How to figure monthly minimum payment from best buy...

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FishweiserFishweiserNew MemberOP
Sep 17, 2010, 04:29 PM

Ive been playing around with the idea of getting a new TV from best buy. They currently have an offer for no iterest for 3 years with a best buy credit card. I can have it paid off with my yearly bonus I get through work in about 6 months which works great, but I want to try and figure what my monthly min payment would be before I go ahead with it. Anybody know how to figure that out?

StitchesStitchesluxury_box
Sep 17, 2010, 05:11 PM

Not sure, but I've never had a minimum payment over $25 from best buy (if even close to that high). Maybe $32 was the most I ever had to pay on like $1,000 from somewhere else but I also don't think it was ever that high.

Not trying to talk you out of it, but I would never bank on a "bonus" to pay something off. Obviously 3 years is a long time, so you could hopefully at worst pay it off with your regular salary. I just never count on bonuses/tax returns/raises when making decisions like a big purchase.

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McLovinMcLovinforum_veteran
Sep 17, 2010, 09:20 PM

"Fishweiser wrote:

Ive been playing around with the idea of getting a new TV from best buy. They currently have an offer for no iterest for 3 years with a best buy credit card. I can have it paid off with my yearly bonus I get through work in about 6 months which works great, but I want to try and figure what my monthly min payment would be before I go ahead with it. Anybody know how to figure that out?

Read the credit card terms. It's usually a percentage of your balance plus the accumulated interest for that month. since its interest free, it should be just the percentage which would be around 3-5%.

Boik14Boik14subscriber
Sep 18, 2010, 01:50 AM

My philosophy is to never buy something that I cant pay for immediately if its not a car or a house. Being able to pay off sizeable debt (1,000 or more) within a credit term can only increase your credit score.

FishweiserFishweiserNew Member
Sep 24, 2010, 09:47 AM

Thanks guys!!

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