Synchrony Financial Consumer Loan Complaint

Synchrony Financial Consumer Loan department,

Installment loan Managing the loan or lease Washington

I purchased a bed from - - ( financed through GECB ) in 2012. I applied for the loan in the store and was approved for $3000.00. This was a promotional loan, i.e. 24 months interest free for 24 months. Upon being approved, the salesperson told me what the monthly payments were to be. GECB then became Synchrony. I requested from Synchrony a copy of my application and the terms of the loan, but they have informed me that since my application was taken " electronically '', a paper copy is not available. I received a bill monthly and paid what it indicated was the " total minimum payment due. '' At the end of the 24 months, as I had not paid the full amount, I was hit with the back interest, which increased my balance from $1900.00 to $3700.00. My complaint is multi-faceted, but boils down to the fact that I feel this type is lending is a trap. First of all, there is no way for me to check and see if I was informed that I needed to make 24 equal payments in a certain amount in


that the minimum amount they listed was adequate to take advantage of the financing. The statements all say, " If you have a DEFERRED INTEREST/NO INTEREST IF PAID IN FULL promotion : To avoid paying Deferred Interest Charges on these promotion ( s ), you must pay the entire applicable Promotional Balance by the Promotional Expiration Date. '' They provide the date and the balance, but nowhere in the statement does it tell me what my payment needed to be in order to avoid the application of all the interest at the end of 2 years. I have recently heard on television/radio merchants such as - - - now make clear that the special financing requires equal minimum payments, which leads me to believe that I am not the first person with this issue. I am now facing a balance of $3000.00 w/ a 29.99 % interest rate. I believe that this is the goal of these finance companies - to not fully-inform consumers up front what the equal payments need to be, so that they can rake in HUGE profits. If I had been informed in my monthly statements what I needed to pay in order to avoid the full amount, I would have paid that amount.