• pumpkinseedoil@mander.xyz
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    18 hours ago

    If you don’t have those 1700£ to buy it outright maybe you shouldn’t be using a 1700£ phone and focus on saving up

    • Mr_Dr_Oink@lemmy.world
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      17 hours ago

      I dont think that’s fair to say. Would you apply the same logic to a house or a car?

      Of course, i could pay for this phone in a single month, but then i wouldn’t have enough for gas or electricity for my home. Or to pay for my car, or for food or anything i might need that month.

      Even the biggest companies in the world borrow to pay for things. Spreading the cost is a perfectly acceptable and legitimate way to pay for something.

      I save for other things. I have my bills, and i have my savings.

      Whilst i appreciate the financial advice, i would prefer a less matter of fact approach to calling me irresponsible

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        15 hours ago

        Personally I apply that logic to everything except a house (so I hopefully can afford a house one day)

        Sorry if it came across rude, didn’t mean it like that