I hate how technology drops in price!!!

[IRISH BULL]

I was just looking at the sale papers today and came across an ad for a 2GB memory card for a PSP on sale for $14.99, regularly $24.99. So I checked my old receipt from a 2GB memory card I bought January'07. It was regularly priced at $69.00!!! I know its been 2 years, but from $69 to $14?!! Hell, the 4GB is regularly priced at $40.

 

Anybody else have this happen to them? You buy some sort of technology and then you find the price dramatically reduced later.

[MIwanski]

Oh yeah I did that back when the 1 gig was like $100. but yeah they dropped in price alot since they were first out. It does suck.

[GeneralWar]

yea I got my 2gb memory card for psp for $40, Now I know to just wait a lil longer until the price drops for things.

[(U$)Shadowboxin7]

lol yea buying a 60 gb PS3 and then seeing over a year later a 160 gb for the same price

[GeneralWar]

that doesn't really matter because u can find bigger hard drives than that, I'm going to get a 250gb for christmas

[TOW-19]

That should come as no surprise to you.

That's the nature of technology.

When something "new" comes out, they know everyone wants one, and they jack that price up.

Wait a year, it comes down a little.

Wait two years, and it's damn near affordable to EVERYONE.

 

I remember when a 1G SD memory card for your digital camera was like $80 bucks or so a year or two ago.

I can go to Microcenter today and get a 2G card for about $9.99.

 

Hell, look at the price of Playstations. Going down almost every half year.

And it's not like PS4's are right around the corner either.

Tech just goes down by nature.

 

Technology is the sloshed out slut at every party.

[Xx-CHURCHY-xX]

Ebay=friend

 

I never buy things like memory cards from actual stores or online stores because they are WAY overpriced. Ebay users put it like it is and give you the price it really SHOULD be. I bought a 4 gb microsd card for my phone for about 15 bucks on Ebay, but on the T-Mobile website, the 2 gb microsd is 40 bucks while 4 gb is 60 bucks.

 

As Tow stated, technology is just like that.. either you buy it and the price drops or you buy it and a newer version comes out. You just have to take chances. Personally, I'm not about having the most updated technology (hell my cell was made in 2006) but, about what works for me at a decent price. I just stick with Ebay.. because those are the REAL prices things should pretty much be

[IRISH BULL]

I know its something you have to swallow no matter what, it just sucks when you see the price in a sale paper later. :'(

 

When it came to my PSP, I wanted to watch movies so I needed the card. So I guess your damned if you do and your damned if you don't. lol

[Jayskills]

You can be cool now or you can be not so cool later.

 

There is a price to pay for being cool.

 

hehe

[TOW-19]

IRISH BULL ]

I know its something you have to swallow no matter what, it just sucks when you see the price in a sale paper later. :'(

 

When I took the plunge and bought my flat panel tv, my buddy Merlin told me "but dude, once you do, NEVER look in the Circuit City sale paper EVER again."

 

LOL

[Neoblackhound]

Thats why Im waiting on my HD tv ill be getting it soon cuz they are starting to drop to 400$

[[*N*]Sal0713]

LOL this is so true, about a few days i go i been looking online for a Computer and a Nice graphic card. The graphics card was about 450 it's a 280 geforce over clocked edtions.A few days later i checked the card again and it went from 450 to 350. I mean i was like holyshit now i can afford for January. LOL

[GeneralWar]

On black friday I bought a 46" hdtv samsung for $1096 at walmart, circuit city's prices were ridiculous higher and they were smaller tv's

[Arcaicviper]

Yep 42" sony with 2 HDMI ports 3 component hookups 1080p and I for only $898 at wally world, im moving up from my projection very soon ;D

[chris_pheonix7]

the trend is known as the EPS cycle (elite popular specialization)... lol the one thing i took with me from pop culture class.

[at3dave]

i freakin waited forever to get my PS3.. and paid 400 for the 40g.. then two months later they drop it so the 80g is the same price. Im a pissed off dude let me tell ya.

[HogWild_101st]

I normally do without new technology for a couple of years just for that reason. When I finally bought a DVD player, it was under $50 bucks. PlayStation is the only thing I stay current on and purchase as released.

[CaribbeanCLANK]

Yeah...it really sucks but that's how things work I guess. I sometimes wait for prices to come down a bit.