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| Thread ID: 39342 | 2003-11-04 00:17:00 | OT: Hirepurchases and Interest rates | csinclair83 (200) | Press F1 |
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| 188996 | 2003-11-04 06:07:00 | I found these to be better alternatives. Finance it via a bank and bargain with them and pay in cash. Wait and have enof funds and pay it with cash. Use credit card and use the interest free period. Do u have a uni or grad account? These are minimal interest with its overdraft. Like $2 per month to draw a grand and a half or so abouts.. |
nomad (3693) | ||
| 188997 | 2003-11-04 08:27:00 | I did an exercise with someone who swore by HP a while ago . What it amounted to was by the time you paid EVERYTHING(insurance charges etc etc+ payments ) and worked out your total costs as opposed to saving up for six to twelve months(+ Interest), and then going and beating down the price for cash, it equated to around half price . The difference was it took a bit of discipline to make exactly the same payments into you bank before purchase, as opposed to the same payments for twice as much to the HP Co . Also once you are on this track you are also saving for, and ready to purchase your next item before the alternate . Here endeth the lesson . No, I'm not that fundementilist,(hey maybe I am!!) and HP has its place, but its a good idea to look at the alternate . Sorry this is a bit OT, but I couldn't resist(join the capitilist pigs, don't take their sh!#) . |
Rod ger (316) | ||
| 188998 | 2003-11-04 08:37:00 | personally i think getting pc's on HP or any finance is stupid. by the time you have paid it off you have a pc that worth half of the asking price and you've paid double the asking price for it. | tweak'e (174) | ||
| 188999 | 2003-11-04 11:29:00 | Sorry Metla but we are talking about hp and not a house mortage | mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 189000 | 2003-11-04 11:35:00 | Thanks Graham L I in the I past paid off two hp payments before their time and in both I actually lost money when I did true cost accounting. | mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 189001 | 2003-11-04 11:40:00 | I aggree totaly Rod Ger | mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 189002 | 2003-11-04 11:56:00 | i'velearnt my lesson myself...hps suck..big time...they can be good but they just suck when it comes to money... but we have to think/realise...whats making people get hire purchases?....instead of saving? low interest....no interest...long terms to pay off...latest model they can get for "free" with 1 year deferred...the list goes on..i've noticed noel leemings are now advertising that theres more chance of getting hps as they have made their criteria more flexible.. no wonder nz is in a couple billion dollar debt when it comes to "credit" on creditcards/hirepurchases and loans..... and with your mortage metla..i think thats kinda different from hps, as a house doesnt go out of date..well it does but compared to a computer......a house is something you actually need...well not need need but yeah its basically part of life to have a house that you can call your own...with a mortage..and you can stay there for the rest of your life...a computer doesnt even last that long..it would just go out of date and shrivel away and become unusable in 10-20 years......but a house would still be standing and if its still in 1 peice after a long time..it can be passed on to your kids (if your that nice) and so on...it becomes part of the family..... anyway back to the point...i know i would be losing money on paying the hirepurchases off early but i was wondering if i was able to get anything back...even if its only a dollar...so yeah..guess all i needa do is email finance company and find out...or would they not tell me? or is it the law to tell me?... I dont even care how much it is..i just want what i am entitled to... Cheers guys for ur comments so far in this thread :) |
csinclair83 (200) | ||
| 189003 | 2003-11-04 12:17:00 | > > and with your mortage metla..i think thats kinda > different from hps, as a house doesnt go out of > date. > You wouldn't say that if you saw the wallpaper in my bathroom. Besides,Credit is a great thing,people just get stuck because of stupidity. Right now i have a house ticked up,an $800 car stereo,a lounge suite and a full set of bedroom furniture. And i just booked my holiday accomidation on my credit card,after visiting the bank and getting my limit raised of course. Whoa.:D :D :D |
metla (154) | ||
| 189004 | 2003-11-04 18:54:00 | Finance companies have "A rule of 72" you WILL pay back 72% of the interest you agreed to pay. anything more and you might be entitled to a rebate, anything less and they will take it up to that. |
Wayne H (1736) | ||
| 189005 | 2003-11-04 21:46:00 | I took up HP just for a credit rating as the only proof that my credit was good was my payments being on time for my suppliers, and I really don't like disclosing that information. They explained that paying it off early doesn't show a long enough history for you to get a credit rating. Also when I took it up the item was interest free for 12 months, I was paying the item off in 6 months, I wanted sooner but 6 months was the shortest they could do, I worked out the cost and it's only a small margin different in the price, approx 10%, even added onto the HP things like extended warranty, something I wouldn't of taken up if I paid it all up front, but since I wasn't buying it for myself I thought it'd be worth it. So now I have an A++ Credit Rating and that's all I wanted to have. I still get spam snail mail from finance companies saying I can borrow $5-$25k from them but I'm not interested in having debt over my head. |
Kame (312) | ||
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