Right now is the time to be looking for a new computer system. The prices are nice and low and retailers reallly start to get nervous when January arrives. They know that all those units sitting on their shelves should have been moved during December.
So if you are looking at buying a new system you should try and bundle everything together and get the best possible price. Hey it’ll make the saleperson happy to be moving all those boxes and you should be getting a good deal.
One area to watch out for is the printer. Because it has the greatest potential to cost you money in the long term. Avoid ink jet printers at all cost because they will end up costing you money. Get a good HP printer if its available and try to get the saleperson to throw in an extra MICR toner cartridge. If they are willing to add that one item you know if have got a great deal.
The thing is that computer dealers make wicked margin on printer supplies. Their profit is huge when compared to other items. They likely make as much money selling you one MICR toner cartridge as they do on some low end 17 inch monitor.
One other note if you pick up a nice laser printer. Don’t just assume you’ll just be printing standard 8 X 11 paper. You can easily add some other supplies so you can really use the machine. If you run a small business its great you can print invoices, check paper and labels. Try to pick up any items like those at the same time while you have the salesperson in a wheeling and dealing frame of mind.