What would you consider expensive when buying tech products?

[Geekazoid]

Yeah...but when I bought it, it was perfect for my needs, and still does an amazing job to this day.

 

I only do it because I can afford it (does that make any sense?) If my circumstances were different then I doubt I would have it

 

I always try to get the best I can, funds permitting of course. Like my car, I can't afford to go and buy a Ferrari or something, but equally I wanted something to be proud of that would last me a good many years be fast and comfy and settled on a budget of about £120000, which I am paying over 4 years.

 

I could have bought something cheaper and paid over less time, but I just figured why not get something good. One day I will be dead, I would rather get things while I can, than buy cheap stuff just for the sake of it being cheap.

 

Not to say buying on a budget is silly, for example my home server didnt cost very much at all, but it didn't need to be anything special, just reliable. I could have spend lots but I would not have benefited and that money could be better spend on other things

Okay. That all makes complete sense. It's kind of relative to how much you have to how much you can/will spend. Well I guess, as the saying goes, your money, your choice.

[ShadowCaptain]

Okay. That all makes complete sense. It's kind of relative to how much you have to how much you can/will spend. Well I guess, as the saying goes, your money, your choice.

 

Yeah exactly, or really, will I need/benefit/notice if I spend more. That is how I approach my tech purchases 

 

Will I use it? Do I need it? Will this improve it? What If I did X? What If I didn't do X? -  If you can answer these then you should know if you should spend the money or not (obviously you have to have the money first)

 

EDIT @Geekazoid Well I am not the shadow, I command the shadow

[Geekazoid]

@ShadowCaptain, just a stupid off topic question, what's it like being a Shadow Captain? Very black?

EDIT: I see. Good on ya!

[SeanE]

If its not a major computer component, I would only spend about $250-300 max.

[Geekazoid]

Yeah exactly, or really, will I need/benefit/notice if I spend more. That is how I approach my tech purchases 

 

Will I use it? Do I need it? Will this improve it? What If I did X? What If I didn't do X? -  If you can answer these then you should know if you should spend the money or not (obviously you have to have the money first)

Well personally I go with my gut instinct (if you read my profile you should understand why). However, those are very good questions to ask yourself.

[Jack.EXE]

$100 is my max for anything, anything above and I consider it expensive.

[Geekazoid]

$100 is my max for anything.

Even a PC build? I can't imagine you getting much of a PC for that.

[ShadowCaptain]

Does anyone have any reason for spending a specific amount? 

 

$100 is my max for anything.

 

For example why only 100$ for anything? You wouldn't ever spend 200$ on something?

Just interesting to know why

[Jack.EXE]

Even a PC build? I can't imagine you getting much of a PC for that.

 

Per part.

 

 

Does anyone have any reason for spending a specific amount? 

 

 

For example why only 100$ for anything? You wouldn't ever spend 200$ on something?

Just interesting to know why

 

Cause, I dont have a job, and it's hard to justify spending more than 25% of my savings on a single item.

[Geekazoid]

Does anyone have any reason for spending a specific amount?

For example why only 100$ for anything? You wouldn't ever spend 200$ on something?

Just interesting to know why

I've a bit of an inkling that we're being messed with.

EDIT: Okay, so we're not. My bad.

[Geekazoid]

Cause, I dont have a job, and it's hard to justify spending more than 25% of my savings on a single item.

Fair enough. Good enough reason for me.

[ShadowCaptain]

Cause, I dont have a job, and it's hard to justify spending more than 25% of my savings on a single item.

 

I suppose that is a good reason

 

I would bet there is a 100% positive correlation between somebodies pay and their willingness to spend. Like somebody earning £500 might spend £50 a month, somebody earning £1000 might have £200 to spend a month, and so on

 

I guess nobody would be willing to divulge all the information, but It would be an interesting poll

[toms94z71]

Depends, if it is something I want and can get the money together for then it is not expensive lol. If something broke that I have to replace because it is something I need, IE and ignition coil for my car so I can get to and from work, then 10$ is expensive because I don't want to have to spend it but I have to spend it or I can not get to work and therefore will not have a job. BTW, no mass transit where I live so if my vehicle breaks I have to fix it, I know in some places where mass transit is readily accessible a car is a want but for me it is a necessity. 

[Geekazoid]

I suppose that is a good reason

 

I would bet there is a 100% positive correlation between somebodies pay and their willingness to spend. Like somebody earning £500 might spend £50 a month, somebody earning £1000 might have £200 to spend a month, and so on

 

I guess nobody would be willing to divulge all the information, but It would be an interesting poll

You're probably right. Also probably correct on the willingness of people to post how much they earn as well. Although, if it was an anonymous poll and not a public one and you told no one to post their earnings just stick to the poll then it might work. But who knows.

[das affe]

I gotcha! Why buy an EVGA GPU when a GAINWARD one would perform just as well, is this what you're getting at?

I didn't say that..

[Toggle]

Anything that has the potential to make up almost the entire cost of a build.

[JupiteL]

As a college student, $200 and above is expensive.

[Simmytu]

Any laptop that cost more then €1200 ($1700 USD) I start to feel quite uncomfortable using it.

 

I usually want to pay more for better quality products and admit that I made quite big investment mistake by using the money I've saved over 2 years of hard work on a laptop that broke. It made me feel quite weird spending that amount of money on something that felt wasted, like throwing money in the drain. 

I've got a full refund for the product and now I'm more careful on what I'm going to invest in. 

 

I see it as this.

I try my best not spending more money then what I need for example, not buying a GTX 770 since I don't need that amount of "powah" and for my upcoming build trying to spend less then €950 ($1300 USD) but without sacrificing quality products.

[EpicGeekonFire]

Sssshhhh! You're not supposed to share that kind of information. A simple yes or no would've sufficed. :lol:

In that case I have 2k in my bank account

[Guest]

Hi guys, as the title asks. I'm just curious. Let me know what you would consider expensive when buying any tech product like a Monitor, PC component or whatever you can think of that's tech related.

Pretty much anything considered mid to high-end. I got the GTX 760 for $250, and I consider that up there, though certainly not super-expensive.

[Snake]

Anything with a half eaten apple logo on it ?

[D3MON]

something like a cable/extension-a few quid.
something like a graphics card i work out what i consider to be "entry level" which is the cheapest card that can run mid/high settings at 1080p at 40ish fps on something like bf4, i then work out the price increase up the product tree from there, a 7970 is 1.6* more powerful than a 7870 so its worth it if its only 1.5* more expensive etc.
with cases ill base it off their listed features against cheaper models.
i dunno what id define as expensive because i spent most of the time looking at price/performance which means in a range of near identical products ranging from say £50-£80 im going to be looking at the £50-£60 end of the spectrum

[Kurros]

What I would consider expensive varies from product to product. For example, a Titan when compared to a 780 ti (price-to-performance) seems pretty expensive/unreasonable to me and conversely, a 780 ti seems pretty inexpensive/reasonable. At the same time, a $25-30 case fan seems expensive to me when compared to other fans in the $15ish range. 

As I get older and have more disposable income, buying "expensive" electronics seems a lot less painful and my definition of expensive seems to evolve bit-by-bit. In my early-mid twenties, I would have considered spending 2-2.5k (USD) a year on electronics the upper bound of my acceptable limit. Now in my 30s, I expect to budget $400-500 a month towards electronics and it doesn't really bother me (better yet, it doesn't bother my wife). 

[ygohome]

depends on what I've buying.  For example, $12 for an 8GB micro SD card to me is expensive.

[Geekazoid]

Anything with a half eaten apple logo on it ?

Yes, you don't have to be a Rocket Scientist to figure out who you're referring to.