Best PS3 Prices

Have you ever tried to find a PS3 on sale? If you do see them on sale it’s not much off the regular price. It can be discouraging if you’re trying to save a few bucks.

I’m right there with you! I have tried to justify the item in so many ways for so long. I figured I could sell all my old PS2 games and console and start building a PS3 fund. I’ve given serious thought to cleaning out my closet, trying to find some of those old jeans that now seem to be in fashion and see if I could sell them on eBay. I’ve even gone through my garage looking for tools that I don’t use to sell them online. We even had a yard sale so I could try to earn enough money to buy the PS3. It netted me $52. By the way, garage sales will not get you the most money! You’ll make much more money selling your stuff on eBay.

I’ve been there before. You seem to get so much more from the PS3 than from the Xbox or Wii. A primary selling point for me is that it is Blu-Ray. Obviously, the games are awesome in HD and I just upgraded my Netflix membership to include Blu-Ray/HD movies as well. Good luck getting that point past 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. In the end it wasn’t that difficult to get her on my side for the PS3 purchase except when it came to the price.

I’ve done my homework in this area and I simply haven’t been able to find a better value for the money than the PS3. Even when it’s not on sale! The average Blu-Ray player will cost you $200-$250 but it doesn’t play games. The new XBOX does play games in HD and movies as well but it uses the not-chosen HD DVD format. The challenge remains in getting the PS3 at a discount.

I searched on eBay and some other traditional auction sites and found that there really aren’t any PS3 Sale Prices out there. You have to get a bundle with the console, games and accessories that costs way more than just buying a console outright. 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. Somebody told me about unique bid auction sites and I started researching them. You’ll find a few out there for sure but one stands above the rest, www.auctions4acause.com. They have more everyday items available for auction, including the PS3, than any of the other sites. Most other sites focus on really high-dollar items like cars, boats, houses and land. You can pretty it up all you want but I just want the PS3!

Once I found that site I knew I had what I was looking for. They had 2 items going for them in that they had the item I wanted at a potentially very inexpensive price. 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. It was another week before I could bid on another one. I placed 3 more bids on it and crossed my fingers and waited. Bingo! I won this time. 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’ve won over $1,200 worth of stuff for about $350 in bid fees.

If you’re looking for the best prices don’t bother with the Best Buys or Walmarts. You can surely get a great deal when you go register at Auctions4aCause.