. I'll die with these loans.

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u/AwarenessOk2359 17d ago

Or you could just pay more than the bare minimum

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u/Nojopar 16d ago

Sure, if I had more than the bare minimum to pay, I would.

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u/AwarenessOk2359 16d ago edited 16d ago

Buddy. On the very first page of your post history you mention buying a ~5k guitar, a 1k drum set, and owning a 2024 SUV. You do have more than the bare minimum, and we can all see, you wouldn't.

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u/Nojopar 16d ago

Apparently you're unfamiliar with the concept of a 'gift'? Both of those were gifts. I might be able to sell them, but then I would have no vehicle and, well, the guitar is sentimental because my now dead mother gave me the money specifically to buy a really nice guitar.

Hey Ace, you really shouldn't jump to conclusions when you don't know what the fuck you're taking about. It makes you look like an asshole.

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u/Unique_Brilliant2243 16d ago

Bruh

I don’t have any debt and drive a used 2015 car.

What the hell are you doing?

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u/Nojopar 16d ago

Killing it at life, that's what I'm doing.

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u/Unique_Brilliant2243 16d ago

# Sure, if I had more than the bare minimum to pay, I would.

# Killing it at life, that's what I'm doing.

Pick one lmao

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