Get Ready, Get Set, Wait!
October 13th 2006 22:25
Americans spend billions on buying media products. In the last couple of days, I wrote about half.com, where you can get DVD that were $20 for ridiculously low prices—we’re talking $2 or $3 dollars here. From the buyer’s standpoint, that’s a huge discount and worth celebrating.
However, it should also give us some pause. I saw someone selling more than 140 movies on Craig' sl list for $6 each and all of them had been new new releases at one time or another. That raises some questions. Why did you buy a movie only to sell it for far below what you paid for it?
Maybe there’s some hard times, but in many cases, these purchases simply aren’t well thought out. In buying a book or DVD, you’re making a purchase of an item. It makes as much sense to pay full price or close to it for a DVD and then watch it only once as it does to go buy a brand new car, take a spin around the block, and park it in the backyard.
Some DVD’s may be better rented, and some books better checked out from the library, than to be owned by you from a purely financial standpoint. Of course, some of us like to collect things. In fact, in years past, intelligent people have had bookshelves chocked full of interesting books that they could loan out to others. So if you’re a collector, we’re going to show the best way to acquire new additions to your collection without paying an arm and a leg.
The key to making a smart media purchase is learning patience. If you flat out refuse to buy a brand new book, movie, or CD except for a gift giving occasion, you’ve won half the battle. What will often happen is that with TV and internet advertisements that tell you “You need this,” off the air, you suddenly find that you don’t need that DVD after all. If you still want it, then man are there some bargains for you.
However, it should also give us some pause. I saw someone selling more than 140 movies on Craig' sl list for $6 each and all of them had been new new releases at one time or another. That raises some questions. Why did you buy a movie only to sell it for far below what you paid for it?
Maybe there’s some hard times, but in many cases, these purchases simply aren’t well thought out. In buying a book or DVD, you’re making a purchase of an item. It makes as much sense to pay full price or close to it for a DVD and then watch it only once as it does to go buy a brand new car, take a spin around the block, and park it in the backyard.
Some DVD’s may be better rented, and some books better checked out from the library, than to be owned by you from a purely financial standpoint. Of course, some of us like to collect things. In fact, in years past, intelligent people have had bookshelves chocked full of interesting books that they could loan out to others. So if you’re a collector, we’re going to show the best way to acquire new additions to your collection without paying an arm and a leg.
The key to making a smart media purchase is learning patience. If you flat out refuse to buy a brand new book, movie, or CD except for a gift giving occasion, you’ve won half the battle. What will often happen is that with TV and internet advertisements that tell you “You need this,” off the air, you suddenly find that you don’t need that DVD after all. If you still want it, then man are there some bargains for you.
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