do you hate it when you buy something a week before and the next week something better comes out?

[Nocturnal]

i bought a desk for my girlfriend's house. we got a cheap L shaped desk from officedepot. this weekend's ad for officemax has this nice intelligent design desk. that desk is kick-ass. i wish i could buy that desk now man, patience is a virtue!

 

[apoppin]

Never bothers me. Only a week and I usually return it for something better. (It usually takes me a week to get started with building a desk anyway.)

 

[Goosemaster]

Originally posted by: Nocturnal
i bought a desk for my girlfriend's house. we got a cheap L shaped desk from officedepot. this weekend's ad for officemax has this nice intelligent design desk. that desk is kick-ass. i wish i could buy that desk now man, patience is a virtue!

That is why I go to IKEa.....good stuff all the time and I never feel cheated, even if they sell something better soon becasue they have a huge all-great selection

 

[Semidevil]

....like a computer part........yup, I hate it hate it hate it. It's like if I buy a 1.5ghz cpu today, by next week, a 2.5 would come out. Not only that, but the 1.5ghz becomes discounted at a lower price....

I'm scared to upgrade my computer now..............

 

[Skyclad1uhm1]

No, I love it when I buy an item and just when the return period is past a newer, better version is released and the old one drops 50% in price. Why do you think I wouldn't?

 

[wfbberzerker]

Originally posted by: Semidevil
....like a computer part........yup, I hate it hate it hate it. It's like if I buy a 1.5ghz cpu today, by next week, a 2.5 would come out. Not only that, but the 1.5ghz becomes discounted at a lower price....

I'm scared to upgrade my computer now..............

that happened with me and my radeon 8500.
and basically every other major pc purchase ive ever made.

 

[spanky]

what bothers me the most is when i buy something... then next week the prices drop.

 

[Skyclad1uhm1]

Originally posted by: spankyOO7
what bothers me the most is when i buy something... then next week the prices drop.

Warn us next time you're on the verge of buying something so we can wait a week

 

[bugsysiegel]

That happened to me with Netscape Navigator. A new version came out like 3 days after I bought it at Sun Electronics. Sun wouldn't take it back, Netscape refused to give me an upgrade, I was hot!!!! :|

 

[RossMAN]

Yep that's why I always try and get the lowest possible price, so I don't regret it as much when something better is released.

Case in point, paying $2k under factory-to-dealer invoice on my brand new 2002 Honda Accord SE. Regret hasn't really set in, yet.

 

[MomAndSkoorbaby]

You can wait the extra week, but there is always something better coming out!

 

[Mister T]

yea... last year I bought a Sony 36XBR450 and a month later the 40XBR700 came out....grrrrr

 

[apoppin]

So, you guys are complaining about progress . . . or your inability to judge a hot deal?

Letsee, I just bought a TDK 40x (repackaged LiteOn) CD re-writer for $39.99 after MIR . . . how much is it going to bother me if it drops a few bucks in price or that the 48x is out?

No regrets on that brand new 2002 Kia for $5988 either (almost 20K miles and still no regrets and over 80K miles still left on the warranty).

 

[RossMAN]

Originally posted by: apoppin
So, you guys are complaining about progress . . . or your inability to judge a hot deal?

Letsee, I just bought a TDK 40x (repackaged LiteOn) CD re-writer for $39.99 after MIR . . . how much is it going to bother me if it drops a few bucks in price or that the 48x is out?

No regrets on that brand new 2002 Kia for $5988 either (almost 20K miles and still no regrets and over 80K miles still left on the warranty).

I'd be thrilled about both purchases, damn you and your sub $6k Kia ... sure mine costs 3 times as much

 

[Booster]

That is why I go to IKEa.....good stuff all the time and I never feel cheated, even if they sell something better soon becasue they have a huge all-great selection

Yeah... Ikea rocks. Good stuff and good prices.

 

[apoppin]

Originally posted by: RossMAN

Originally posted by: apoppin
So, you guys are complaining about progress . . . or your inability to judge a hot deal?

Letsee, I just bought a TDK 40x (repackaged LiteOn) CD re-writer for $39.99 after MIR . . . how much is it going to bother me if it drops a few bucks in price or that the 48x is out?

No regrets on that brand new 2002 Kia for $5988 either (almost 20K miles and still no regrets and over 80K miles still left on the warranty).

I'd be thrilled about both purchases, damn you and your sub $6k Kia ... sure mine costs 3 times as much

Congrats on your new car, RossMAN.

And if I read the threads correctly, you "passed" on that CUSA "dark ad" TDK 40x burner for $39.99 after MIR (they appear to be out of stock now). I didn't really 'need' an upgrade as my 12X HP ("free after rebate") reWriter is working fine. However, since I am planning to upgrade my entire PC to a P4, I figured my old case would be a lot more "attractive" to a potential buyer with a 12X burner included rather than my oldest 2x one.

 

[Mutilator]

The only time it's really bothered me is when I bought my laptop from Dell back in November 99. I specifically asked if they knew when the P3 500s would be coming out (that's what speed my desktop was at the time) and ofcourse they said no. So I went ahead and ordered the P2 400MHz system (top of the line at the time) for a grand total of about $3500. The following Monday guess what happens? They release the mobile P3 500MHz. :|

 

[apoppin]

Originally posted by: Mutilator
The only time it's really bothered me is when I bought my laptop from Dell back in November 99. I specifically asked if they knew when the P3 500s would be coming out (that's what speed my desktop was at the time) and ofcourse they said no. So I went ahead and ordered the P2 400MHz system (top of the line at the time) for a grand total of about $3500. The following Monday guess what happens? They release the mobile P3 500MHz. :|

And you didN'T take advantage of Dell's 30-day money back guarantee? Heck, I'd have just sent it back and re-ordered.