jeff744 wrote:
Canadian_Mind wrote:
You guys don't understand the "CANEX Plan", it IS interest free.
There is always a catch when they say that, like tacking on an extra 10% to the original bill.
Guy - Almost deserved a double facepalm.
Jeff - Don't talk about what you don't know. The whole point of CANEX is to be a military-run retail store for CF Military personal both at home and abroad. I wont call it a discount store, because some of the shit they sell (namely groceries) are more expensive than you would find elsewhere. Other things, like Meats, household appliances, tyres, etc are sold on the cheap, real cheap. You pay the factory cost, plus a tiny amount for service charges, and the government covers the rest: Shipping, employee payroll, etc. Sometimes there is markup, but very little compared to other retail stores like Wal-Mart, Target, Sears, etc.
As an example, I bought my current Macbook from an Apple Store. With the in-house military discount costed me $2600 at time of purchase (right after tour). It would have cost the average civvie around $2850. What I should have done, was ordered the same model with the same specs from the factory through Canex, and it would have cost me only $2300, with no mark up, whether I used CANEX Plan or not.
300 dollar mistake. But the difference was that I had a Macbook right from the store for Post tour/Christmas leave (my old Laptop was destroyed overseas), or I could have ordered through Canex, waited 3-6 weeks for delivery, and finally have it mid-way through my block leave. It's a mistake I can live with.
CKA Elite 
