Getting a Good Deal on a PS3

Have you ever tried to find a PS3 on sale?  It seems that the demand is high enough that most stores don’t run sales or when they do it’s not much of a discount.  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’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.  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.  By the way, garage sales will not get you the most money!  You’ll make much more money selling your stuff on eBay.

It’s not just you, I feel the same way.  The PS3 has so much to offer in compared to other gaming consoles.  The fact that it is Blu-Ray is a huge selling point for me.  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!  Honestly, once we got HD and my wife watched it a few times we really only watch HD shows or movies.  I had won her over on every point exept the price.

I’ve done some research and what I’ve found is that if you want the best gaming console on the market and you want to play Blu-Ray DVDs there simply isn’t a better value than the PS3.  Even when it’s not on sale!  You’ll spend $200-250 bucks on a basic Blu-Ray player anyway.  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 get a bundle with the console, games and accessories that costs way more than just buying a console outright.  When I’m trying to spend as little money as possible this just doesn’t work for me.

I had to get creative with my thinking and break away from the herd.  I began looking into unique bid auction sites.  For my money there is simply no comparison to www.auctions4acause.com.  They have more everyday items available for auction, including the PS3, than any of the other sites.  The majority of the other sites like it zero in on really expensive things like cars, land and motorcycles.  That’s all well and good but I just want a PS3!

I knew I had a winner when I found that site.  Two thumbs up as they had the exact item I wanted and I could get it for cheap.  I visited the site and setup an account.  I rung up 3 bids and knew I had the lowest and unique bid.  Alas, I didn’t win the first time around.  It was another week before I could bid on another one.  I placed a few more bids and slept well that night.  Bingo!  I won this time.  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.  In total I’ve spent about $350 there and won over $1,200 worth of stuff.

So don’t go searching at Best Buy or Circuit City or Walmart for the best prices on the things you want.  Go register at Auctions4aCause and get a great deal.

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