Anyone done or know of Computingscheme.co.uk?

[RichB]

Does anyone have any info on this? looks alot like the cycle to work scheme?

 

Our spot are thinking about going with it?

[Garacesh]

What is Computingscheme?

 

Computingscheme allows employees access to a wide range of the latest Apple products -

I'm out. Offer me a choice of systems, or leave. Kthx. Granted, this is likely aimed at Teachers (in our line of work) or other none-techies (such as office workers) that will be drawn in by the shiny-shiny aspect.

From a less indignant perspective, our school doesn't support BYOD, anyway, so this would be useless to our staff unless they wanted them for home use (which is, granted, more likely), which kind of defeats the object as it comes across to me as marketed towards work use.

 

It just looks like any other form of credit service, really, only your employer docks your pay and sends it to them, so you never have to worry about missing a payment. The idea itself is pretty sound, I can't say I've heard of it before, but I can't say I ever buy anything on credit, either. But I also didn't spend too long browsing the site, so I might have missed some dastardly plot to rob you of your salary, house and first-born son's soul.