Are you the type of person who waits a couple months to buy a certain product or do you buy it instantly?
I skip out on things like iPods or computers, but if it's cameras, tv's, and phones then yeah i'm definitely stoked about that.
not at all. i almost never buy some new technology when it comes out. i don't know why, i just never feel an urge to hurry and get it. maybe cause they always cost more than i want to pay. with ipods i usually end up getting one though. i think i got my touch ipod within the first year it came out. other than that though...pretty slow. i don't even update shit like operating systems on my comp.
i tend to keep everything a long time though. the tv in my bedroom now is the first tv i ever had. i've had it since i was like 8 years old, seriously.
oh yeah and also it just seems like a never ending race to try to keep up. everything is outdated fast now.
I usually wait until the price drops when it comes to game councils/phones/shit like that. The only think I might be like that on is my computer but I am too poor to buy shit for it anyway.
So I would be like that if I had the cash.
I get it asap. I figure I'm going to buy it regardless. I'm not going to make interest on the amount I save up for two months, and I'm not going to treat the product like shit and break it early on, so I might as well start enjoying it early.
I don't. I'm not really a "gadget guy", for one thing, so I don't really care to follow up on the latest and greatest in gadgetry. I also only buy tech gadgets when I want them, in which case I may wait for a better model if something is on the horizon soon, but mostly I just buy the stuff when I need it.
Well for me, its based on the brand & type.
Like for phones, I need to be on that since my iPhone contract is going to expire next year and i need to look into the phones that are coming out next year so i know whats up with that... and i buy it instantly if a phone i see is in best form with the camera, processor, UI, and size..
I'm always dreaming about the next great thing. I'm also always on the edge of purchasing something. If I hear about a new product that's about to be released I can't purchase what I want until it's been released.
For example: I can't bring myself to purchase a new cell phone even though my contract is up because NVIDIA's quad core Tegra processor is arriving Q4 2011.
I only buy stuff that is completely necessary and then eventually trade it in for something new. First laptop I ever got was crap, 3 years later I got a full cash refund and bought a new better laptop. Year later I got a full cash refund on that laptop and put it towards my macbook pro. It was worth it because I thought of it as an investment.
Besides that I like taking advantage of the fact that I live at home and I save all the cash I make from work. Looking to invest in some CD's or stocks.