Have you ever tried to find a PS3 on sale? If you do see them on sale it’s not much off the regular price. It can be annoying if you only have a set amount of money to work with and it’s not quite enough to make the purchase.

I’m right there with you! I have tried to justify the item in so many ways for so long. I figured I could sell all my old PS2 games and console and start building a PS3 fund. I’ve thought about going through my closet and digging out my old jeans to see what they might fetch on eBay. I dug through the basement in the junk room looking for old board games and stuffed animals to auction off online. We even had a yard sale so I could try to earn enough money to buy the PS3. I grossed just over 50 bucks. As an aside, garage sales are not the way to go! You’ll make much more money selling your stuff on eBay.

You see, I’ve felt the same way before. You seem to get so much more from the PS3 than from the Xbox or Wii. The fact that it is Blu-Ray is a huge selling point for me. Not only are all the games HD but now my movies are too. That’s a hard-sell to the wife! Honestly, once we got HD and my wife watched it a few times we really only watch HD shows or movies. In the end it wasn’t that difficult to get her on my side for the PS3 purchase except when it came to the price.

I’ve been around the block on this concept and if I have not been able to find a better deal on a game system that also plays Blu-Ray than the PS3. Even when it’s not on sale! You can buy a Blu-Ray DVD player for your movies but it will not play PS3 games. While XBox does offer HD it is not the preferred format. The real issue is getting a PS3, if at all possible, at a discount.

I searched on eBay and some other traditional auction sites and found that there really aren’t any PS3 Sale Prices out there. You have to get a bundle with the console, games and accessories that costs way more than just buying a console outright. The goal here is to spend as little money as possible, not more.

I had to get creative with my thinking and break away from the herd. Somebody told me about unique bid auction sites and I started researching them. There are a few decent ones out there but the one that stands out to me is www.auctions4acause.com. They have much more selection among everyday items than most of the other sites including the PS3. You’ll find cars, boats and vacations on the other sites. That’s all well and good but I just want a PS3!

I knew I had a winner when I found that site. Two thumbs up as they had the exact item I wanted and I could get it for cheap. I visited the site and setup an account. I placed 3 bids and hoped that they were unique and the lowest. I was only slightly discouraged when I didn’t win the first time. It was another week before I could bid on another one. I placed 3 more bids on it and crossed my fingers and waited. Bingo! This time I had a winner. 1 week later I was unboxing my new PS3. $59 was all I had spent.64. Not bad, huh?

It can take a few minutes of reading to truly grasp the concept of the lowest unique bid auction style. Once you get a handle on the concept you may not want to stop. Since that time that I won the PS3 I’ve bid on and won 3 other items including an iPod Nano (they have the best iPod Prices) and $400 gas card. I’m getting about 4 to 1 on my money so far with $1,200 in items for less than $360 in bidding.

If you’re looking for the best prices don’t bother with the Best Buys or Walmarts. Go register at Auctions4aCause and get a great deal.

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