29th Mar 2009
PS3 and Auction Sites
Have you looked in the sale papers for a PS3? If you do see them on sale it’s not much off the regular price. It can be discouraging if you’re trying to save a few bucks.
I feel your pain! I’ve tried to justify the purchase in so many ways. I figured I could sell all my old PS2 games and console and start building a PS3 fund. I’ve thought about going through my closet and digging out my old jeans to see what they might fetch on eBay. I’ve even gone through my garage looking for tools that I don’t use to sell them online. We even had a yard sale so I could try to earn enough money to buy the PS3. I grossed just over 50 bucks. I don’t recommend garage sales as you’ll end up getting less money for your stuff! You’ll make much more money selling your stuff on eBay.
You see, I’ve felt the same way before. There really is no comparison with other gaming consoles. A primary selling point for me is that it is Blu-Ray. Obviously, the games are awesome in HD and I just upgraded my Netflix membership to include Blu-Ray/HD movies as well. Try selling that angle to the wife! Once I was able to get my wife to really look at HD she was convinced and we’ve never gone back to analog. At the end of the day it turned out to be easy to persuade her to get the PS3 on every front except the price.
I’ve been around the block on this concept and if I have not been able to find a better deal on a game system that also plays Blu-Ray than the PS3. Even when it’s not on sale! You can buy a Blu-Ray DVD player for your movies but it will not play PS3 games. Unfortunately for Microsoft, HD-DVD was not the chosen format going forward and this will ultimately hurt their sales. For me it was all about the hunt and getting the PS3 at a true sale price.
I searched on eBay and some other traditional auction sites and found that there really aren’t any PS3 Sale Prices out there. They show perceived value by including all these extras that you may or may not even care about. It just doesn’t add up when I’m trying to save money, not spend more.
Ultimately, I had to think outside the box. I started investigating unique bid auction sites. There are a few decent ones out there but the one that stands out to me is www.auctions4acause.com. The selection they have for affordable items is far superior to the other sites. You’ll find cars, boats and vacations on the other sites. You can pretty it up all you want but I just want the PS3!
After I found that site I know it was exactly what I needed. They had 2 items going for them in that they had the item I wanted at a potentially very inexpensive price. I went there and created an account. I made 3 entries and hoped I had outsmarted the other bidders. Wouldn’t you know it, I didn’t win the first time. It was another couple of days before another one came up for auction. I placed a few more bids and slept well that night. Bingo! I won this time. About 6 days later I was unpacking the new PS3. All told I had bid less than $59.64. Not too bad if I say so myself.
It can take a few minutes of reading to truly grasp the concept of the lowest unique bid auction style. Once you get a handle on the concept you may not want to stop. Since that time that I won the PS3 I’ve bid on and won 3 other items including an iPod Nano (they have the best iPod Prices) and $400 gas card. I’ve won over $1,200 worth of stuff for about $350 in bid fees.
I wouldn’t suggest the big box stores to find the best prices. You can surely get a great deal when you go register at Auctions4aCause.
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