Today I saw a sale on a computer part that was incredibly cheap. You could easily save about $300 if you bought the item compared to what other places are charging for it. Of course, the thing is that this is just one component of many that you would need to actually build a system. While I do intend to build a new system in the future, my thought is that better things will come out by. With that in mind, even though the price seems so good that the retail price probably still won’t be as cheap by the time I want to build one it seems more sensible to hold off.

It’s more for habit I guess too as I don’t want to get in a trend of continually justifying purchases simply because the price is so cheap. Isn’t that how people end up with a like a full closet of clothes that they never wear for example? As usual too I try to think whether or not I can easily sell the item to make a profit where if I did by it at least that way I am earning something and it is not going to waste. In this case I’m thinking when you resell things in a casual way people usually expect to buy things that are a lot cheaper than retail. So the profit won’t be as great.

I think non-perishable food items are the only real things that I would immediately jump on if the prices were great and knowing that I would consume them in the future for sure.

Today I spent about 8 hours fixing a computer that a family member seemed to have given up on to the point that they were thinking of just buying a new one. It was only for really basic tasks like browsing the web and sure enough it would cost about $400+ to do so.

I guess the thing that kind of made me want to help them to fix it too is that I personally think it is a waste to just throw an item like this away when you don’t know exactly what is wrong with it. Cause you never know, it could be something really simply. If I knew for certain that a particular part was broken which could mean having to spend so much money jut to replace it, then of course those are the types of situations where simply buying a new one can make more sense.

After spending a few hours on it and doing various troubleshooting processes to narrow down the issue, funny enough all it came down to was that the power supply seemed to be faulty as it has run its age. Therefore, simply swapping that fixed everything. I just happened to have a spare one, but what this made me think of is how they were able to save hundreds of dollars from buying a new system with a little persistence.

Even for items that I am personally not too knowledgeable in I always try to find out specifically what is wrong with a product before contemplating about throwing out a lot of money to replace it with a new one. Makes sense too as it helps you to make a better decision and maybe it will even give you the knowledge on how you can potentially avoid having to encounter the situation in the future.