{"id":4580,"date":"2015-08-03T09:07:00","date_gmt":"2015-08-03T09:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.timbercompositedoors.com\/?p=4580"},"modified":"2021-07-08T09:34:20","modified_gmt":"2021-07-08T08:34:20","slug":"to-finance-or-not-to-finance-that-is-the-question","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.timbercompositedoors.com\/blog\/to-finance-or-not-to-finance-that-is-the-question\/","title":{"rendered":"To finance or not to finance that is the question?"},"content":{"rendered":"

To Finance or not to Finance that is the question??<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/em>Here at GFD HQ we would wish to apologise to all of our prospective customers for providing them with a terrible dilemma \u2013 when we first added finance packages to our portfolio we were genuinely acting in the best interests of all of our customers we did not consider the dilemma in which we were placing them.<\/em><\/p>\n

The door that was just out of reach has been brought within your grasp by our actions – we at GFD appreciate that in these difficult economic times money is tight and that not all house hold budgets can stand a one hit payment for a new front door so with our new finance arrangements our customers can spread the cost of the purchase over twelve months allowing them to set their own cash flow which is only dependent upon the cost of their chosen door and at 0% APR it is somewhat cheaper than using a Credit Card.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/em>To steal a couple of lines from the master wordsmith <\/em>Mr W Shakespeare<\/strong> esquire \u2013<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cTo sleep perchance to dream: ay, there\u2019s the rub\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em><\/strong>
\n For in that sleep what wonderful dreams may come- \u201c<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

We know many of our customer\u2019s dream of a new front door and we also know that a Solidor door from either our standard range or one of the superb Italia Collection are pretty high on the wish list of doors they would like and although our introduction of finance makes all of these doors accessible- and in making such dreams possible we have created a further problem \u2013 to finance or not to finance<\/p>\n

This dilemma got us thinking how would the afore mentioned William Shakespeare would \u00a0have addressed this dilemma if he had been writing about our problem rather than those he addressed in Hamlets Soliloquy Act 3 Scene 1(the bit where he talks to himself<\/p>\n

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With due reverence to the master Bard we present our take on the question of finance \u2013 we have printed the original alongside just to show we are not cheating on content \u2013<\/em><\/p>\n

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But first a word on the respective authors \u2013<\/em><\/p>\n

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Ian Richardson<\/strong><\/em> a legend in his own mind not even <\/em>known or revered in his own street \u2013 has read a lot of\u00a0comic books.\u00a0Ian Richardson has no web sites dedicated to him and\u00a0his literary life could never be described as interesting he has written neither plays nor sonnets.\u00a0We found no site with fascinating facts for Ian Richardson<\/em><\/p>\n

To Finance , or not to finance: that is the question:
\nWhether \u2018tis better now to pay and endure
\nThe emptying of one\u2019s account of fortune
\nOr to accept the financial benefit of payment terms
\nAnd be relaxed to know our fortunes are secure
\nNo more the nights devoid of sleep
\nThe heartache and the thousand natural shocks
\nThat come with winter and its draughts
\nThey\u2019ll all be gone with a new front door
\nTo sleep perchance to dream :ay, there\u2019s the rub
\nFor in that sleep what wonderful dreams may come
\nOf coffers full :new door secured and in its place
\nBut only if the rules finance are obeyed
\nSuch is the dilemma and the concern
\n<\/em>For which decision is right and which is wrong
\nThe choice for such choice exists \u2013 is yours
\nMake haste decide which way to go
\nThe door awaits the dream fulfilled
\nWith PIN to hand the time is now \u2013 press Click
\nOr wait, take time, deliberate but please decide
\nIs this the right time to sign upon the dotted line
\nTwelve monthly payments and its yours \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em>
\nThink only of the benefits anew door can provide
\nSo warm , no draughts \u2013 so safe inside
\nThe praise of friends and neighbours too
\nAnd yet we wait no decision made
\nThus conscience does make cowards of us all
\nAnd thus the need for some form of resolution
\nIs needed now lest we let the moment slip away
\nAnd the dream of security and warmth be lost
\nWith this regard please try to decide
\nIs it cash in the coffers and finance for you
\nOr payment up front with all duties paid
\nTo secure the door you\u2019ll always remember<\/em>\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/em>
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\nHamlets Dilemma<\/em><\/p>\n

William Shakespeare<\/strong> a legend in his lifetime and\u00a0beyond revered and loved the world over for the gifts he has given to literature.<\/em>\u00a0Shakespeare has literally thousands of web sites\u00a0dedicated to his name his memory his plays etc\u00a0there were rather a lot of plays –\u00a0 38 plays and 154 Sonnets<\/a> (from the BBC world \u00a0Service teaching the Chinese world) and no the combined efforts of all at GFD HQ could get no\u00a0where near naming all of the plays and even less of the sonnets.\u00a0We even found this fascinating site of\u00a0\u00a0\u00a050 lesser known facts about Shakespeare<\/a> a very <\/em>\u00a0Interesting read.<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n

Hamlets Dilemma<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n

To be, or not to be- that is the question:
\nWhether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer
\nThe slings and arrows of outrageous fortune
\nOr to take arms against a sea of troubles,
\nAnd by opposing end them. To die- to sleep-
\nNo more; and by a sleep to say we end
\nThe heartache, and the thousand natural shocks
\nThat flesh is heir to. ‘Tis a consummation
\nDevoutly to be wish’d. To die- to sleep.
\nTo sleep- perchance to dream: ay, there’s the rub!
\nFor in that sleep of death what dreams may come
\nWhen we have shuffled off this mortal coil,
\nMust give us pause. There’s the respect
\nThat makes calamity of so long life.
\nFor who would bear the whips and scorns of time,
\nTh’ oppressor’s wrong, the proud man’s contumely,
\nThe pangs of despis’d love, the law’s delay,
\nThe insolence of office, and the spurns
\nThat patient merit of th’ unworthy takes,
\nWhen he himself might his quietus make
\nWith a bare bodkin? Who would these fardels bear,
\nTo grunt and sweat under a weary life,
\nBut that the dread of something after death-
\nThe undiscover’d country, from whose bourn
\nNo traveller returns- puzzles the will,
\nAnd makes us rather bear those ills we have
\nThan fly to others that we know not of?
\nThus conscience does make cowards of us all,
\nAnd thus the native hue of resolution
\nIs sicklied o’er with the pale cast of thought,
\nAnd enterprises of great pith and moment
\nWith this regard their currents turn awry
\nAnd lose the name of action.- Soft you now!
\nThe fair Ophelia!- Nymph, in thy orisons
\nBe all my sins rememb’red.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/em>
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\nWe again prey forgiveness from all the great literary minds who have worshipped the works of Shakespeare for generations there is no sleight or mockery intended and we hope that all readers of this article will accept it within the spirit in which it is intended.<\/em><\/p>\n

We are pretty sure that Shakespeare was the sort of character who would have appreciated we mere mortals attempting to mimic his style \u2013 this attempt at re writing parts of a classic is nothing new to us at GFD HQ we enjoy trying to be a little different and adding a bit of humour to our offerings \u2013 for instance back in May 2014 we borrowed some of the scenes from Romeo and Juliet (not the famous bit) to highlight our Verona door from the Italia collection (the photograph we used was a bit of a giveaway) –<\/em><\/p>\n

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See more at – https:\/\/www.timbercompositedoors.com\/the-verona-our-solidor-italia-collection-inspired\/<\/a><\/p>\n

No one is safe from the sense of fun of the GFD team at various times we have rewritten classic songs from the movies such as Bali Hai<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 from South Pacific or even Eidelweiss<\/a> from the Sound of Music and many more \u2013<\/p>\n

We have had a go at classics such as Charles Dickens \u2013 A Christmas Carol<\/a> and we even re wrote our own three part trilogy of Fifty Shades of Grey Doors<\/a> (this link is just to part one) just to prove that no one is safe \u2013 at GFD HQ we like to try and entertain as well as give all the boring but essential facts which is why if you visit anyone of our sites \u2013<\/p>\n

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Timber Composite Doors<\/a><\/p>\n

Global Door<\/a><\/p>\n

Composite Door prices<\/a><\/p>\n

Global Sash windows<\/a><\/p>\n

and for those of you in the Trade-<\/p>\n

The Trade Village<\/a><\/p>\n

You will find that mixed in with the boring stuff we add a bit of light hearted FUN.<\/p>\n

If we had had the foresight some eight years ago when it came to naming doors we could quite nicely have linked Shakespeare and Stratford and included a very nice image of a Stratford door and extolled its virtues and highlighted how very reasonable it was to either purchase outright or alternatively on finance \u2013 unfortunately we did not name a door the Stratford \u2013 but we do have a Stafford which is pretty close \u2013 well the spelling is if not the geographical location<\/p>\n

\"Red<\/p>\n

The Stafford door in red with eye catching elegance pattern glazing and gold accessories<\/p>\n

If this was the door that you decided upon the normal next question would be what does it cost and \/ or what does it cost with finance \u2013 at GFD we try to make life easy \u2013 providing you have designed your door using the \u201cdoor designer\u201d<\/a> on our web site all you have to do is complete the request quote form and submit and you will receive by return a fully documented quotation \u2013 in the very best \u201cBlue Peter\u201d traditions here is one we prepared earlier for this very Stafford<\/p>\n

\"Example<\/p>\n

PS Donald is a made up name \u2013 the page goes on a bit from here with the technical stuff but the important bits included in this mail are \u2013<\/p>\n

One off Purchase price door \u00a3 799.00 inc VAT or on 0% finance for 12 months \u00a366.58 per month<\/p>\n

One off Purchase and install price \u00a31180 .00 inc VAT or 0% finance for 12 months \u00a398.33 per month<\/p>\n

We at GFD HQ believe that this is the very information that every customer needs to solve the dilemma of \u201cto finance or not to finance\u201d that we at GFD have created.<\/p>\n

From the GFD point of view our teaming with Barclays Finance and acting as a credit broker has allowed us to resolve one of the companies frequently asked questions \u201cdo you supply finance\u201d and until now we have always responded in the negative \u2013 but that is not the GFD way we aim to be positive in every aspect of the way we interact with our customers and as we do listen \u2013 if our customers want to purchase on finance we believed we had a duty to provide them with this service.<\/p>\n

At GFD Group we realise that any purchase on credit of any kind can be a major decision for any household which is why we have tried to take a simple step by step illustrative approach to the instruction on our web site \u2013 before any purchaser proceeds to design and order a door of their choice we would recommend that they take a look at the finance page of our web site \u2013 for example https:\/\/www.timbercompositedoors.com\/finance\/<\/a> where they will find clear instructions as to that which they can expect when entering into such arrangement \u2013 there is a short graphic presentation showing the route through the documentation and a series of FAQ\u2019s – at GFD Group we want our customers to be happy with and enjoy their purchase not over commit and cause themselves unnecessary hardship.<\/p>\n

Whatever style or colour of door you are looking for we are sure you will find the answer to your dreams on our Timber Composite Door web site with its Solidor Collection of standard and Italia Collection doors there is so much to choose from twenty nine door styles seventeen colours and a multitude of glazing and accessory options the more we try to give our customers what they want the more dilemmas and decisions we put before them.<\/p>\n

The new door you always promised yourself is now within reach and we provide the perfect means to allow you to make the choice that is right for you \u2013 please enjoy the process of selecting the door of your dreams by using our \u201cdoor designer\u201d<\/a> where you can create literally millions of permutations of styles colours and accessories, before you make that final decision.<\/p>\n

At GFD HQ we hope our light-hearted use of the words of William Shakespeare has assisted you in making your decision as \u201cto finance or not to finance\u201d but if you still have concerns a telephone call to one of our sales team will quickly resolve and clarify any lingering concerns.<\/p>\n

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