Financing Options

[BENJMNS]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bXuum3OdWA

 

[KPOM]

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I CAN pay in increments, right? ($300 in feb, $300 in mar, etc)

Yes, you can do that.

 

[Xeperu]

Let the man help stimulate China's Economy and learn to responsibly manage his debt.

I fixed that for you.

 

[KPOM]

Barclay's Bank that is connected to Apple's financing a purchase is one of the worst credit card issuers. Beware of them. Do a Google search and you will seen how hated they are.

I can't say I'm too thrilled with them, either. I purchased my Rev A through Apple and used the Barclaycard (I think it was branded as Juniper) primarily to get the iTunes gift card and deferred interest promotion they were running at the time. I paid it off in full and on time, but I do vaguely recall that the statement date on the card wasn't aligned to the date of my purchase from Apple, so it can be easy to miss the payment deadline. What surprised me is how quickly Barclaycard closed my account after a few months of inactivity. I'm not sure if they were using the financial crisis as an excuse, or if they concluded that I wasn't profitable enough.

It looks like MacMall uses WebBank, which also handles Dell's credit card business. I haven't read all their fine print but it looks similar to most offers I've seen.

 

[andiwm2003]

I can afford $100 per month easily, I cannot really afford $1500 at one time, though.

i would not get the barclays card because they seem to be astrocious if you miss a payment.

wait 6 month and save some money, get the next refresh of the MBA, pay cash. with the saved money you have some money left in the bank for the month.

unless you absolutely need the MBA now waiting and saving gets you a much better machine at much better paymant conditions.