Agreed. Not the best of times to be offering credit to anyone for that matter.

Finance everything you buy through GE! I need my GE stock to go UP!

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You're only as strong as
the drinks you pour,
the tables you dance on,
and the friends you roll with.

I don't use credit anymore.
It's a hard lesson learned for a lot of people.
If I can't walk into a music store and pay cash for a guitar or amp or what ever else I need, I don't want it.
For some people who absolutely need it, this might be a good thing. Some are going to take advantage of this offer and they're OK with the use of financing their purchase. Still for others, it may not be the best thing.
Fender is in the business of selling a product that is in demand. This is just another way for them to do that.

I usually get 12 mo. free financing whenever I purchase a guitar. I have always paid it off before getting charged for the interest.

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"My mind is a raging torrent, flooded with rivulets of thought cascading into a waterfall of creative alternatives." Blazing Saddles...

I definitely fall into the 'guitars are a necessity' bracket as thats how I make a living. I'm still paying off 2 credit cards though so in essence my gear eventually pays for itself. Interest is a different story though.

CC

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Fender Stratocaster (parts build)
Fender Telecaster 72 Custom RI
Fender Telecoustic Deluxe
Gretsch Electromatic Pro-Jet
Gibson Les Paul Standard Plus
Gibson ES-135
Zenith Type-17
Marshall 70's JMP Superbass 100w
Blackstar HT-5

Wow This gives me GAS for a new Am.Special I am wanting..

My financier says a couple of licks of paint and a touch of wall papering will go a long way to any future gas releif
I'm in the no cash no get camp

Cash =

Credit =

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I Can't Explain

I pressed yes as I was thinking who is going to buy me a guitar but me.lol Wait I did have a very good friend who settled a huge case buy me two axes last year. I actually felt like a kid again at Christmas.

HA! Well now: apart from my wife the only other serious long term relationship in my life was with a girl who worked for GE Capital here in the UK.

As a result of how that relationship ended GE have a massively bad reputation with me, that's for sure. Nuclear weapons are the appropriate tool in this case I feel - luckily for them their headquarters seems to have moved and I'm too lazy to find out where to.

I jest - and naturally my opinion is based on extreme personal bias. In reality be clear that GE are safe from armed attack from me: I understand full well there must be innocent people working from them who are not lying, duplicitous, deceiving bastards.

There must be...

Anyway, my feelings have mellowed in the last 13 years (and two months). A bit.

There. Shall I go back to keeping my private life... private?

Cheers - C

lol, Ceri. I find anything associated with bad ex's tends to get battered with the hate stick from me too!

CC

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Fender Stratocaster (parts build)
Fender Telecaster 72 Custom RI
Fender Telecoustic Deluxe
Gretsch Electromatic Pro-Jet
Gibson Les Paul Standard Plus
Gibson ES-135
Zenith Type-17
Marshall 70's JMP Superbass 100w
Blackstar HT-5