Best PS3 Prices

Have you looked in the sale papers for a PS3? I guess that enough people are still buying them that you don’t see them on sale often. It can sometimes be frustrating if you’re on a tight budget.

I feel your pain! I’ve tried to justify the purchase in so many ways. I figured I could sell all my old PS2 games and console and start building a PS3 fund. I’ve even thought about my old jeans in the closet, the ones with holes in them and seem all fashionable and seeing what I could sell them for on eBay. I even cleaned out the garage scrounging for old tools and junk that I haven’t used in years so I could sell them on eBay. We even had a yard sale so I could try to earn enough money to buy the PS3. It was hard to justify the time spent after I counted my till and it came up to just over $50. As an aside, garage sales are not the way to go! I definitely recommend auctioning your old stuff off on eBay, you’ll make much more money.

It’s not just you, I feel the same way. You seem to get so much more from the PS3 than from the Xbox or Wii. I was sold when I found it was Blu-Ray. Obviously, the games are awesome in HD and I just upgraded my Netflix membership to include Blu-Ray/HD movies as well. That’s a hard-sell to the wife! Once I was able to get my wife to really look at HD she was convinced and we’ve never gone back to analog. At the end of the day it turned out to be easy to persuade her to get the PS3 on every front except the price.

I’ve done some research and what I’ve found is that if you want the best gaming console on the market and you want to play Blu-Ray DVDs there simply isn’t a better value than the PS3. Even when it’s not on sale! You’ll spend $200-250 bucks on a basic Blu-Ray player anyway. The new XBOX does play games in HD and movies as well but it uses the not-chosen HD DVD format. Still, the challenge is getting a PS3 at a discount if at all possible.

I searched on eBay and some other traditional auction sites and found that there really aren’t any PS3 Sale Prices out there. The value may be there but the overall cost is higher because of all the stuff they include. The goal here is to spend as little money as possible, not more.

I had to get creative with my thinking and break away from the herd. I started investigating unique bid auction sites. You’ll find a few out there for sure but one stands above the rest, www.auctions4acause.com. They have much more selection among everyday items than most of the other sites including the PS3. Most other sites focus on really high-dollar items like cars, boats, houses and land. That’s fine and dandy but I just want the console!

I knew I had a winner when I found that site. They had the item I wanted and it was possible for me to get it very cheap. I went there and created an account. I rung up 3 bids and knew I had the lowest and unique bid. Alas, I didn’t win the first time around. I had to wait until the next one came up for bid. I placed a few more bids and slept well that night. Bingo! This time I had a winner. About 6 days later I was unpacking the new PS3. All told I had bid less than $59.64. Not too bad if I say so myself.

It can take a few minutes of reading to truly grasp the concept of the lowest unique bid auction style. Once you get a handle on the concept you may not want to stop. Since that time that I won the PS3 I’ve bid on and won 3 other items including an iPod Nano (they have the best iPod Prices) and $400 gas card. I’m getting about 4 to 1 on my money so far with $1,200 in items for less than $360 in bidding.

I wouldn’t suggest the big box stores to find the best prices. Go register at Auctions4aCause and get a great deal.