QUOTE(Case @ Dec 11 2008, 10:49 PM)
There are these questions that have been bugging me for some time, i wonder if someone can shed some light on it?
It's regarding
Easy Payment Scheme (0% interest) available at a lot of the electronic stores etc:
1. Is it correct to think that paying the price separately in 6/9/12/18months is cheaper than paying the full amount in a single payment?
-It is 0% interest, and with inflation looking at 4 or 5%, the value of the monthly payment will actually decrease in time.
-IF keeping the full amount in saving account, drawing interest (although not much), while paying off the monthly payment will further offset it.
2. Is the bank issuing the credit card providing 0% interest Easy Payment Scheme earning any profit from these transactions? from who?
-I guess the bank has to earn profit from somewhere, probably from the store selling the product.

Ladies and Gentlemen, please tell me what you think
Cheers,
Case.
QUOTE(temptation1314 @ Dec 11 2008, 10:55 PM)
^You have to take note on the processing fee, hidden fees...
Even it's stated 0% interest... they still can charge you with hidden fees such as processing fee, admin fee, etc etc...
If it's stated 0% it's 0%.
However, the bank as well as Visa and Master still profits from the merchant fees imposed on the transactions.
If we're talking about profit lost here, it is the stores.