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Best Macbook Pro financing?
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IDK, but my friend's dad is interested in getting one, and that's the only way they can get one....
Best Buy has no interest/no payments for 18-months on any purchase over $499. Don't know if that's the best deal, but it should be one of the better ones.
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?id=pcmcat163300050048&type=category
Thanks! That's the kind of stuff that they were looking for. I'll just wait and see if anyone can come up with anything better.
well... certain best buy stores do give the EDU discount... If you qualify for that. Another consideration is buying where there is no tax.
I think every single thread that I've seen mention credit, or financing... since the turndown always has one person pop up like this. Clearly you aren't in any position to know anything about the financial status of the buyer, the reason for the purchase, etc, etc. So basically you are issuing a global judgement based on little to no information.
Are you suggesting that nobody should finance anything ever again?
Many campuses have the EDU discount and several banks and credit unions will finance your purchase(s) via loans. I would count Mom & Dad as the best MBP Financing Plan on Earth....
Sounded to me like you were jumping to the conclusion that he wasn't going to make any money and just wanted something he couldn't afford.
No, I was just saying, if you're not going to be making money off an item, it is usually a bad idea to finance it. Considering the Best Buy option above, it's not a bad deal as long as you can pay it off before the interest accrues. Otherwise, it's not a good deal at all.
It appears it could have been read that way, but I was not assuming one way or the other.
I agree, except credit is good to have. credit card debt is not.
If your friend has decent credit and wants to finance the laptop the best way to do it is to get a 0% APR credit card. Most cards offer an introductory 0% for the first 12 months, some even offer them for the life of the purchase.
http://www.comparecards.com/compare...ds/k/low_1_F?gclid=CJnNjLret5kCFQECGgodj2Yq5A
I would stay away from Best Buy along with the Apple financing.
Best Buy is through HSBC, and Apple through Juniper/Barclays. Both are sub-prime banks, and not worth having credit from. If you don't have any other cards though they might be a good place to start.
Just do it through Best Buy...the very few people that I've seen finance there computers usually have done it through BBY.
DO NOT BUY APPLE FROM BEST BUY!! i was a CEM manager for them. they will screw you over. a little more than 50% of the apple computers that we sold came back. i dont know what it is but something about them is inferior when bought at Best Buy.
Debt is always a bad idea, but since when is a car not a need? I'd love to hear how I'm suppose to get to my job everyday, travel 4 states, drive to see my customers and somehow pay cash for my care prior to making the money at my job to pay for it? Please inform my rich dead uncle to forward on those checks I don't seem to be getting.
As far as a home, so if I can't pay cash for a house I'm better off to keep pissing away my money paying rent? Really... your a financial wiz kid OMG! No wonder the economy failed!!
You like to contradict yourself, even in one post.
Also, you really take things to the extreme and aren't looking at the entire picture. I never claimed to be a financial wizard, but a little common sense would help you to understand what I was saying.
A car can be a need, but is a $40,000 SUV a real need or is it merely a want? Does everyone in America need a 4WD Diesel 4 door 3/4 ton truck too? Does every car people purchase need to be brand new?
The problem occurred when people wanted $300,000 homes on a $50,000 income as well as brand new cars every other year. That's how the sub-prime mortgage loans got out of hand.
Homes generally appreciate in value, while cars depreciate. Thus, the loans on those two are not comparable.
It depended on the car. is there a point to getting a nice V8 car just to go to work or could you afford a 4cyl?
I think that was the point.. Its just getting that "EXTRA" people cannot afford.
I got a second hand motorbike. I brought most of it but the rest in on finance. I saved 10K$ getting a second hand bike rather than getting a new one.... Did I need the NEW bike? No.. I just wanted it.
This is where people get NEED and WANT mixed up. Yes they NEED a new car but most of the features are based on WANT.
In my opinion.
This is the same related to the Laptop in question.
To OP:
do you Need a MBP or just want a MBP. Could you save some money and get a MB?
I all depends on your NEEDs...
Just my bit.
~Regards
