GE Financial Services just announced a deal with Fender Musical Instruments for special financing for anyone interested in buying a Fender Products. I guess there's a low interest rate for those who qualify and want to finance their next Fender purchase.

Here's the link
http://www.newswiretoday.com/news/66127/

My wife is very tolerant when I'm able to pay cash for something. I've got no chance of buying something and having to pay interest for it when I repaired our refrigerator door with gaffa tape the other night

tea shot out of my nose when I read this Bro
I guess there's a low interest rate for those who qualify I've been un qualified for quite some time now, you do know this is a musicians Forum

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you can save the world with your guitar one love song at a time it's just better, more fun, easier with a fender solid body electric guitar or electric bass guitar.

Some of my equipment is financed thru GE Financial. They are OK all things considered. Web pay is easy, so I dont interact with them much.

Most guitars are small enough investments that its just not worth the extra expense to finance.

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"I started out with nothing, and still have most of it"

The only time I have ever financed a guitar is if I bought something on 12 months same as cash or something like that - id never pay interest on a guitar, just pay cash

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"Wait a minute, somethings wrong here!"

When it comes to musical instruments, if I cannot walk in with money in hand and walk out free and clear with an instrument, it is not worth buying. I do not mind a layaway program, most stores do not charge a finance charge for that. I bought 1 guitar using lawaway. I used 1 credit card for a guitar purchace once and it took over a year to pay it off. I was charged an extra $100 dollars for that instrument. That money could have been used for an upgrade or better instrument.

For now, I will just save the money needed for gear and walk out with it that day. BTW $100 dollars left for my NGD.

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RK

2007 Fender Highway 1
2012 American Deluxe
2015 MIM Dave Murray HHH
2010 Fender Blacktop
1987 Fender Avalon Acoustic
2012 Marshall DSL 15 watt head

My philosophy: If I can't buy it outright on the spot then I don't need it until I can. I hate credit cards and especially paying interest considering how little interest banks pay me to use my money...LOL

Good Lord, that's all I'd need! Why not give me a line of credit at the gun store and Tractor Supply while they're at it?

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"To Be Is To Do" --Locke
"To Do Is To Be" --Thoreau
"Do Be Do Be Do" --Sinatra

The funny thing is that IMO Fender is a company that has a really fair price on their products and they're offering financing. You could be buy 2 American Standards and a nice amp for the price of 1 Les Paul and I don't see any special financing help from Gibson.

I would give up guitar, if I had to use GE... These guys are..... Well lets just say I dont like them or their business practices.

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Hey, Boy Blue is back!

+1. Well said. If I don't have the money for it...it doesn't come home. My wallet has no credit cards...and as for this financing-I couldn't have a beautiful guitar in my house that wasn't yet mine.

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"There is more to life than increasing its speed." Mahatma Gandhi

Owner of:
-2008 American Standard Strat in Candy Cola Red
-Vibro-Champ XD
-Fender CD-60 Acoustic (Sunburst)

Originally posted by Hoeycow

Seriously, the combined cost of my used AVRI 57 Strat and new AVHR Tele add up to the cost of a new Les Paul Standard o_O

Yeah, I don't think that's a good idea giving guitarists a line of credit, that's like giving a raging alcoholic an unlimited bar tab <___< with interest of course

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I traded my car in for a microphone.

Heeey guys, don't forget Fender is a business corporation. They are working on any idea that can give them any% increase in the sales numbers.

Ultimate icing on the cake for credit business is so that consumers will conveniently, securely spend more money that they don't have.

Sorry Jay, I'm not understanding this whole guitars are a luxury not a neccessity thing.

Nah joking aside I'm with you and RK on this one. If I aint got the green I dont spend it. Banks are nothing but a legalized mafia, they give me nothing for my hard earned. I'm not prospering them by indulging in their wicked ploys.
GE money have quite a bad rep in the UK. Is it a subsidiary of GE finance?

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No no and no