Whereas earlier a sales person would have the advantage of providing the customer with a majority of the information the customer knew about the product, now the customers can access most of it online.
Not exact matches
Keep in mind the penalty to prepay (i.e. refinance or
sale of property) a variable
early is ~ 0.50 % of the mortgage balance,
whereas if in a (4yr / 5 yr or longer) fixed rate mortgage the penalty can be closer to 4.5 % of the mortgage balance *** depending upon which specific lender you are with and how long of a term you lock in for.
Smash Wii U for North America two weeks
earlier was probably due to North America wanting to capitalize the
sales for Black Friday,
whereas no other region has this holiday.