How is the “buy a 3 year iFit get free equipment” deal billed?
March 27, 2020 3:29 AM Subscribe
I am considering getting a pro-form 750R rower for “free” by signing up for their $39/month three year iFit membership (see their website for details). Has anyone made use of this offer with pro-form for either the rower or another piece of equipment? If so, how is the “subscription” billed?
I already have a pro-fit elliptical, which I am very happy with, but I never subscribed to iFit. I have been wanting to get a rower for a while and this one does get pretty good review (although not as good as the Concept C2). With the quarantine, I am working out much more at home than I usually do so I am looking for some variety.
When I started the check-out process on pro-form the deal seemed to suddenly change from a “free rower when you sign up for a three year iFit membership” to “pay for this product with a 0% APR over 36 months and you also get access to iFit during that time”.
It may seem like a subtle difference, but my employer reimburses online and gym memberships (within reason), but does not reimburse the purchase of the equipment. Therefore, if it is billed as paying off the purchase of the product I cannot get it reimbursed whereas if it is indeed billed as an iFit subscription I may be able to.
I already have a pro-fit elliptical, which I am very happy with, but I never subscribed to iFit. I have been wanting to get a rower for a while and this one does get pretty good review (although not as good as the Concept C2). With the quarantine, I am working out much more at home than I usually do so I am looking for some variety.
When I started the check-out process on pro-form the deal seemed to suddenly change from a “free rower when you sign up for a three year iFit membership” to “pay for this product with a 0% APR over 36 months and you also get access to iFit during that time”.
It may seem like a subtle difference, but my employer reimburses online and gym memberships (within reason), but does not reimburse the purchase of the equipment. Therefore, if it is billed as paying off the purchase of the product I cannot get it reimbursed whereas if it is indeed billed as an iFit subscription I may be able to.
And if you're not going to use the subscription, after it's all paid off, the cost of that rower is substantially higher than the cost of a Concept 2.
posted by jonathanhughes at 10:22 AM on March 27, 2020
posted by jonathanhughes at 10:22 AM on March 27, 2020
Response by poster: Devrim, I did try the company itself but the answer was confusing at best.
jonathanhughes, I would expect to use the subscription, but you are absolutely right that the cost is substantially higher than a Concept 2 which is why it is important to me that I am able to get the subscription fee reimbursed as I would otherwise end up paying too much for the hardware. Frankly, the same rower can be bought for less than half the price outside of this deal.
posted by eurandom at 7:07 PM on March 27, 2020
jonathanhughes, I would expect to use the subscription, but you are absolutely right that the cost is substantially higher than a Concept 2 which is why it is important to me that I am able to get the subscription fee reimbursed as I would otherwise end up paying too much for the hardware. Frankly, the same rower can be bought for less than half the price outside of this deal.
posted by eurandom at 7:07 PM on March 27, 2020
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