I know this is pretty much par for the course now -- installment pricing is available for almost anything. But I was at Amazon.com today and they had (of course) an ad for Amazon Fire TV, which is selling for $99. (It's basically Amazon's version of Roku).
I click on the link to the product page to take a look and a big yellow banner on the top of the page says I'm eligible for an exclusive offer. (Oh yay). I only have to pay 20% right now and the rest I can pay over four installments!
God forbid you pay for your $99 item all at once... how is anybody supposed to pay that much?!?
Next thing you know, we'll be paying for our toilet paper in installment plans.
Granted, no interest is applied, but that's because in order to take advantage of this spectacular offer, you need pay via your Amazon credit card, which Amazon will automatically charge every month for the next 5 months. So, it's not so much that Amazon is making more money off of this offer; it's just sad that businesses now believe that most people can't scrounge together enough money for even mid-tier market electronics.
