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[–] kivulallo@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago* (7 children)

I never ordered a Framework before but I'm planning to do this year. Isn't that how it's supposed to be? Last time I visited their site it was written that you pay a reserve price at the time of order, then they charge your card later with the remainig price before they ship it.

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[–] echodot@feddit.uk 9 points 10 months ago* (6 children)

Right but who has like three grand just sitting in a checking account, that shit in a savings account because I'm not Bill Gates and I need every penny I can get from the interest? If they're not going to tell you at the time that you pre-order when they're going to bill you, then they need to contact you ahead of time or that's going to keep happening.

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[–] Passerby6497@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I mean, I have that in my account. But I'm also paranoid about bounced checks and don't see the appeal of getting a nickel a month in exchange for worrying about something suddenly eating my float and causing bounced checks.

The interest rate on the savings account tied to my checking is not great...

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[–] aesthelete@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

Right but who has like three grand just sitting in a checking account, that shit in a savings account because I’m not Bill Gates and I need every penny I can get from the interest?

Dude use a credit card.

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[–] wltr@discuss.tchncs.de 1 point 10 months ago

Excuse me everybody, I just wanted to intercept and say that if that was written as Bill fucking Gates, that would be so much funnier :)

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[–] Armok_the_bunny@lemmy.world 1 point 10 months ago

Since when are there savings accounts with interest rates worth even calculating? The interest rate on my savings account is down at 0.01%.

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[–] ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 10 months ago (1 child)

Literally no one does it like that...no one. You place an order for something that's backordered, they also don't charge you until it's shipped, and you won't get notified beforehand either.

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[–] echodot@feddit.uk -1 points 10 months ago*

Notify me would literally be an email they couldn't even be bothered to do that.

You would have thought they actually wanted the three grand, like contacting me cost cost them nothing and they didn't do it they just cancelled the order.

I cannot express this part enough, the time between the pre-order and them charging me was like 5 months. I'm not going to keep massive amounts of money in a personal account for months on end just so they can randomly charge for it on a arbitrary Wednesday afternoon that's ridiculous.

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[–] aesthelete@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

That sucks. I've also had mixed experiences with their support arm but the hardware and designs are pretty top notch. It really is nice to buy a laptop that isn't inevitably headed for the landfill in five years.