MS Surface membership?
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Why for the love of all that is good with the world.... would anyone want to actually do this?
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@Minion-Queen because anyone foolish enough to keep buying Surfaces is going to want to do this, too.
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This just reminds me of the Rent-A-Center/Conn's/Colortyme, "Take it home today and pay out the nose for the next 7 years" kind of schemes. You can get more blood out of a turnip by financing over freaking long periods instead of being a grown up, saving your pennies, and actually getting it when you can afford it with cash.
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Yeah pretty much... too much $$ and why would you spend it on a Surface?
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ACK!!
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Really I don't see any difference in this than the iphone club from Apple these days - other than you all hate them. I don't have an opinion as I haven't been burnt by one personally.
The price $53/m for 24 months, $1272 and you own it at the end (I think) not bad. And the lock-in for them hoping you'll trade it in for the next model at 12 or 18 months, get a new monthly payment and a new device.
Really if you're the type to get a new computer frequently, or a new phone frequently, these plans mostly make sense. Do you pay the most, probably, but there's a lot less hassle selling the device off at the end.
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@Dashrender said in MS Surface membership?:
Really I don't see any difference in this than the iphone club from Apple these days - other than you all hate them. I don't have an opinion as I haven't been burnt by one personally.
The price $53/m for 24 months, $1272 and you own it at the end (I think) not bad. And the lock-in for them hoping you'll trade it in for the next model at 12 or 18 months, get a new monthly payment and a new device.
Really if you're the type to get a new computer frequently, or a new phone frequently, these plans mostly make sense. Do you pay the most, probably, but there's a lot less hassle selling the device off at the end.
The difference is paying for extra features on a great working device or paying more for something that's basically a brick.
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@Dashrender said in MS Surface membership?:
Really I don't see any difference in this than the iphone club from Apple these days - other than you all hate them. I don't have an opinion as I haven't been burnt by one personally.
The price $53/m for 24 months, $1272 and you own it at the end (I think) not bad. And the lock-in for them hoping you'll trade it in for the next model at 12 or 18 months, get a new monthly payment and a new device.
Really if you're the type to get a new computer frequently, or a new phone frequently, these plans mostly make sense. Do you pay the most, probably, but there's a lot less hassle selling the device off at the end.
For the most part, I think this is true. To me, leasing an iPhone makes more sense than leasing a car. Sure a car depreciates in value, but once its paid off its yours and its still usable. If you pay off a phone, then you may get another year or 2 out of it. But after a while, it will either break or the network will upgrade their network so far that they will quit supporting your phone.
If I rely on my phone for work or whatnot, then it would probably make more sense to lease it. This way you can ensure that you will have a reliable phone for the most part. When its not working, trade it in and get one that does work. Its their phone. They are just renting it out to you.
