All iPads Amazon Offering iPad on 5-month plans

[badatusernames]

Hi,

Has anyone else noticed that Amazon is offering their 5-month payment plans on some iPads?

 

[rui no onna]

That was actually 18 months over the holidays.

Edit: I just checked and the financing offers appear to be targeted. Mine still shows 18 months.

 

[JayMysterio]

I hadn't noticed it for iPads, but when Amazon started putting the Macbook Pros on sale, I noticed the option for monthly payments were present. When I look I also see the 5 months financing option now for iPad Pros as well.

 

[AutomaticApple]

That was actually 18 months over the holidays.

Edit: I just checked and the financing offers appear to be targeted. Mine still shows 18 months.

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Yeah, mine also shows 18 months.

 

[cateye]

Not the same thing. The 18 month option requires an Amazon Prime Rewards credit card. And if you have one of those accounts, great. If not, that involves applying for a new credit card and credit line and the subsequent hard pull on your credit history.

The "5 payments" option is a targeted offer Amazon extends to certain customers (their description uses a lot of weasel words, but I think you need to have been a long-time Amazon customer with no black marks/excessive returns/etc. on your account and a Prime member) where they divide the cost of the item you're buying into five charges across five months to whatever payment method you choose.

It's not a bad option, although it still strikes me as "if you can only afford this item by paying for it a little at a time, then you probably can't afford it period," but that's more philosophical than practical I suppose.

 

[JayMysterio]

Not the same thing. The 18 month option requires an Amazon Prime Rewards credit card. And if you have one of those accounts, great. If not, that involves applying for a new credit card and credit line and the subsequent hard pull on your credit history.

The "5 payments" option is a targeted offer Amazon extends to certain customers (their description uses a lot of weasel words, but I think you need to have been a long-time Amazon customer with no black marks/excessive returns/etc. on your account and a Prime member) where they divide the cost of the item you're buying into five charges across five months to whatever payment method you choose.

It's not a bad option, although it still strikes me as "if you can only afford this item by paying for it a little at a time, then you probably can't afford it period," but that's more philosophical than practical I suppose.

Still it's a pleasant surprise that lends well to increasing the chances of impulse buys. When I saw it for the new Macbook Pros, I seriously considered it for a few hours, since the outlay and followup prices were very manageable.

 

[rui no onna]

Not the same thing. The 18 month option requires an Amazon Prime Rewards credit card. And if you have one of those accounts, great. If not, that involves applying for a new credit card and credit line and the subsequent hard pull on your credit history.

The "5 payments" option is a targeted offer Amazon extends to certain customers (their description uses a lot of weasel words, but I think you need to have been a long-time Amazon customer with no black marks/excessive returns/etc. on your account and a Prime member) where they divide the cost of the item you're buying into five charges across five months to whatever payment method you choose.

I think the 18 month, they just automatically offer to Amazon Prime Rewards CC holders. I visited the page when not signed in to any account and there's no mention of any financing offers. The only offer they show if you sign up for a credit card is $50 off.

I used to get these 5-month offers before on Kindles but lately, it's all been just Amazon Prime CC 0% APR financing.
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Still it's a pleasant surprise that lends well to increasing the chances of impulse buys. When I saw it for the new Macbook Pros, I seriously considered it for a few hours, since the outlay and followup prices were very manageable.

Lol, I'm sure that's exactly what Amazon is counting on.