Hey y’all, I’m just starting to dip my toes into learning more about the Steam Deck and was wondering how likely it is that we’ll see refurbished OLED decks for sale by Valve around Black Friday?
If unlikely, what do you recommend as the best way to find a good deal on a used OLED for the holidays?
Thanks in advance!
EDIT: To clarify, I’m only interested in the OLED version, despite the crazy good deals on a refurb LCD model!
I think there’s a good chance that we’ll see an official sale on Steam Decks for black friday. If you’re wanting a good deal on one, I would consider looking at the discontinued LCD models during the next sale.
Yeah, those prices on the refurb LCDs was insane, but I wasn’t ready at the time to pull the trigger and now the only refurb LCD available is the 512GB.
You can easily upgrade the internal storage. I bought a 512GB OLED and exchanged the storage to 2Tb.
Black Friday is a marketing exercise to get you all riled up about the massive savings you will receive if you buy something RIGHT NOW.
Suffice to say that the actual bargains on the day are far and few between.
If you actively track pricing you’ll discover that the price goes up before the event, then drops to the same or slightly lower pricing on the day. The “bargain” is notional at best.
Then there are the “pre Black Friday” sales, and the “Cyber Monday” ones afterwards. It’s all just marketing.
If you want an actual bargain, find what you’re looking for, set a price watch on it and track it for as long as you have patience. When you’re ready, buy it from your preferred supplier and get them to price match the amazing price.
As far as refurbished goes, ask yourself what is the upside for the supplier to give away any bit of return on their spend to refurbish the item in the first place?
Everything you’ve said is true, but I don’t think it really applies to this case where they’re asking about officially refurbished Decks being sold directly by Valve. The price of a standard Steam Deck is well established here, and any discount will be an actual, real discount on the product.
