Do You Ever Buy Open Box Products?

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I used to be really hesitant to buy open box products. I mean, if someone's returned it, there's a reason why, right? Then I started working where I do, and I realized that most of the time the reason is just "I decided I didn't want it." So far this year, I've gotten: A clearance/close out gaming laptop for myself at 37% off Another gaming laptop for my youngest's birthday at 52% off A 4K monitor for 74% off (actually brand new, the guy who returned it just didn't realize he ordered the wrong model until he opened it) An M2 Mac Mini for 60% off All in excellent condition, too! Sometimes I stumble across these deals. The monitor was one of those--I decided that I wanted an external monitor to plug into my laptop to make coding easier, set my budget, and then thought 'huh, I wonder how much that one we took back the other day is going for.' It was $7 over the amount I'd planned to spend, so I got that instead of the cheap one I was originally looking at. Most of the time, though, my trick is to add an item I'm looking at to my saved items list, then wait. Most items cycle through sales every few weeks or so, and open box prices tend to drop proportionally, too.