http://swaits.com/articles/2006/01/24/best-time-to-buy-tvs-houses-cars-airline-tickets-video-games-and-toys en-us 40 A Blog by Stephen Waits <p>CNN is running an interesting article called <a href="http://money.cnn.com/2006/01/20/pf/best_time_to_buy_everything/">From TVs to toys, the best time to buy everything</a>.</p> <p>In summary:</p> <ul> <li><p>Airline Tickets: On Wednesday. Avoid the 7-14 day window as that&#8217;s the worst.</p></li> <li><p>TVs: April.</p></li> <li><p>Houses: Winter.</p></li> <li><p>Cars: Late summer, early fall.</p></li> <li><p>Games: Holiday season, or after the hysteria fades.</p></li> <li><p>Toys: Before and after holidays and August, the end of summer.</p></li> </ul> <p>I&#8217;ll add one of my own&#8230;</p> <ul> <li>Macs: Watch the rumors, and if there seems like there&#8217;s something major in the works, and one of the big Apple events is on the horizon, then <em>be patient</em> and wait. For example, this upcoming April 1st is Apple&#8217;s 30 year anniversary. Seems like a good time to wait before ordering that sweet new MacBook.</li> </ul> Tue, 24 Jan 2006 10:51:00 -0600 urn:uuid:5d68641b-eb82-491f-80ce-16c4d04b85f1 steve@waits.net (Stephen Waits) http://swaits.com/articles/2006/01/24/best-time-to-buy-tvs-houses-cars-airline-tickets-video-games-and-toys deals http://swaits.com/articles/trackback/104