How much you can save by buying pre-owned tech in South Africa

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How much you can save by buying pre-owned tech in South Africa

The local prices of 2020’s next-generation gaming consoles have highlighted that South Africans get a hard deal when it comes to tech prices.

Both the Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5 are priced at a hefty R11,999, despite carrying a $499 (R8,300) price tag in the US.

This is almost double the 2014 launch prices of the Xbox One and PlayStation 4, which initially retailed for R6,299.
 
Cash Crusaders goes online
Cash Crusaders recently launched its own online store, which allows users to order pre-owned items and collect them at one of its branches.

The retailer offers a range of tech products in its portfolio – including smartphones, tablets, gaming consoles, TVs, smartwatches, and laptops.

Its second-hand products come with a six-month warranty, which provides added peace of mind for those who fear they may be buying a dud.


I tried this 2 weeks ago. Saw a nice phone on the website located in our closest branch, i paid and when i arrived at the store, they say it was already sold in the store. The guys just didn't get around to removing it from the site yet.
Now, not so sure I will use them again. What's the point in an online store where a call to the store is first required to confirm availability.
 
Nemus said:
I tried this 2 weeks ago. Saw a nice phone on the website located in our closest branch, i paid and when i arrived at the store, they say it was already sold in the store. The guys just didn't get around to removing it from the site yet.
Now, not so sure I will use them again. What's the point in an online store where a call to the store is first required to confirm availability.
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Which phone was this out of curiosity?
 
elf_lord_ZC5 said:
Buy second hand, buy someone else's problems, no thanks
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It's a hit and miss, not always a problem.

I always say, one should consider if you would buy something 2nd hand from yourself (hypothethically speaking) or from a friend (granted you know that person) because personally I look after my things, so I would hope the same of the next. So there is lots of people that have 2nd hand goods which is in good condition.

But I prefer other sites to buy 2nd hand goods online to meet them and see them face to face and get an idea of their character.
 
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Some of these ‘new’ prices seem a bit off. Who would buy a JBL Charge 3 for over 4 grand when you can get the Charge 4 for R2500 from Takealot?
 
Charlie21 said:
It's a hit and miss, not always a problem.

I always say, one should consider if you would buy something 2nd hand from yourself (hypothethically speaking) or from a friend (granted you know that person) because personally I look after my things, so I would hope the same of the next. So there is lots of people that have 2nd hand goods which is in good condition.

But I prefer other sites to buy 2nd hand goods online to meet them and see them face to face and get an idea of their character.
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My experience, it is like the Lotto, you win a little, loose a lot.
 
animehero said:
I guess it depends on what you buy.
Most of my current PC build consists of second hand parts and I've had no issues with it
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Will not sell anything second hand either. E en if I have looked after it well. Tho I do give stuff away for free. If it breaks, or something goes wrong, don't bother me, don't even tell me.
 
Having a 6 month warranty helps a lot. Bought lots of Wii/PS2 games (I think these also come with a warranty of 3 months?). The amount of PS3/4 games available at my branch always astounds me.
 
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