Step 6
Purchasing and Financing a Luxury Item
Name______________
You are going to do
some on-line shopping for a non-essential or luxury item for your house or
apartment. You will be shopping for something that you will have to finance to
be able to purchase--an entertainment center, large-screen TV, computer, etc.
1.
Print
out a copy of this worksheet to fill out as you go through the assignment. Use your data to fill in Step 7 “Cost of
Financing a Luxury Item.”
2.
Now
click on the Yahoo Shopping link to access the site: http://shopping.yahoo.com/
3.
Click
on the category that would contain an item you are interested in purchasing.
(record the category ) Category____________________________
6.
Click
on the Exact Model. List the Model
#1__________________________
7.
Look
through the Product Description and write down the features that are most
important to you in this product.
Features of Model
#1_________________________________________________________________
Example: Computers, Digital Camera, Kodak, Kodak DVC3223, Zoom, 1928X1684
Resolution, Tech Support, 2-year Warranty, $399.00
8.
Click
on Compare Prices Lowest Price for
Model #1________________________
Now
go back and shop for a different Brand of the same product with similar
features.
11.
Features
of Model #2_________________________________________________________________
Now go back and shop for a third time (just change brands again)
15.
Features
of Model #3_________________________________________________________________