damntruth

You're saying buy now because it will cost more later. Pretty common sales tactic. But you are not including risk.

The only way it would be financially beneficial for me to "buy now" was through a business lease / government loan program. Basically, I borrow money from the government that is paid back over 20 years. The money transfers to a corporation as a one time payment for a 20 year lease.

The risk with this arrangement is I'm paying the installer the entire fee upfront and owe the government for 20 years. If anything fails on the system and the leasor (installer) is bankrupt then I have no way of getting warranty service AND I'm stuck paying for a broken system for up to 20 years.

In short, the leasor has no skin in the game. Most of the leasing corporations haven't been around more than a year, they are registered private, and are very secretive about their board members etc. It screams "take the money and run" after they've received 7 years of government incentives. I have no guarantee that my system would work for 20 years, yet I have to pay a loan for 20 years using my house as collateral.

Why the fuck would you give the prosecution all this? 15 minutes? STFU until after the trial.

Thanks for pitfall, provided hours of entertainment for me and my neighbor growing up. I dusted off my old Odyssey II a couple months ago and plugged it in for my kids (11, 9, 5) they lost interest in PS3 for a few weeks.