My wife says that IF I can find a good financing deal, I can get the Powerbook I want. Compusa has 18 months of no interest. That's about the best deal I've found. I'd like to find something with no payments for about that long....even a year...I know it would be almost paid off by then. Any leads?
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I've seen nothing better, though I've heard Apple is offering two years of interst-only payments. But that seems dumb to me - two years later (if you don't over-pay), you're stuck with the same debt, but you've been paying interest for two years.
CompUSA may be your best bet. I'm have yet to really find any other Apple reseller other than them to offer 0% interest for a time longer than 90 days. Best Buy and Circuit City are usually the retailers to offer good 0% interest for a long time, sometimes 2 years, but unfortuntatly they really don't sell Mac computers. All other Apple dealers usually have financing deals with a high interest rate. I ended up just putting my Powerbook on my credit card that had much lower interest than all the other retailers, and plus so I could get it online for the educational discount.
So my advice, if your anxiously awaiting a Powerbook in your hands, go for the CompUSA deal or if possible use your credit card, but CompUSA might be the wisest choice if you are certain you pay it off in a 18 months. And word of advice, if you go with CompUSA don't let them talk you into their warranty cause they will hound you to get it. Wait a year then purchase AppleCare, because with AppleCare you still can take it into a CompUSA to get it fixed since they are Apple Authorized.
So my advice, if your anxiously awaiting a Powerbook in your hands, go for the CompUSA deal or if possible use your credit card, but CompUSA might be the wisest choice if you are certain you pay it off in a 18 months. And word of advice, if you go with CompUSA don't let them talk you into their warranty cause they will hound you to get it. Wait a year then purchase AppleCare, because with AppleCare you still can take it into a CompUSA to get it fixed since they are Apple Authorized.
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Apple finance is through MBNA, who usually have the highest interest rates around - around 20% and up. So if you went that route, you'd probably end up owing a lot more than what you started out with, even although you paid the interest for 2 years, thanks to the interest being compounded daily.
The CompUSA deal sounds excellent. Read the fine print, and if it's really that good, get it before they change their mind or the terms.
Good luck
jsw said:
Apple finance is through MBNA, who usually have the highest interest rates around - around 20% and up. So if you went that route, you'd probably end up owing a lot more than what you started out with, even although you paid the interest for 2 years, thanks to the interest being compounded daily.
The CompUSA deal sounds excellent. Read the fine print, and if it's really that good, get it before they change their mind or the terms.
Good luck
