I pay attention to consumer finance products and how people respond to them, from installment payments for food to missed payments and budgeting apps. My posts here capture reactions and recommendations, not firsthand reports about these companies’ products or performance.
On March 20, 2025, I called buy-now-pay-later for food “wild.” I was reacting to a deal that @unusual_whales reported between DoorDash and Klarna, allowing customers to pay for food deliveries in interest-free installments; that report was theirs, not my announcement. This adds a food-delivery example to my notes on buy now pay later consumer spending.
On May 20, 2025, I joked about people missing payments on “their burrito debt” and called it wild times. The quoted headline from @NewsWire_US said Klarna’s losses were widening as more users missed payments and reported that the platform had 100 million users, attributing the report to FT. Those were the headline’s claims, not figures I independently verified.
On July 13, 2025, replying to @haroon, I called Rocket Money “absolutely awesome” and thanked him. My reply expressed approval but did not say what feature or experience prompted it, or suggest that I built or owned the product.
On November 17, 2025, I called Rocket Money “goated.” I did not explain what specifically prompted this positive opinion.
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