PS3 and Auction Sites
Have you ever tried to find a PS3 on sale? The demand is keeping the price high. It can be discouraging if you’re trying to save a few bucks.
I’m right there with you! The justifcation for the purchase may have been difficult in the beginning but there was plenty of it in the end. I figured I could sell all my old PS2 games and console and start building a PS3 fund. I’ve even thought about my old jeans in the closet, the ones with holes in them and seem all fashionable and seeing what I could sell them for on eBay. I’ve even gone through my garage looking for tools that I don’t use to sell them online. We even put our stuff in a neighborhood sale to come up with the funds to buy a PS3. It was hard to justify the time spent after I counted my till and it came up to just over $50. I don’t recommend garage sales as you’ll end up getting less money for your stuff! eBay is a much better way to go as you’ll net more profits.
I’ve been there before. You seem to get so much more from the PS3 than from the Xbox or Wii. I was sold when I found it was Blu-Ray. I could not only play HD games on it but I could now watch all my movies in HD as well. Try selling that angle to the wife! Honestly, once we got HD and my wife watched it a few times we really only watch HD shows or movies. 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 done my homework in this area and I simply haven’t been able to find a better value for the money than the PS3. Even when it’s not on sale! The average Blu-Ray player will cost you $200-$250 but it doesn’t play games. Unfortunately for Microsoft, HD-DVD was not the chosen format going forward and this will ultimately hurt their sales. If at all possible I wanted to get the PS3 at a discount.
I searched on eBay and some other traditional auction sites and found that there really aren’t any ps3 sale prices out there. You have to get a bundle with the console, games and accessories that costs way more than just buying a console outright. The goal here is to spend as little money as possible, not more.
In the end I had to get outside the box. Somebody told me about unique bid auction sites and I started researching them. You’ll find a few out there for sure but one stands above the rest, www.auctions4acause.com. They have much more selection among everyday items than most of the other sites including the PS3. Most other sites focus on really high-dollar items like cars, boats, houses and land. You can pretty it up all you want but I just want the PS3!
Once I found that site I knew I had what I was looking for. Two thumbs up as they had the exact item I wanted and I could get it for cheap. I went there and created an account. I placed 3 bids and hoped that they were unique and the lowest. I was only slightly discouraged when I didn’t win the first time. It was another couple of days before another one came up for auction. I bid 3 or 4 more times, said my prayers and waited. Bingo! This time I had a winner. 7 days later I was playing Hot Shots Golf on my 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.
If you’re looking for the best prices don’t bother with the Best Buys or Walmarts. Create an account at Auctions4aCause and see what kind of deal you can get.
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