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Title: Earns 48k per year and wants to lease a Mercedes
Post by: 2sk22 on June 07, 2019, 01:22:05 PM
Mind boggling that someone with FICO score of 674 with a modest income wants a luxury car

https://www.reddit.com/r/askcarsales/comments/bxxjrx/credit_score_and_interest_rates_on/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app
Title: Re: Earns 48k per year and wants to lease a Mercedes
Post by: 2Birds1Stone on June 07, 2019, 08:08:22 PM
This is 2019, not all that mind boggling.
Title: Re: Earns 48k per year and wants to lease a Mercedes
Post by: Raenia on June 08, 2019, 06:13:33 AM
At least most of the comments are people telling him not to do it.  Perhaps there's hope.
Title: Re: Earns 48k per year and wants to lease a Mercedes
Post by: A Fella from Stella on June 25, 2019, 08:49:06 AM
At least most of the comments are people telling him not to do it.  Perhaps there's hope.

And he is asking for outside opinions. That's a positive, too.
Title: Re: Earns 48k per year and wants to lease a Mercedes
Post by: HPstache on June 25, 2019, 09:13:57 AM
Mind boggling that someone with FICO score of 674 with a modest income wants a luxury car

https://www.reddit.com/r/askcarsales/comments/bxxjrx/credit_score_and_interest_rates_on/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app

This person is setting them up for trouble, that's for sure.  But to be fair, FICO score does not indicate how wealthy one is.
Title: Re: Earns 48k per year and wants to lease a Mercedes
Post by: marty998 on June 25, 2019, 03:28:48 PM
Mind boggling that someone with FICO score of 674 with a modest income wants a luxury car

https://www.reddit.com/r/askcarsales/comments/bxxjrx/credit_score_and_interest_rates_on/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app

This person is setting them up for trouble, that's for sure.  But to be fair, FICO score does not indicate how wealthy one is.

Yes, but no one should be leasing a car that has a sticker price of almost their entire annual salary.
Title: Re: Earns 48k per year and wants to lease a Mercedes
Post by: peeps_be_peeping on June 25, 2019, 05:32:45 PM
My former co-irker made $70k when she worked with me and while working there bought a new car that cost $72k. She also posts on FB about living paycheck to paycheck and once had to wait for payday to go out to a $10 lunch. I hold my tongue because we're friends.
Title: Re: Earns 48k per year and wants to lease a Mercedes
Post by: jinga nation on June 26, 2019, 02:37:17 PM
My former co-irker made $70k when she worked with me and while working there bought a new car that cost $72k. She also posts on FB about living paycheck to paycheck and once had to wait for payday to go out to a $10 lunch. I hold my tongue because we're friends.

ain't a friend supposed to say the truth, however unpleasant it may be? for long-term financial benefit
Title: Re: Earns 48k per year and wants to lease a Mercedes
Post by: peeps_be_peeping on July 01, 2019, 04:04:01 PM
My former co-irker made $70k when she worked with me and while working there bought a new car that cost $72k. She also posts on FB about living paycheck to paycheck and once had to wait for payday to go out to a $10 lunch. I hold my tongue because we're friends.

ain't a friend supposed to say the truth, however unpleasant it may be? for long-term financial benefit

I don't feel close enough to ask for details about her finances. We met less than 2 years ago at work and have lunch with 1-2 times per month. I guess it would feel like prying.
Title: Re: Earns 48k per year and wants to lease a Mercedes
Post by: JAYSLOL on July 05, 2019, 11:03:18 PM
Yeah, that’s nuts, glad to see some fantastic responses telling him he “has the choice to either look rich or be rich” and to be careful which he chooses.
Title: Re: Earns 48k per year and wants to lease a Mercedes
Post by: HPstache on July 05, 2019, 11:19:19 PM
Yeah, that’s nuts, glad to see some fantastic responses telling him he “has the choice to either look rich or be rich” and to be careful which he chooses.

The person who posted that, posts here under the same username
Title: Re: Earns 48k per year and wants to lease a Mercedes
Post by: JAYSLOL on July 06, 2019, 09:09:19 PM
Yeah, that’s nuts, glad to see some fantastic responses telling him he “has the choice to either look rich or be rich” and to be careful which he chooses.

The person who posted that, posts here under the same username

Nice, I didn’t notice that, going to have to go back and check now