PowerMax ideas
ITASOR said:
I just got off the phone with Gary, and he is a really nice guy, or sounds like it. I'm sure he will help you out.
So I've come to the conclusion that PowerMax is a good company overall.
Here's my little problem. I am 15 years old. I have a PayPal account with debit card, and a bank account, but I don't have a real credit card.
With PowerMax, they have agreed to give me a $650 trade-in on my Quicksilver. I think that' s very good.
The problem is, I can do the trade in 2 ways. I'm getting an iBook. I can have them send the iBook first (I pay full price of iBook). I then transfer my data and send the Quicksilver to them. In 2-6 weeks, the $650 will be credited to the credit card.
The other way I can do the trade is that I can send them in my Quicksilver, and in 2-6 weeks I will have the $650 credit towards a purchase and only be charged with the difference of cost between the iBook and $650 (QS trade in). This way I will be billed only the rather small difference.
Now I have to ask my parents if they'll order it for me. I'm sure they aren't going to want to shell out $1,000+ dollars and get a $650 credit in 5-6 weeks, as they could end up paying interested on the charge by the time PowerMax gives the credit.
If I do it the second way, I'll have to send them my quicksilver and wait 2-6 weeks until they "test" it and give me the $650 credit. Then, I'll be able to order the iBook and only pay whatever the difference is, which is around $450 with my customizations.
Can I afford to be without a computer for a week.....sure, it won't be easy, but I can do it. Can I afford to be without one for 6 weeks......heck no.
So, I don't know what I should do. This trade value is good for 10 days, so I need to figure out pretty darn soon. 9 days left....and counting as I type.
What would you suggest. I asked which way is quicker, and he said there would be no difference. Looks like I'm going to be really nice to my parents tonight in hopes that they will allow me to bill it $1,092.44.
Wow. 🙄
Ideas?
Well, my first tho't is, are you close enough that your parents can drive you to the PowerMax location? Probably not, that's a long shot. But if so, then you could do the trade in person and at the same time, transfer files, and get the credit.
Next tho't, you could present your plan to your parents and ask them (nicely) if they will help you out. (Is your birthday coming soon?
🙂 That might help you.) If they agree, then you can order from PowerMax and do all the transfers between both Macs (BTW, the "set-up new Mac transfer from old Mac" option in OS X is brilliant and works flawlessly.) Then you won't be without a computer.
Third tho't, if your parents say they can't or want you to work it out on your own, then I guess the only option you have left is to send PowerMax your Quicksilver first. Do you have an external HDD? Or more than one HDD in the Quicksilver? If so, then you can back everything up and keep that drive until your iBook comes and transfer to the iBook.
I am curious, you are probably a student, so are you getting the Student Union iPod deal from PowerMax? If not, then you might want to think about that. You could sell your Quicksilver on MR or eBay, then buy the iBook from Apple or a retailer that will give you the Student Union iPod deal. Then if you don't want the iPod, you could sell it and get some cash back, making the total price of your iBook even less.
🙂 Just a tho't.
You mentioned you have a PayPal debit card. The PayPal debit card is unique in that it is treated like a credit card (tell the merchant credit, not debit) and PayPal gives you a cash back bonus on your purchases, if you have the purchase amount available in your PayPal account. That is how I use my PayPal debit card (not the PayPal charge card) all the time for every purchase and it is better than a charge card. Use the PayPal debit card as a credit card and Instead of paying interest, you get cash back! Again, making the total price of your iBook even less.
🙂
I hope that helps.
🙂
Thanks for the info about Gary. I did talk with him and he is very nice (he is a saleman
😉 ). He doesn't know why my order is so messed up. Apparently something went wrong in the warehouse, so he says. At this point, there is not much I can do, I just have to be patient and wait. What irritates me is that I ordered most of the items for my mom's birthday, which is today, and I tho't three weeks would have been plenty of time to get the stuff. Oh well.
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