Originally Posted by StinkyPink

Funny you guys think he needs a 2k laptop, but seem to think "expanding your services" has no cost. Maybe he doesnt want to disclose publicly, his entire expansion plan. However, if you want to loan him the money, message him and ask what his plans are exactly, and how he plans to pay back in this amount of time. Almost like none of you have any business sense whatsoever.

Originally Posted by MaDalton

you're free to give him the money if you like...

Originally Posted by Sly

My lack of business sense tells me this?

I can go to Amazon, HP, Walmart, Best Buy, Dell, and a dozen other places and get financing. Anything between 6 and 12 months of no interest and no payments. That's what I would do and that's what anyone should do. Now, if any of the dozen (or more) available creditors will not give this person financing, that tells me something is up with his credit history. His willingness to offer a 50% return also makes me scratch my head. And lastly, the fact that he needs money and wants to go for the most expensive option is really quite strange. If he needs to buy a video machine, then he should provide that transparency, so as of right now we can only take him for what he says, a writer.

Everything above says this is a very bad idea.

But again, I have no clue what I'm talking about!