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genovelle said:

hammeroftruth said:

It’s funny how they don’t mention by name other companies like Sony, Microsoft, John Deere, Makita, Dewalt, Ryobi, I can go on for days, but you get my point. 

They don’t want to admit that different adapters serve their market and drive the economy. You know, the one that’s tanking right now. 

So it’s bad that Apple and the rest of the tech market make so much money on cables and ports and adapters, but it’s good that gas can approach $7/gallon when there is no real believable explanation why. 

Who are the real grifters here?

Our gas prices are $4.49 roughly what we had to pay in 2008 when everyone dumped their giant SUVS and swore to move to alternative fuel sources, for about a year. That is a really odd price because in all my years I have never seen gas prices exactly the same everywhere in the city and in neighboring cities too. That is not a natural occurrence.  

Gas prices here in Pennsylvania are very different from station to station.  From one station to the next the price can be as little as .05 cents difference up to .50 cents or more different. I have never seen anything like it.. and now I am seeing "ethanol free" more often which costs more than Diesel and Premium depending on the station.

iloveapplegear said:

Something I never knew I wanted.
Silly me I could just count the number of bottles I have drunk or just drink when I am thirsty !

larryjw said:

cpsro said:

Pay Later is weekly over 6 weeks--barely better than a month and hardly worth talking about--which doesn't compare to 6-24 months.

Well, if you get paid weekly or bi-weekly, this gives buyers to ability to pay out of income rather than savings. This is still a useful feature.

I always pay out of income when I can, though I can afford to pay upfront for everything I purchase. I just make sense. And when the payments are automatically applied, buyers should never have to pay interest. 

Compare this process with, say, buying appliances, or furniture. There, the stores offer no payments for a year -- while the interest builds up over that time. It's a loan with a high interest rate -- and the buyer gets screwed royally. You never want to pay interest, period; that's money directly out of your pocket. 

You only pay interest if you don't pay the balance within the time frame ( 6-12-18 mos etc.. ) then you pay the total interest from day 1. I  have bought multiple TV's and appliances this way and have never paid interest. I buy a TV.. 12 mos no interest,, pay it off in 4-5 months. I make payments with income and don't have to put it all down up front. Same with paying the statement balance in full if I use a credit card. I refuse to pay interest and waste my money.

macxpress said:

morky said:

macxpress said:

Stabitha_Christie said:

chadbag said:

Now I know why BMW drivers are  attracted to BMWs.   "Takes one to know one".  Arrogant a-hole drivers attracted to arrogant company.

(Note the above is said in jest, but only partially.  Whether deserved or Not, BMW drivers do have a certain stereotyped reputation). 

It's funny, the other day I was thinking that Tesla drivers had surpassed BMW drives for that reputation. So not terribly surprised to see the two companies linked in this article. 

Yeah, Tesla people are very attached to the brand...even though the car as a whole is a POS. 

No, it isn't. 

Yes it is...its horribly built and has some of the worst reliability of any car on the road. 

BMW reliability is anything to write home about either....

xbit said:

8thman said:

This is risky in the current financial environment.
Inflation is taking a toll on consumers and some will start defaulting on payments. Timing of this is not good.

Klarna are in serious trouble, with widening losses. While short-term loans of this nature can be helpful in emergency situations, that's not what they're being used for by-and-large. For example, half of Klarna's customers who have defaulted on their payments have done so after purchasing fashion goods.

It's a grim situation. This style of lending is morally objectionable and Apple should be ashamed for entering the market. 

Apple will run a soft credit check to ensure that borrowers are capable of paying back the loans, which will likely be capped at around $1,000, the company said. If Apple Pay Later loans aren’t repaid, then Apple will no longer extend those users credit. But the company said it won’t report the missed payments to credit bureaus.