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Old Aug 8th, 2007, 01:54 PM   #1
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Unhappy SOS y'all Financing for Macs in Canada

what options do i have ?? I'm a college student starting a graphic design course and i need either a macbook or a macbook pro on payment terms...
HELP Plz....
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Old Aug 8th, 2007, 02:02 PM   #2
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24-month equal payment plan at Future Shop or Best Buy.
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Old Aug 8th, 2007, 02:03 PM   #3
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Don't students get generous lines of credit?

In all seriousness, I would integrate the purchase of a MB/MBP as part of your student debt (i.e; Line of Credit/Student Loan), especially since you require it for school purposes.

Other members will probably make alternative suggestions.
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Old Aug 8th, 2007, 02:04 PM   #4
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Also check resellers like Carbon and/or MacDoc -- MacDoc has leasing/buyback/buyout and Carbon has their new Credit Card.
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Old Aug 8th, 2007, 02:04 PM   #5
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eplain this equal payment plz...
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Old Aug 8th, 2007, 02:06 PM   #6
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Student discounts from Apple Canada:
http://www.apple.com/ca/education/he...discounts.html
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Old Aug 8th, 2007, 04:47 PM   #7
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12 month financing from Long & McQuade Music.

You don't get student pricing but interest is competitive at 1.4% / month on your remaining balance!
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Old Aug 8th, 2007, 05:16 PM   #8
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12 month financing from Long & McQuade Music.

You don't get student pricing but interest is competitive at 1.4% / month on your remaining balance!
L & M sells Macs?!?!?! SCORE!!! There's my chance to get one!
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Old Aug 8th, 2007, 09:39 PM   #9
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I use Best Buy's CC all the time to buy my Macs. No payments or interest for one year. You basically pay the machine off in a year; pay when you want to pay.. in whatever amount you can.. but and this is a BIG but... you have to pay off the machine before the year is up if not you pay interest at something like 28% from the day of purchase. It's very convenient and I always pay off my balance that I have... also Best Buy and Futureshop have an excellent return policy if you're not happy with your purchase.

Application is done in store at the customer service counter. There is a 25$ annual fee I think....

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Old Aug 8th, 2007, 09:48 PM   #10
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24-month equal payment plan at Future Shop or Best Buy.
What interest rate do they charge over that period of time?

My suggestion would be to try get a line of credit from a brick and mortar bank or virtual bank. Hopefully you had a summer job and can use this for the LOC application. Also you can use or may need to use your parents as co-signers for the LOC. The advantage of this is the lower interest rates, and the floating available balance. Of course if misused you can get into as much trouble with a LOC as a credit card.

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