installment
Installment payment is a spell that elegantly transfers the thrill of purchase into future debt. Instead of inflicting pain on your wallet all at once, it invites you to befriend a long contract and demons called fees. It pricks you monthly with tiny stings, and before you know it, the total far exceeds the original price. Ads touting convenience hide the presence of cash vampires that use time as their ally. True freedom arrives the moment the final payment is madeābut by then, nobody remembers.