The problem is I don't have a job, so I can't just put like $1200 in my bank for no reason right? In order to pay on debit.. Because I have cash, and I am not sure if it is normal to pay that much cash? I don't know how else to purchase this.
I was thinking I could purchase an assortment of gift cards and pre paid visas .. Would that look more normal lol? More like gifts. I'm not sure how to buy it. I'm a teenager who thought it would make sense, till I realized I had a actual stack of money lol... Looks kinda sketchy, or no? Anyone work with electronics see ppl pay in cash?
$1200 is not considered a lot of money, and you can deposit it. Over $10,000 cash deposits are reported to a government agency.
As a laptop for its performance, Macbooks are overpriced.
Macbook Pro non-Retina 13 inch starts at $1099 plus tax unless you can get a decent discount.
It is a year 2012 with i5-3210M for a CPU and HD 4000 graphics.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacBook_Pro
In store, you can pay in cash.
Talk to your parents. Why? Software for pc-$100-400 software for Mac-$400+++++
The machine is overrated and not worth it really. I mean they still get viruses (and really hard to clean sometimes) and you can't share with many friends some stuff. And the retinal display? Well it's not all great after all... You can get an AMD MACHINE that's 10x faster for $1200 or an intel that's 5x faster or a Mac that's practically outdated at $1200.... The ones that are current cost $3500 stripped and $5g loaded! (With no software) in many cases.
There are lots of people with no credit that pay in cash. That amount of money is no big deal to take in cash. It only gets reported to the feds if the amount is over $10,000.
What looks sketchy is using the cash to buy gift cards to make your purchase look less sketchy... that looks like money laundering. Depositing $1200 or using $1200 cash to buy the laptop looks like you are making a deposit or purchase, not sketchy at all.
They don't care. It's none of their business. Money is money. If you are really worried you can say something like "I hope this is worth it...I've been saving a long time". But really it shouldn't come up.
$1200 is nothing to a bank. You can deposit that easily. Banks only wonder if it's more than $10,000.00 at one time.
