Searching for a PS3 on sale can be a daunting task. If you do see them on sale it’s not much off the regular price. It can be discouraging if you’re trying to save a few bucks.

I’m right there with you! The justifcation for the purchase may have been difficult in the beginning but there was plenty of it in the end. I knew I could try to sell my old PS2 and even the games to raise money for 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 put our stuff in a neighborhood sale to come up with the funds to buy a PS3. Not including my time I made about $50. By the way, garage sales will not get you the most money! eBay is a much better way to go as you’ll net more profits.

In days gone by I felt the same way. There really is no comparison with other gaming consoles. The fact that it is Blu-Ray is a huge selling point for me. Obviously, the games are awesome in HD and I just upgraded my Netflix membership to include Blu-Ray/HD movies as well. That’s a hard-sell to the wife! Once I was able to get my wife to really look at HD she was convinced and we’ve never gone back to analog. 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 done some research and what I’ve found is that if you want the best gaming console on the market and you want to play Blu-Ray DVDs there simply isn’t a better value 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. The new XBOX does play games in HD and movies as well but it uses the not-chosen HD DVD 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. They make you spend much more than you would for just the console by throwing in all these games and accessories. 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. Most other sites focus on really high-dollar items like cars, boats, houses and land. That’s fine and dandy but I just want the console!

Once I found that site I knew I had what I was looking for. Two thumbs up as they had the exact item I wanted and I could get it for cheap. I quickly setup an account on the site. I rung up 3 bids and knew I had the lowest and unique bid. Unfortunately, I didn’t get it the first time. A few days later another was being auctioned. I placed 3 more bids on it and crossed my fingers and waited. Bingo! I won this time. After a few days I was wrapping up the PS3 as a gift for my nephew. All I had spent on it was $59.64. Not too bad if I say so myself.

It can take a few minutes of reading to truly grasp the concept of the lowest unique bid auction style. After you grasp the idea you could become addicted. 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. In total I’ve spent about $350 there and won over $1,200 worth of stuff.

So don’t go searching at Best Buy or Circuit City or Walmart for the best prices on the things you want. You can surely get a great deal when you go register at Auctions4aCause.

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