Searching for a PS3 on sale can be a daunting task. I guess that enough people are still buying them that you don’t see them on sale often. It can be annoying if you only have a set amount of money to work with and it’s not quite enough to make the purchase.
I’m right there with you! I have tried to justify the item in so many ways for so long. I knew I could try to sell my old PS2 and even the games to raise money for 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 dug through the basement in the junk room looking for old board games and stuffed animals to auction off online. I even once had a garage sale to sell all my old junk so I could fund the purchase of the PS3. I grossed just over 50 bucks. As an aside, garage sales are not the way to go! I definitely recommend auctioning your old stuff off on eBay, you’ll make much more money.
I’ve been there before. You seem to get so much more from the PS3 than from the Xbox or Wii. A primary selling point for me is that it is Blu-Ray. I could not only play HD games on it but I could now watch all my movies in HD as well. That’s a hard-sell 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. In the end it wasn’t that difficult to get her on my side for the PS3 purchase except when it came to 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! 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. The challenge remains in getting 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 spend more than you normally would and get a “bundle” to really get the value. The goal here is to spend as little money as possible, not more.
Ultimately, I had to think outside the box. I began looking into unique bid auction sites. 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. The majority of the other sites like it zero in on really expensive things like cars, land and motorcycles. You can pretty it up all you want but I just want the PS3!
I knew I had a winner when I found that site. They had the item I wanted and it was possible for me to get it very cheap. I went there and created an account. I rung up 3 bids and knew I had the lowest and unique bid. I was only slightly discouraged when I didn’t win the first time. It was another week before I could bid on another one. I placed 3 more bids on it and crossed my fingers and waited. Bingo! The second time around I won. 7 days later I was playing Hot Shots Golf on my new PS3. All told I had bid less than $59.64. Not bad, huh?
It can take a few minutes of reading to truly grasp the concept of the lowest unique bid auction style. After you grasp the idea you could become addicted. 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. You can surely get a great deal when you go register at Auctions4aCause.