Comments on: Cheap Geek Tips http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2006/07/13/cheap-geek-tips/ personal finance that makes cents Fri, 10 Oct 2008 22:30:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Adam Jaskiewicz http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2006/07/13/cheap-geek-tips/#comment-2299 Adam Jaskiewicz Fri, 14 Jul 2006 21:45:10 +0000 http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2006/07/13/cheap-geek-tips/#comment-2299 "Buy the best quality you can afford" I bought the best quality, highest end computer I could afford. Spent $2600 three years ago, and it is still WAY more computer than I need. I expect I will be using it for another three or four years before it begins to feel long in the tooth. “Buy the best quality you can afford”

I bought the best quality, highest end computer I could afford. Spent $2600 three years ago, and it is still WAY more computer than I need. I expect I will be using it for another three or four years before it begins to feel long in the tooth.

]]> By: JT http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2006/07/13/cheap-geek-tips/#comment-2107 JT Thu, 13 Jul 2006 12:32:27 +0000 http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2006/07/13/cheap-geek-tips/#comment-2107 I would add that brand names have a higher resale value. That's actually how I manage to maintain such a tech-savvy lifestyle: when I'm done with a product, I put it on sale on eBay (ALWAYS keep the original boxes and receits somewhere). The difference between the new toy and the not-so-new is always far more bearable than the face value. The key is to feel when the 2d hand price is optimum: ideally, it's right before the introduction of a new model. It's like buying a Mercedes: it's the first one that hurts. In my case, the same rule applied succesfully to: computers (Apple), smartphones, LCD Monitors or camcorders... I would add that brand names have a higher resale value. That’s actually how I manage to maintain such a tech-savvy lifestyle: when I’m done with a product, I put it on sale on eBay (ALWAYS keep the original boxes and receits somewhere). The difference between the new toy and the not-so-new is always far more bearable than the face value.
The key is to feel when the 2d hand price is optimum: ideally, it’s right before the introduction of a new model.
It’s like buying a Mercedes: it’s the first one that hurts. In my case, the same rule applied succesfully to: computers (Apple), smartphones, LCD Monitors or camcorders…

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