Starting off–ink jet printers

  • tty5@lemmy.world
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    13 hours ago

    Generally true, but sometimes you get lucky: I bought a fully loaded Camry in mid 2021, heavily discounted, because it was one of the last previous year model cars they had in the country and at 0% apr for the duration of the 3 year loan. This was right before shortages started and inflation skyrocketed. As a result its value on the used market stayed over what I paid for 3 years and even now it’s lost only about 10-15% of the purchase price.

      • Analog@lemmy.ml
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        5 hours ago

        Most cars only lose value.

        A very tiny minority of mostly exotics become collectors items and are worth many times their original value, even after considering inflation.

        • Scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech
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          5 hours ago

          Yeah I thought about adding that in, but then people think “Like my car!” Pretty much only if you’re buying a literal junker knowing you’re going to refurbish and rebuild the entire thing into mint condition - and you know it’s a high value car, then you’ll probably make a profit. (Even then though, what’s the value of the time and money there)