subject: Bad Moves When Shopping For A Computer [print this page] Shopping, as many would say, is trial and error. You fit some clothes, and decide whether you would want to buy it or not. You buy it, and when you reach home you realize that you have nothing to match with what you've bought. Your options are to get yourself a new set of wardrobe and postpone wearing the new pair of pumps or to give them away to your little sister. The same thing holds true when you purchase other things like computers. However, the risks are higher as you will be investing good cash for one item. Any errors in the process will not only upset you but will make you lose a big chunk of money.
There are quite a number of tips and pointers made available to personal computer buyers whether at magazines, newspapers or through the numerous articles and blogs on the world wide web. But despite this wealth of information made available, some buyers still tend to make the wrong shopping decisions. Here are one of the three biggest mistakes people make when buying computers. Please don't make these mistakes,
Holding out for better deals. The funny thing about technology is that it is constantly changing. You see one thing being released one day, and before you know it another gadget is released that's more powerful than the former. Unless you get in the band wagon you will definitely be left behind. Most buyers go to the store, scan the items and dream of coming back on a later date when they can get the lower price or bigger features. There are arguments to these two considerations.
One, lower prices means that that technology is on its way to being faced out as new ones are emerging. They are offered at cheaper prices because they are already outdated. Is that the type of purchase that you want? Getting a bargain for something that's about to be obsolete? Second, new features will continue to sprout and you cannot stop them. If you keep holding out for something more powerful, then you're waiting on a fool's errand.
Buying just the computer. Yes indeed, you are shopping for a new computer, but that doesn't mean that you don't need the other accessories that comes along with it. While some stores may opt to sell you the CPU alone, you will still need to buy other items like speakers, a working keyboard and mouse, perhaps a printer, and many others.
Opting to extend warranties. A lot of people think that if they purchase longer warranties they are secured in the use and repair of their purchased personal computer. Although this may hold true in other items like cars and other machinery, for computers you might just be spending more than what you should be. Most warranties that they offer would add more cost to what you're buying. The thing about this is that some computers crash simply after their warranty expires.
That would mean you shelled out more money for something that you couldn't even take advantage of. With the way technology is evolving these days, the parts that you will need by that time will probably be obsolete.
