Clear debt or buy my first DSLR?

[mentos_007]

I'm with you... clear the debt first and then, when you realize you have a bit above zero, buy dslr...

 

[tr0gd0o0r]

to "play with" and I could do the aforementioned or clear my student debt and still have cash for a general spending spree but probably just have enough for a body.

I say clear the debt and buy the body it sounds like a formula to start a new lensless wave in photography

 

[Patrick]

I'm going to be the odd ball here butt.... if this is a 0% loan why pay it off...If anything invest the money get the intrest rate payed to you while making payments to the student loan. You took out the loan as an investment on yourself which in time (hopefully) will pay off in the long run.

Kinda the same reason you NEVER pay cash for a house. well sorta kinda

 

[clarinetJWD]

My debt is FROM my dslr...

 

[Patrick]

My debt is FROM my dslr...

:lmao: :lmao: :lmao: :lmao: :lmao:
I feel your pain.

 

[fadingaway1986]

I was faced with the same problem - I have a loan for my car (I have about $3800 left to pay on it), but i wanted the 300D. I have wanted it for a year, and finally got it (when they discontinued them). My mum kindly put the bill on her credit card and I am paying her back. I only have $300 to go, from a $1550 bill.

If you have been thinking about it for a while - get the DSLR, if it is a new thing - wait a while. it makes it more rewarding in the long run, to finally get something that you have wanted for ever. (And once forever arrives - if you still want it, you won't regret it.)

Hmm - I clicked "get DSLR"... If being in debt doesnt worry you - get the DSLR - and you could make money and save money on not using film and having to get it developed. if you dont wanna be in debt - pay off your loan. (Maybe put the extra towards a body - or see if the store will do a layby for you, and you could put money towards getting a lense and body)