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Do you buy the latest tech or wait until sales ?


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Posted 14 September 2011 - 12:01 AM

just woundered if all of you buy your tech the moment it comes out or do you wait until the sales and buy them all then ?i brought my halo 3 xbox 360 limited edition for £230 when it first came out and if i would have waited 3 months i could have got it £150 :) just goes to show patience does go a long way :)p.s dont know if this has already been asked or not but if it has sorry for putting it up twice :(

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Posted 14 September 2011 - 12:31 AM

I always wait, but thats just me.Think about what you got out of those 3 months. If you are rank 1 in halo 3, then its a pretty good trade-off, since you have to play a lot.But if you play halo when you're bored because theres nothing else to do, then wait every time.dl;drIf you're into competitive gaming, get it when it comes out, otherwise, wait.
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Posted 14 September 2011 - 10:44 PM

i agree with you on the whole competitive gaming idea, and yes i can see where your coming from , im not a very patient person when it comes to getting new games but you can save a massive fortune in a year by just waiting 6 months , i think thats awesome :)
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Posted 15 September 2011 - 03:24 AM

Depends on what it is.For games, if it's JRPGs or collector edition stuff, I usually get it first one way or another.For games that will drop in value for sure (CoD, Uncharted, Mario, etc), I simply wait it out until they drop.As for hardware, I always wait. Electronics are the biggest waste of money there is, as its value drastically drops by the next year due to new technology that comes out.
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Posted 22 September 2011 - 08:19 AM

buying it right away is just foolish. i like to wait a while until the price comes down and they work all the bugs out.
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Posted 23 September 2011 - 11:37 PM

Don't see why people buy this junk the moment it comes out... Like phones, i know people who spend £100s on the newest phone and just pretty much throw the other one away. All that changes between the 2 is really there looks and nothing else.Im perfectly happy with my like 5 year old phone, it makes calls and plays music, what else can i want?
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Posted 24 September 2011 - 05:28 AM

If it's something you really want, I would save up and wouldn't wait. But the price will always go down, not up! Even apple products go down in price.
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Posted 25 September 2011 - 12:40 AM

I never wait. They way I see it I can play it and then sell it later. As long as I use it enough to make it worth the price, its all good
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Posted 02 October 2011 - 06:23 AM

It depends what it is...Video games and gaming systems i buy right away, but with TVs and Computers I wait untill they're on sale
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Posted 02 October 2011 - 07:56 AM

I always wait. I realize it's not for everybody, and I envy the h*** out of everyone that have the new devices before me, but ultimately I'll live. Besides, oftentimes the devices are outdated by the time they go low enough in price for me to afford them and an alternative has come along.
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Posted 06 October 2011 - 07:26 AM

always wait for the sales.
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Posted 17 October 2011 - 11:33 PM

I always wait. I think many people buy these things when they first come out to show off. I'm no show off. I wait for the prices to go down and than I'll purchase it. The PS2 is finally $250, so I think it's time for me to finally buy one.
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Posted 18 October 2011 - 02:45 AM

It generally doesn't matter to me if I get new tech as it comes out or a year or in a few month's time. That being said, I really need a new computer, I just focus on..... Other technology.

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Posted 18 October 2011 - 04:43 AM

After a month or two the prices usually drop and its not really that dated, worth waiting imo.
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Posted 19 October 2011 - 09:01 PM

i usually want the newest tech but its so expensive that it usually turns out i get it a couple years after it comes out
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Posted 26 November 2011 - 12:30 AM

black friday! ahaha u knw how we do. wait for the sales day man its all good
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Posted 27 November 2011 - 11:41 PM

buy it on the get go! gotta b above the rest lol
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Posted 03 February 2012 - 12:08 AM

I will wait till sales unless i really want it. Usually i do have a lot of patient so i can wait for games or new computer parts to go down in price.
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Posted 27 February 2012 - 04:47 AM

I wait until the sales come
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