Bash.co.za wont let you buy a phone on 6 months 0% interest

If you can buy a kettle for R6K at 0% interest, should you be able to do the same for a smartphone

  • Yes! WTH!

  • No!

  • Why do kettles over R500 exist?

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duckduckdroid

duckduckdroid

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Hello Mybroadbanders!

I wanted to raise this interesting fact that I found. My phone broke today and I wanted to see if I could get another device on credit with the lowest interest possible, I knew that bash.com, which I believe is part of TFG, allowed you to buy items and pay them off over 6 months interest free.

Here are some great examples:

1. A Hisense 43inch TV for R5999 or R999.83PM over 6 months 0% interest
2. A fugly kettle for R5990 or R998.99PM over 6 months 0% interest ( if you are paying this much to heat water you need jesus.)
3. A i3 Packard Bell Laptop for R6999 or R1166.50 over 6 months at 0% interest

You get the picture, you can go to bash.com and get TV's, horribly overpriced heating elements, laptops on credit over 6 months interest free...

Now lets take a look at the smartphone situation:

1. A Samsung A15 (basically one of the lowest range Samsung smartphones) R3799 or R366.91PM over 12 months at 28.15% interest
2. A Mobicel IX Pro (basically e-waste) R1299 or R125.46 over 12 months at 28.15% interest

All of the above examples are hyperlinked to the corresponding bash.com pages for your viewing pleasure.

So my question is, why can you buy so many products at 0% interest, however, when it comes to, what I would consider a damn-near-basic-human need, a smartphone, why can't it also be sold at 0% interest over 6 months?

Is this TFG complying with the big carriers to ensure that we keep paying them exorbitant contract prices? Why can't we buy phones at 0% interest on credit like we would TV's or Laptops? What is the big difference? Surely this goes against the Consumer Act?
 
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duckduckdroid said:
I tried to but they told me to talk to the hand and kept laughing at me, it was a very overwhelming experience, luckily for them I didn't have my smartphone to record the whole ordeal!... too soon.
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Next time take your anti depressants before you go. Hop over to Pep Cell and grab a cheapy until you have actual money to trade with.

You from Krugersdorp?
 
RedViking said:
Next time take your anti depressants before you go. Hop over to Pep Cell and grab a cheapy until you have actual money to trade with.

You from Krugersdorp?
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Lol, it's less about the phone and more about wanting to know the reasoning behind it, why can you buy all this other crap over 6 months at 0% but a smartphone has to be charged at 28% interest over 12 months... something is wrong there...

KZN, was just in Krugersdorp :p
 
duckduckdroid said:
Hello Mybroadbanders!

I wanted to raise this interesting fact that I found. My phone broke today and I wanted to see if I could get another device on credit with the lowest interest possible, I knew that bash.com, which I believe is part of TFG, allowed you to buy items and pay them off over 6 months interest free.

Here are some great examples:

1. A Hisense 43inch TV for R5999 or R999.83PM over 6 months 0% interest
2. A fugly kettle for R5990 or R998.99PM over 6 months 0% interest ( if you are paying this much to heat water you need jesus.)
3. A i3 Packard Bell Laptop for R6999 or R1166.50 over 6 months at 0% interest

You get the picture, you can go to bash.com and get TV's, horribly overpriced heating elements, laptops on credit over 6 months interest free...

Now lets take a look at the smartphone situation:

1. A Samsung A15 (basically one of the lowest range Samsung smartphones) R3799 or R366.91PM over 12 months at 28.15% interest
2. A Mobicel IX Pro (basically e-waste) R1299 or R125.46 over 12 months at 28.15% interest

All of the above examples are hyperlinked to the corresponding bash.com pages for your viewing pleasure.

So my question is, why can you buy so many products at 0% interest, however, when it comes to, what I would consider a damn-near-basic-human need, a smartphone, why can't it also be sold at 0% interest over 6 months?

Is this TFG complying with the big carriers to ensure that we keep paying them exorbitant contract prices? Why can't we buy phones at 0% interest on credit like we would TV's or Laptops? What is the big difference? Surely this goes against the Consumer Act?
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Ok next time post with your real account
 
duckduckdroid said:
Lol, it's less about the phone and more about wanting to know the reasoning behind it, why can you buy all this other crap over 6 months at 0% but a smartphone has to be charged at 28% interest over 12 months... something is wrong there...

KZN, was just in Krugersdorp :p
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Welcome back!
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By the way, I did not know you can get a TV on 6 months 0% interest. When I have money again this might come in handy. Thanks Karen!
 
RedViking said:
By the way, I did not know you can get a TV on 6 months 0% interest. When I have money again this might come in handy. Thanks Karen!
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Actually scrape that. It is R1500 more expensive than other places. Lol! They just included the interest as part of the sale price.
 
You could possibly try buying a gift voucher in-store using your 6-month interest free TFG account, then using the gift card to pay for a phone online?
 
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