Well - $500 is better than nothing.
Can’t blame a book for wanting to avoid a run on the bank as they recover from an extended unexpected downtime which is at the beginning of a slow period for inflows.
I’ve had a bonus book put me on a 1k weekly payment plan - and they paid me every week like clockwork and paid in full. If they pay $500 a week - it’s $500 more than what customers at HRWager for example got paid recently.