Comments on: Why same-as-cash offers are bad

By: Becky

Becky — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 08:14:35 +0000

I agree. I’ve seen those same as cash ads and thought…that would be a good deal. But then I thought…after 10 months and the thing isn’t new anymore, you are still paying on it. Bad idea. Save the cash and buy and enjoy after you buy it. I prefer to do it that way, anyway.

By: bluntmoney

bluntmoney — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 00:46:57 +0000

Oh, good point! We did bargain on this too, but I bet we could have gotten an even better deal by waving around the cash. Too bad we didn’t think of that…

By: a.nonymous

a.nonymous — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 15:15:12 +0000

Thanks for the interesting post! Just stumbled across this blog and added it to my feeds.

There is another reason why same-as-cash offers can be bad:
If you had gone to the store to buy that very same item with cash in hand, you would have had a very good chance of getting a better price via good old-fashioned bargaining.

Cheers,

a.nonymous