Use online to pay shipping through USPS, as opposed to waiting in line locally. It saves you 5%. Simply have a computer with internet, a printer, a digital scale (to find item weight), basic packing tools and materials and payment method (credit card or so).
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[citation][nom]icepick314[/nom]"Use Digital Distribution"and most of time, you don't have to pay for them...if you know what I mean...[/citation]
You mean stealing them. By this same idea, I guess you justify bank robbing...they've got lots of money, if you know what I mean...
You mean stealing them. By this same idea, I guess you justify bank robbing...they've got lots of money, if you know what I mean...
[citation][nom]Kelavarus[/nom]Lies. Steam doesn't save me money. 75% or so of those sales are too good to pass up, I just bought Fallout 3 GOTY and Oblivion GOTY and rebought Morrowind GOTY (to have it forever on Steam, no scratched disks). If they had never been on sale I'da never have bought them. ... Yeah, okay, so I suck, but it's true.[/citation]
I always end up buying them too. At least they give us FREE content patches regularly. Exemple: CSS, TF2, L4D2 etc. I dont feel like Im getting ripped off when I give my money to steam.
I always end up buying them too. At least they give us FREE content patches regularly. Exemple: CSS, TF2, L4D2 etc. I dont feel like Im getting ripped off when I give my money to steam.
[citation][nom]grieve[/nom]I have a 09 Charger R/T, while it is not a "sports car" it does have 350hp Hemi. I bought it used with 16,000km on it; 1 yr old.... came with the balance of factory warranty. Oh… also… I bought the car for $18,000 less than new.Used cars DO come with warranty![/citation]
How many almost new 1years old 16K km are on the market? I was thinking about 4 years old cars which is the ''normal'' used car age.
How many almost new 1years old 16K km are on the market? I was thinking about 4 years old cars which is the ''normal'' used car age.
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[citation][nom]TommySch[/nom]How many almost new 1years old 16K km are on the market? I was thinking about 4 years old cars which is the ''normal'' used car age.[/citation]
There are tons of 1 year old used cars out there. Many are leases (which you have to take into consideration) or foreclosures. Of course you can alway get last years demo car from the dealership.
There are tons of 1 year old used cars out there. Many are leases (which you have to take into consideration) or foreclosures. Of course you can alway get last years demo car from the dealership.
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I obtain a lot of my PC games now by going to the website Good Old Games (gog[dot]com).I am fed up with DRM on newer releases.The games at good old games have no DRM and their policy is that you can install them on as many PC's of your own as you like.Some of their games are fairly new too.Another way of obtaining newer games is just to install demos.I don't mind that.I might make a rare exception if I just have to have the game and it requires activation but for the most part I have given up on newer games.
I send Ecards. No postage necessary and no card fees. Plus, most cards are poorly written now and you can customize things. Not to mention gas money driving too and from the store. Online banking. Again, gas money. Skype, as long as both parties have the necessary equipment, no long distance charges, although I don't pay long distance with my FiOS phone, but that doesn't work internationally. Skype will work world-wide for free. I never buy blank CDs/DVDs to write information on, considering I can save data to my phone or E-mail. Plus, USB Flash drives (not JUMP) are way more efficient, particularly on public computers where users are prohibited from installing any software (drivers, viruses, applications, etc.). They don't break like a disc can, but the tips can bend if you aren't careful, plus you can rewrite at your own dispose, unlike CDs/DVDs. Not too sure about that second hand thing though.
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[citation][nom]kanazak[/nom]I have to strongly disagree with the "Go Second Hand". While I am a strong proponent of buying earlier generations of well-tested products, I will only buy them new or refurbished from a store - not 'second hand' which is buying them from someone who has already had use of the item.In my opinion, buying most types of 'second hand' electronics are a recipe for disaster. It's often impossible to tell how old they are, how what state of repair they are in (especially if buying at auction or online), and whether or not the manufacturers warranty has expired / been breached.[/citation]
When my parents bought me computers, they always were brand new. Since I've been able to buy myself, I just bought used ones (or refurbished) and the reliability didn't fall significantly, besides the regret of buying a ECS laptop, which probably was bad since new, but this was the brand, not the fact it was used. Like that, I paid less than a half of a new laptop. I think that also helped the fact that I've switched from Windows 98/XP in the computers bought by my parents to Ubuntu Linux since then. The problems I've had in new pcs were mostly lost of all data due to a virus or any hacking I did and in my ECS laptop were the fragile plastic that broke easily and the underpowered power brick that failed once, but as I told you I'll never buy a single screw from ECS anymore. My current Fujitsu-Siemens tablet has just a key that fail sometimes until now (and actually I bought like that).
When my parents bought me computers, they always were brand new. Since I've been able to buy myself, I just bought used ones (or refurbished) and the reliability didn't fall significantly, besides the regret of buying a ECS laptop, which probably was bad since new, but this was the brand, not the fact it was used. Like that, I paid less than a half of a new laptop. I think that also helped the fact that I've switched from Windows 98/XP in the computers bought by my parents to Ubuntu Linux since then. The problems I've had in new pcs were mostly lost of all data due to a virus or any hacking I did and in my ECS laptop were the fragile plastic that broke easily and the underpowered power brick that failed once, but as I told you I'll never buy a single screw from ECS anymore. My current Fujitsu-Siemens tablet has just a key that fail sometimes until now (and actually I bought like that).
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[citation][nom]rpmrush[/nom]I'm really surprised no one mentioned avoid sales tax. I won't buy from an E-tailer if sales tax is part of the deal. Sorry Tiger. Sometimes your deals are sweet, but Newegg doesn't have tax in NC.[/citation]
Because sales tax isn't that much when you get a deal.
Because sales tax isn't that much when you get a deal.
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[citation][nom]TommySch[/nom]How many almost new 1years old 16K km are on the market? I was thinking about 4 years old cars which is the ''normal'' used car age.[/citation]
Wow... are you serious? There are TONS of 1-2 year old vehicles out there. It's the only way I would buy a car now. I just recently purchased my wife a 2009 corolla with only 12K miles on it, with a 7 year 100,000 mile bumper to bumper (Not just drivetrain) for 8K less than a brand new one.
Wow... are you serious? There are TONS of 1-2 year old vehicles out there. It's the only way I would buy a car now. I just recently purchased my wife a 2009 corolla with only 12K miles on it, with a 7 year 100,000 mile bumper to bumper (Not just drivetrain) for 8K less than a brand new one.
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