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Originally Posted by draghn
With Best Buy's no interest financing, it makes it easier to just pay a small amount each month if you don't have the funds saved up already. Especially if someone decides to buy the phone full price. $499.99 is a lot of money to drop unplanned, so no-interest financing is a decent option.
Also, even if you have the money, you can keep most of it in investments or high interest accounts and slowly pay off the phone with Best Buy... any little bit of money saved, or earned, is nice.
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That $499.99 price will 100% sure not be the off contract price at Best Buy. The ALWAYS mark up their phones over MSRP. The Treo Pro had a price of $749.99. I would like to also suggest, people that are investing and have high interest accounts most likely do not consider $500 a lot of money. Not trying to big league anyone here. I don't finance ANYTHING. I do use a credit card for all my purchases though, well I keep cash on me too. I earned over $100 in rewards dollars last month wit my Visa. I earned a about $20 last month on my MasterCard just buying fuel. So I definitely understand interest and getting extra money where you can. I am just saying, if I have to save up to buy a phone, I know that it is probably more than I need to be spending on the device.