Use Caution Ahead: Crazy Sale On Electronics
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by: Mark Etinger
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Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 Time: 10:13 AM
The Internet is a wonderful place to find awesome bargains and sales. It's one of the main reasons I go on the Internet, besides looking up ridiculous photos and videos of cats. Shopping online offers me many conveniences, such as shopping for shoes at 2 am while wearing cozy Pjs and eating random items covered in Nutella. Only the first part is probably relatable to most of you. However, there are certain sales I'm extremely wary of, mainly electronics.
There are a lot of websites claiming to offer an extreme deal on laptops, iPads, mp3 players, DVD players, and other cool stuff I really want to own. But it's hard for me to trust that a website selling a $1400 Macbook for $50 is legitimate. Something just doesn't seem right. Now I was no math or business major, but I thought that companies always need to make a profit in order to stay in business. You sell an item for more than it cost you to either make or purchase. Now where did this company find Macbooks for such a low price? I know it wasn't directly from Apple! Did they win some crazy contest and get the laptop for free? Is it actually refurbished? Did it fall off the back of a truck? What's the catch?!
Even if there isn't a "catch," I can't, in all honesty, trust some of these deal sites. I was always taught that if it seems too good to be true, then it is. I'd rather shell out the money for the real thing or just wait until it goes on sale at Best Buy or Amazon. I'll take the minor sale over the 80% off sale. But this only applies to electronics for me. If there is an 80% off designer apparel, I take it. You can't really make a fake Gucci shirt. Plus the websites that have some of those wonderful deals are established sites that many other people have already attested to. Google has been and always will be your friend. If a site seems fishy, and many of them are, do a search for reviews. Seem if this company delivers on the quality products they promise.
When in doubt, read the fine print. Often times I will come across an extreme deal on an item like a tablet computer only to find out it was created by some no-name brand. This is a frequent trick used by many of these sites. The reason it's so cheap is because it was made cheaply by a company no one has ever heard of. Other times the product is refurbished, meaning someone returned it because it wasn't working and the company supposedly fixed it. If I'm buying a refurbished product, which I usually do not, I'd rather get it directly from the company. That way I will know experts actually work on the item.
Don't be suckered into crazy sales. Use your noggin and good old-fashioned common sense.
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