Do you try out electronics at stores before you buy them?

[froggyboy604]

Generally, no since the display units in stores are sometimes very dirty and scratched up from people dirty hands touching them, and some are even broken when someone broke it somehow.

There are also a lot of things you can't try out like a wireless router, DVD player, universal remote controls, etc since they are in boxes, and the units on display are not plugged in, and some don't even work, and is just a plastic case, so no one steals them.

I generally just read a bunch of reviews online about electronics, software, games, and computers.

YouTube reviewers, G4, SpikeTV, and other videos and TV shows about electronics, gaming and computers are helpful since they generally test out electronics for a few days or weeks before they review it, so if it's bad they tell the viewers not to buy them.

By using reviews, I generally know if the products are good or not before I buy, and using reviews to choose stuff have not failed me yet compared to trying something out for a few minutes, and buying it.

 

[Demon_Skeith]

Sometimes, but I read detailed interviews before hand so there is no need to.

 

[Black Angel]

Yeah but only to get an idea of it physically.. usually, by the time I get to that point, I already know most, if not everything about the device in question.. and so the only thing left for me to do is to get an idea of how it looks and feels in person.

 

[hissae2]

I usually research before I buy.

 

[tetutato]

Well I don't try them intentionally, meaning I don't walk into a store just to try it out. If it's there, I always give it a shot just for fun

 

[froggyboy604]

I don't intentionally go into stores to try stuff as well since it can take an hour to go to the store. I usually just see if the item I want is on sale online, or at the store if it is cheaper in stores then I try it out, but if it is cheaper online I buy online.

I usually research online before I buy. I find when a product has 5/5 stars and hundreds or thousands of people rated it 4.5-5/5 stars generally the product works, and the unlucky people who rate it a 1-2 must of just got a broken product because the mail men, or the factory worker broke it by mistake.