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This is a complex issue; we do want new shops, but with many people here not being amongst the most well-off, it will do well I guess, but those least able to afford to buy, will be fleeced.
The advert on the TV for the Money Shop (in the Market Square) shows an APR of 260%. I wonder what it is for this new Brighthouse store ?
It's like going back to the old "tally-man" days, of usury interest rates and the heavy mob.
Good quality shops in other Towns, will see that we have three of these types of shops (Albermarle and Bond, Pawn Brokers; The Money Shop and Brighterhomes) and see we are a low-income area and not open here.
A new Credit Union has recently started up in Dover for savers and borrowers; this is what should be promoted, not these.
But as Howard has said, it does brighten up the proverbial High Street, but then, by the time they've been in there, they won't have any money to spend elsewhere.
Roger
