INK-REDIBLE!

Last week, my wife and I received a communication via the Royal Mail, from BARCLAYS BANK in Leicester. It was headed, ‘Make money work for you”, with a bolder sub-heading, “See how much you could borrow with a Barclayloan’.

The ‘bankers’ (I almost started that word with the letter 'w') are offering to lend a person £7,000 at an interest rate of 12.9% APR for a term of 60 months. The monthly payments at £156.40. My calculator informs me that the total repayment is £9,384!

Alongside this sub-heading was an illustration of a young man and woman apparently involved in some DIY i.e., making or repairing things themselves, especially in the home. I presume the suggestion was that they could borrow money to do up their domicile!

The male has both arms, the backs of his hands, and his knuckles, comprehensively covered with tattoos. The girl has tattoos on the outside of one arm… the outside of the other arm is not visible.

I did some research into the cost of tattoos, and was both shocked and stunned. A ‘tiny’ tattoo will cost you £60-£90. A 2”x2” tattoo costs £90-£150, and a 4”x4” tattoo will set you back £150-£300! Tackiness costs a tidy sum, doesn’t it?

So, the message from the Barclays would appear to be… “Spend your denarii being disfigured… ‘cos you can always borrow from a bank!” Strewth!

To any delicate, decorated, disgruntled dullards … my advice would be… if ya can’t stand the heat, stay out of the tattoo parlour!