How can I make a deal with my mom in buying a laptop?
Hi so I know it's Christmas, but I really didn't get too much, and I really didn't want much anyway so it's totally fine with me (you see, I'm going to France in the spring with my school so I want spend money there plus the trip itself costs about $3,300). So I was for some reason watching HSN today for about 5 minutes, and that happens to be when they are showing a wonderful Gateway laptop for $670.90. It is especially amazing because it will support The Sims 3, the main reason I want this laptop. Regular HSN price is $799.99. and retail is about $1200.00. So I really want to buy this laptop, but I don't currently have a job. I had one in the summer and have about $350 saved from then, and plan to get a job in March when I have my license. So here's what I want to do. Ask my mom to get me the laptop - I will pay her $300. (I need a little bit of money on me, and I think I'll get about $70 from relatives for Christmas). Then, when I get my job, I will pay off the rest of it. If you were a mom, would you go for this? I mean in the end I really just want this good deal on a great laptop with great system specs. I just need this "loan" from my mom (And truly, I am not cheap in any way and will literally WANT to pay it back, plus I could see what it's like to be in a situation like that and such". So what do you think. This deal ends in less than 3 hours! Do you really think it's a ripoff? My mom is also partial to Gateway laptops (they have customer service in the U.S.). Also she'd be happy to get Sims off the desktop... I would rather pay the price for a really good laptop, but thanks for the input. And yeah, I do a lot of chores (more than any of my siblings - probably more than all them combined and I have 3). Good idea though. HSN sold out of the laptop... :(
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Answer 1 :
That is a ripoff. If all you want it for is to play sims on and goof off online, go to walmart and get one for 400 dollars.
Answer 2 :
I would ask her if you could pay her back out work it off.
Answer 3 :
well i'm not a mom but i think once u really convince her and show her u want it to study with she might just buy it oh.. n let her see that u are really willing to add money to help buy it . talk to her she might understand!
Answer 4 :
My acer laptop supports Sims 3 and was only $600, you would be far better off going to a reputable office store and asking about different models there. You can get what you want for less than that 'great deal' laptop. Between the $550 and $850 price marks there isn't really that much difference. A personal word of advice would be to go with a SMALLER screen size than you think you'll want- my biggest peeve with mine is the size- I went from a 9 inch netbook to a 15.6 inch laptop because the laptop had a DVD drive. I found the portability of the netbook to be a FAR bigger advantage than the DVD drive which I rarely use.
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