HiDef Jules Posted October 27, 2008 Posted October 27, 2008 The Digital Center has the Samsung 55" 9 Series at $4700 including 4 years interest free finance, no deposit. Sounds like a great deal - is there a reason NOT to do this???????????????
pgdownload Posted October 27, 2008 Posted October 27, 2008 (edited) The Digital Center has the Samsung 55" 9 Series at $4700 including 4 years interest free finance, no deposit. Sounds like a great deal - is there a reason NOT to do this?None, except that you've added the words "interest free" into the "deal" (which is pretty much what they hope for I imagine). The actual offer is "no deposit. 4 years to pay". Terms and conditions are :Finance available through a continuing credit contract. Repayment amounts are based on a 48 month repayment period, using the lowest annual percentage rate of 19.25%(current as at 01/06/08). A higher percentage rate may apply and this will change the repayment amount. A $25 establishment fee, a monthly service fee of $2.95 and other fees and charges may apply and have not been included in this calculation. Lending criteria and terms and conditions apply and are available on applications Rough calc: after 4 years of "interest free" you now owe $10058. That's assuming that they decide to stick with their "lowest annual percentage rate" of 19% and that the "other fees and charges may apply that have not been included in this calculation" aren't particularly onerous. Regards Peter Gillespie Edited October 27, 2008 by pgdownload
HiDef Jules Posted October 27, 2008 Author Posted October 27, 2008 Ah, I see. Funny - I just assumed it was interest free. I guess they catch people like that. Its an utterly stupid deal then, thanks for the heads up!!
pgdownload Posted October 27, 2008 Posted October 27, 2008 Ah, I see. Funny - I just assumed it was interest free. I guess they catch people like that. Its an utterly stupid deal then, thanks for the heads up!!Tis the benefit of the internet. I've been given a heads up on more than one occasion - can't catch every scam. The pity of it is that a lot of people will sign up to it and get crunched. I figured the GE Finance collapse couldn't have happened to a nicer company, till I realised they were only getting out of the unprofitable mortgage and car sale loans. They're focusing on the in store credit deals which has always been their cash cow.Regards Peter Gillespie
kulfi Posted October 27, 2008 Posted October 27, 2008 You can still get out of the deal by paying off the loan to HSBC after a month. I remember seeing a fee somewhere in the T&C for early repayments. IMO the best option would be to go elsewhere, show them DC's price and haggle it down to that (or DC's price plus that early repayment fee).
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