Is it purely speculation he obtained a cash loan, or just a working theory at this point?
Minor PL, in my legal travels, I have come across a class action lawsuit from a decade or so ago involving PayDay Loans/Money Mart. It had to do with criminal rates of interest (seriously, it was against the criminal code of Canada what they were charging in interest!) on short-term loans. I don't recall all the specifics, but you'd be floored with what a simple 1000 loan worked out to once you repaid at the rates. Anyway, it was a consumer class action and the corporation paid out some money in a pre-trial settlement. They also were subject to hearings by the Utility and Review Boards in various provinces. It was wild shit and a real eye opener in to why never to borrow money from a "payday" lender outfit. Bank better option, but as you said, the people who go to these places are people that aren't going to get a loan at a bank. Desperate would be the clientele they want to see.
Point being, not sure about US and how loan companies are regulated for interest. But if he did go to a money lender outfit, then depending on amount taken out and term of loan...well that would not have been very wise to go there. Also, on the class action, another thing that outfit did was make you pay back full interest, no matter if you wanted to pay the loan off in a month. So, say for 1000 bucks over a 12 month period, your calculated monthly payments worked out to having to pay 1500 in total back. Well, if you went the next month and said I want to fully pay off the loan, you have to pay 1500. It was in the contract you signed. So read the fine print peoples!
So it sounds like he has been scammed, whether by a legal entity or some random prick on the net. I await with interest then til Chris breaks. Cause you won't will ya dude? LOL I agree, if he can shut up about it (which is doubtful since this place exists because he couldn't shut up about stuff) then fine until he spills. Besides, watching him trying not to spill the beans is amusing while we wait anyway. Besides that, he will probably be funnier when he divulges it than you would anyway
@Marvin! Just promise us when he does finally let it out, give whatever backstory on shit that you can man.