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Asus and Lenovo’s handhelds get price hike as Valve pauses some Steam Deck sales (www.theverge.com)
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[–] [email protected] 51 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Price hikes for what, Lenovo? I’m still waiting for them to send me my Legion Go S SteamOS edition that I preordered on day one.

Edit for context: it was supposed to be in my hands May 25th.

[–] Appoxo 60 points 1 week ago (6 children)

Stop.
Pre-Ordering.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (4 children)

Pre-ordering physical goods is fine, especially if you expect a price hike and supply limitations after launch. I wouldn't, but I can see how it would make sense.

It's the digital goods that make no goddamn sense to buy before they're out. They're not limited in supply, and their return window is often too small.

[–] winkerjadams 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Ever heard of the Ouya?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago

You're a dumbass if you ever thought it was going to be anything

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago

Wasn't it a kickstarter product? I wouldn't consider venture a pre-order, tbf.

Pre-orders are reservations with pre-payment.

Crowdfunding is, well, funding. You aren't buying a product. You're funding it, which comes with additional risks and benefits.

Of course, there's always a possibility that a product is being funded using pre-orders, which is financially irresponsible (norm varies from industry to industry). But you must be a moron to pre-order a product from a startup you know nothing about and expect not to get scammed. Outright buying their product would be risky enough.

Take housing market. You're pretty much always either pre-ordering or buying second-hand.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

As long as i can chargeback on my credit card I have no problems preordering (couple months out at most though, lol at people doing long term pre orders) I have no problem. Digital goods can fuck right on off. So many slimy tactics.

[–] Appoxo 3 points 1 week ago

Meh.
Yes, for already announced limited runs of physical items that you know the quality off (say merch from artists) it's more fine than for mainly digital goods.
And, I have to agree, such a broad blanket statement is not really applicable to every type of purchase or life situation.

To be fully transparent: Even I participated in pre-orders. Off the top I can only remember some artist merch items like CDs I pre-heard some tracks and know what to expect from it and the Kickstarter for the uGreen NAS. But even for the uGreen NAS I knew the specs, price and if It's compatible with what I want to do before committing.
For any other purchase I waited patiently.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

if it was fine at all, op would probably have his handheld by now.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

I never pre-order, and I am not advocating for pre-ordering, but just curious, can’t the item just be returned if the customer is not satisfied?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

I pre-ordered the Steam Deck.

That is the only thing I did in the last decade.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Do you even know why you're saying that? Physical goods that need to be manufactured and delivered are literally exactly what you should be pre-ordering

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago

Physical goods are no different in that when you pre-order something you really have no idea what you're getting. You're counting on the reputation of the company to deliver on their claims. Which is often a bad idea.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 6 days ago

It would make a lot of sense to the company trying to decide how large their production run should be.

For the customer, it only really makes sense if they are getting something out of it, like immunity to possible price hikes at launch.

I don't pre-order, but then, I am a late stage buyer, so it doesn't really apply to me.

[–] Appoxo 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yes and no.
Yes it can make sense fpr physical goods.
No, it's not a good thing.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

So no. I was hoping my question would prompt you to consider it