Not to mention, if you miss a payment, you typically have to pay interest on the full original loan from the date you took it out, at some egregiously high interest rate.
Nearly 30%, for the scheme we have access to at my work. 28.99%. That exact number may in fact inform veterans of the industry of exactly who we use for financing.
Credit company advertised 2 years interest free. The scheduled repayments kicked off either a fortnight or a month (can’t remember exactly, this was over 20 years ago) from the purchase date. This made the last payment fall outside of the interest free period, causing you to pay for all of the interest that would have been accrued in that period.
Making one extra payment probably would have been enough to clear it before the 2 year mark.
But now that you mention it, that’s kind of how the Best Buy deal worked. They didn’t automatically split up the payments for you like a car or home loan. It was a credit card, so you could pay the minimum balance every month. But paying the minimum balance wasn’t enough to actually pay off the whole thing in 2 years.
Not to mention, if you miss a payment, you typically have to pay interest on the full original loan from the date you took it out, at some egregiously high interest rate.
Nearly 30%, for the scheme we have access to at my work. 28.99%. That exact number may in fact inform veterans of the industry of exactly who we use for financing.
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Buddy of mine was stung in a similar manner.
Credit company advertised 2 years interest free. The scheduled repayments kicked off either a fortnight or a month (can’t remember exactly, this was over 20 years ago) from the purchase date. This made the last payment fall outside of the interest free period, causing you to pay for all of the interest that would have been accrued in that period.
Making one extra payment probably would have been enough to clear it before the 2 year mark.
Ooo that feels like it should be illegal.
But now that you mention it, that’s kind of how the Best Buy deal worked. They didn’t automatically split up the payments for you like a car or home loan. It was a credit card, so you could pay the minimum balance every month. But paying the minimum balance wasn’t enough to actually pay off the whole thing in 2 years.