227 – Taco Bell Ca$h2Go Pay Day Loans
Thumbs up to James, Floyd & Jen. This is the former Taco Bell, Chicago Grill, General’s Fish & Chicken and soon to be Cash2Go Payday Loan Scam Store at the corner of Sterling and Forrest Hill.
Great, now I have to update my Payday Loan video.
March 16th, 2008 at 3:06 pm
Is this the old Taco Bell (later Chicago Grill) at Sterling and Forest Hill in the Aldi lot?
March 17th, 2008 at 10:12 pm
Yeah, it’s something like General’s Fish and Chicken or somesuch nonsense.
March 17th, 2008 at 10:18 pm
Yes, it used to be all of that non-sense, but now it’s gone even further downhill.
March 18th, 2008 at 9:09 am
PI,
Oh, I saw this recently, isn’t it going to be one of those predatory loan places?
Jennifer
March 18th, 2008 at 9:56 pm
You nailed it, Jennifer.
March 19th, 2008 at 9:21 am
Yeah, we need more of those…yup.
March 19th, 2008 at 4:28 pm
Seriously, can’t the city write some sort of new ordinance that allows only a certain number of those places per square mile? It’s absolutely ridiculous everywhere in Peoria.
March 20th, 2008 at 9:09 pm
Like the story of the pictured example, watching the video, I found myself trying to guess what the storefronts were before they became payday loan stores. One looked like a former bank, another appeared to have been a gas station, another a Denny’s, and so on. How many of the former business’ employees are now using that loan store to get by?
March 20th, 2008 at 9:11 pm
Holy cow! Didn’t realize the video was all from the Peoria area.
March 20th, 2008 at 9:24 pm
Nothing like going in to get your overpriced loan and come out smelling like old fryer grease.
March 20th, 2008 at 9:43 pm
When I made the original video I didn’t realize that the title loan places were pretty much the same thing, so I passed over them. Yea, Gary, it’s Peoria. Sad, isn’t it?
May 11th, 2008 at 9:14 am
And it still looks like a fast food restaurant. Architectural branding should be discouraged.