Sunday, April 29, 2012

Blacklisted Person's Choices: Cell phone contract and Personal loan

By Theuns Koekemoer


Have you ever heard of blacklisted cell phone contracts? Blacklisted cell phone contract is a form of personal loan wherein a cell phone is purchased instead of money. Since blacklisted individuals are often banned from any lending companies, they tend to have difficulty in having a cell phone of their own. Hence, telecommunication companies have come to a strategy called cell phone contracts to help these people own a cell phone of their own despite their bad credit record.


Let's try to compare cell phone contracts from personal loans. Both entities are limited to an agreed payment period wherein the amount must be paid within that timeframe. It is important to note that during that timeframe, the debtor should strictly follow the terms and conditions for such transactions since he has signed to agree with it beforehand. With cell phone contract, inability to follow terms and conditions is punishable in a form of early termination fees (ETFs) wherein you must either pay immediately for the remaining months that you are supposed to pay as an installment or pay amount demanded by the telecommunication company. Delaying payment for dues will also be imposed with additional monthly interest. On the contrary, for personal loan, inability to pay on time is punishable also by additional interest, which makes your debt even larger in sum. Or if a guarantor exists, he is asked to pay for the amount instead since he is responsible for the behaviors of his clients.

If you want instant cash, you'll have difficulty finding for blacklisted personal loans because offers are declining in number, possibly because of debtors that are irresponsible. This is why blacklisted cell phone contracts are getting popular because of the large number of people subscribing from it.


Online application for a blacklisted cell phone contract is easily done. You just simply have to log in to the website of your chosen telecommunication company and fill-up the application form presented to you. And as a blacklisted applicant, certain requirements are being asked from you (e.g., identification card, proof of residency, proof of employment, a valid bank account) as a back-up for your application form - all sent through fax machine. And when all these are already complied, all you have to do is to simply wait for the approval or rejection of your application.


The above procedure for a blacklisted cell phone contract is the same when applying for online blacklisted personal loan. And both are also offered through in-person applications.


For both types of loan application, consumers are given the option for either a short term or a long term contract - depends highly on the foreseen capability by the debtor to pay such financial commitment. With cell phone contracts, there are pre-paid (you purchase a certain amount to be loaded to your number) loading of cell phones or post-paid (you pay the amount consumed by the end of the month) to choose from. Personal loans as well have different timeframes to choose from. The obvious similarity between the two is that both are useful to anybody as long as managed properly. And that, while being engaged to such commitments, consequences like past dues, damage to personal budget caused by compound interest, or litigation due to not paying at all must be avoided at all cost so as to protect one's name and reputation.






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