Buy Now or Buy Later or Wait for Black Friday/Click Frenzy/Boxing Day, etc?

Vhope07 on 25/10/2022 - 19:33
Last edited 25/10/2022 - 19:40 by 1 other user

Probably an age old question, please delete if already discussed.
I want to buy a few things, new computer, new desk, new chair, new lounge; even considering replacing my car

I can't decide if I should spend my money now or wait for a sale or don't buy what I don't absolutely need; admittedly the lounge has been in need of replacement for a while now. I don't really want to wait till my computer dies, makes recovery harder; important data is on the cloud, but reinstalling a bunch of software will take days.

Prices of everything are going up; choices going down. Quite a conundrum.

What are you doing brains trust?

Poll Options expired

• 14
  buy during black friday sales
• 1
  buy during boxing day sales
• 1
  buy during click frenzy/online sales
• 1
  buy now, things will only get more expensive
• 9
  procrastinate and wait as long as you can

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  87percent on 25/10/2022 - 19:40

  +3

  If you think there would be discounts on new cars during Black Friday, think again

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  Iru on 25/10/2022 - 20:26

  Wait for the car
  Rest on sales days

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  Benoffie on 25/10/2022 - 20:35

  Depends what youre after. Car, well, that might be in the doesnt matter pile given the market

  Everything else - sales. Do your research, create lists then set up alerts.

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    parsimonious one on 26/10/2022 - 07:35

    Genuine question, how do you set up alerts?

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      Benoffie on 26/10/2022 - 10:49

      +1

      In OzB, profile, then subscription, then you can nominate stores or keywords and have them pop up or emailed.

      I also recommend setting alerts in Amazon (when you go into the item, the option is there) as well as on Camelcamelcamel. But be aware 3C has been playing up lately 🤔

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        parsimonious one on 26/10/2022 - 13:03

        +1

        Excellent. Thanks for that!