Wow I knew things were bad but that is such a low amount not to be able to come up with in a month?
“Wow I knew things were bad but that is such a low amount not to be able to come up with in a month?”
The sad thing is that the folks answering that they couldn’t come up with it, didn’t even default with the thinking of getting a second job or selling something.
ANYONE could come up with 2K in 30 days by delivering pizzas or selling some of their extra “stuff” on e-bay.
You're obviously living in a different world than I am. There's no way I could come up with $2K in 30 days, no matter how dire the emergency was. Thank goodness we're somehow holding it all together.
A lot of people live pay check to pay check because of the economy. Even if they work decently paid jobs. Just a couple of quick illnesses and surgeries in 1 spouse, time lost from work to recover and 10 or more of those 20% their health ins didn’t cover bills to be paid (labs, docs, hospitals), with another surgery needed, when the right procedure wasn’t done first, because of ‘no history on the GYN problems’, and they are more than in a bind. You get scared you will get fired if you have to take another medical leave so soon, and you sure can’t afford the time off, much less any new medical bills.
Life is not always fair. This couple pays their bills, but sudden illness/surgery can decimated any savings you have. And leave you in a financial hole for a long time.