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Going to buy a new laptop - should I wait till after Xmas/January sales?

sam4sam
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I get paid on December 21st and will be a buying a laptop, £350 is my budget really.
Should I wait till the sales? Or will that make no difference?
May be a silly question, but I always thought at sales time they jack up the price just before sales and discount them back to normal year round prices or negligably less?
Thoughts guys?
Cheers
Should I wait till the sales? Or will that make no difference?
May be a silly question, but I always thought at sales time they jack up the price just before sales and discount them back to normal year round prices or negligably less?
Thoughts guys?
Cheers
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I'd wait until just after the new year. Sometimes you can find some great deals in smaller stores online at this time.
Also, take a look at sites like gumtree - you can find latops with receipts, boxed etc but just a few weeks old etc after the buyer has realised they'd prefer an ipad etc and then decided to sell a perfectly good laptop :-)0 -
Theres forums about were they discuss the big manufactures range changes (for want of a better saying, upgrades and new models come out) and i think i remember september being a good time for laptops, could be completely wrong though, generally any laptop you buy now for £500 will be £300 in 6 months, so doesnt really matter when you buy, just know as soon as youve bought it 6 months later it will be substantially cheaper or youll be able to get a much better model for the same price. but yeh why not jan sales is a good a time as any.
as for inflating the prices, yeh most do it just be a bite more savvy shop around.
I find ebays daily/weekly deals is full of loads of fantasticly cheap little laptops with guarantees etc, worth a look0 -
Check ebay next week for unwanted christmas presents
You may get a far better deal than from a store
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Good idea lads, I think I will check ebay in the next few weeks and then see what happens in the Jan sales if nothing takes my fancy online...0
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I get paid on December 21st and will be a buying a laptop, £350 is my budget really...
https://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/lenovo-thinkpad-edge-e520-core-i5-2410m-4gb-500gb-15-6-windows-7-pro-64-348-98-after-1090313
NB. £25 off code only valid until 22nd December.0
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