I hate finding a better deal after I buy something

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I was in the market for a used PS2. I ended up buying a fat 30001 model with 15 disc-only games for $40. I thought it was pretty good. I buy a memory card for $10.

The next week while browsing someone has a slim with a memory card for $30. She asks me if I want the 5 or 6 games she has for an extra $10. I agree but they're PSX games. Whatever. $40 for a slim in excellent condition is still a good deal even if the games are gonna look like butt. I eventually sell off the fat PS2, a memory card, and the PSX games to some kid who was going to give me $50 but it was Christmas Eve and his mother mentioned his old one getting stolen so I cut it down to $30. I'm now out $60 net for a slim with a memory card. Not amazing but not bad.

Today I see someone selling a slim PS2 with two controllers and 10 PS2 games for $55. :cry:
 
Here's an idea: How about you stop looking for deals once you've bought whatever you were looking for? Seems like a waste of time and the only thing you will get out of it is aggravation. :D
 
Well you come across it when you're looking for other stuff. It's just like being in the store and seeing something on sale that you bought for full price.
 
Yup. I bought the 360 wheel yesterday for $85 and today it's on sale for $75. It's Amazon and they don't price adjust anymore (and return shipping is not always reimbursed). Better deals the next day/week are always a risk. But what's even more a risk is not finding that good of a deal again for years.
 
[quote name='voidedx']Yup. I bought the 360 wheel yesterday for $85 and today it's on sale for $75. It's Amazon and they don't price adjust anymore (and return shipping is not always reimbursed). Better deals the next day/week are always a risk. But what's even more a risk is not finding that good of a deal again for years.[/QUOTE]

Exactly- better to get a good, but not best, deal than to get no deal at all.

You don't mention what the games were, which means they probably weren't really good or bad. Just tell youself that, for a few bucks more, you got your system several weeks early and gave some kid a better Chirstmas. Then let it go.
 
Also - when you look into those deals that really look great sometimes you find that there's a catch. Used controllers are rarely worth much.
 
[quote name='javeryh']Here's an idea: How about you stop looking for deals once you've bought whatever you were looking for? Seems like a waste of time and the only thing you will get out of it is aggravation. :D[/QUOTE]

:applause::applause::applause:Ding ding ding. We have a winner. Why keep looking if you have already found what you're looking for and bought it? I know that when I've done that before I've only aggravated myself, so why do so when you got what you wanted?
 
If second one is that much of a better deal, buy the second deal and sell the "original" deal you found. That's how I decide... If I can't sell the original deal for at least what I paid for it, then the second deal isn't worth messing with (unless I want two of something and can average the cost between the two).
 
So, you ended up paying $60 out of pocket
Now someone is selling one for $55
So you're really only missing out of $5
But you also did a good deed by knocking off $20 for a kid on the ps2

I'd say let it go, things tend to even out in the long run. You paid $5 more than you could have, but you had the opportunity to do something nice for someone.
 
[quote name='javeryh']Here's an idea: How about you stop looking for deals once you've bought whatever you were looking for? Seems like a waste of time and the only thing you will get out of it is aggravation. :D[/QUOTE]
This same philosophy also could apply to marriage. Would lower the divorce rate tremendously.
 
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