Looking to get the surgery done in about 6-7 years. To anyone who got the surgery, what was your income, how did you finance, and are you hurting financially now?
I'm considering a loan I was pre-approved for. USD$14,000 loan, plus much of my savings, for G-Nail (9.5cm). Loan would be USD$400 per month for 7 years, with no repayment penalty (so can pay down the principal directly as able. I'd be paying back nearly double what I borrowed. I haven't decided on this yet.
Others have mentioned debt-maxing (possibly including leaving one's country). This is interesting, but I don't think it's for me. If you stay in your country, they can garnish your wages if you are an employee. However if you're self-employed, then this seems viable. Or leaving the country works too, but I don't want to lose my family for ~7 years or however long the statute of limitations is.
... i got a cc with no apr for a year for 15k maxed out . now im paying that off from working another job. ...
Thanks for sharing about credit cards with 0% APR promotional periods. I had not considered that. Perhaps once the promotional period is coming to an end, one could get a personal loan (that has a lower APR) to pay off the credit card, thereby taking advantage of the "time value" of money and inflation ($1 today is more than $1 tomorrow, so $1 of debt tomorrow is actually less debt than $1 of debt today).
In US, for example, this is a federal felony called "bust-out fraud'. ...
Good to know. In this context, typically 1 large payment, I suspect that would be more difficult to detect. Perhaps HIPAA or other privacy laws could allow one to falsely claim that it is "normal" medical debt, rather than cosmetic.
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Expect a lengthy prison sentence... with long legs !
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ive heard of people getting repos and stuff but havent heard of ppl spending everything on LL and running away to a different country to avoid bills lol. after getting ur car repo we still stay in the states cus thats where home is. not really a 3rd world place or europe/germany place where it cost just as much to live. and its hard to move around from country to country u know.
If your job can be done remotely than perhaps becoming a "digital nomad" and secretly (from your employer) living in Vietnam or other inexpensive places.
Overall not for me.