Product Purchasing Factors

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Here's mine

 

I categorize the first four below as all being equally important. If a product fails in any one of those #1 priorities then it gets eliminated from my list even if it matches perfectly against all other priorities.

 

1. Does the product description advertise being able to do all the things I need it to do

1. How many documented cases are there around the web of said product where existing owners have confirmed that the product can indeed do all the things it was advertised to be able to do

1. Is it reliable and trouble free to operate

1. Does the product measure well on the test bench with nothing but great specs across the board

 

2. How many Users of the product are there (in a general sense. If I Google for the product is there one hit or hundreds) If there is no or a very low existing User base then I'll pass on the product. If there is a decent size User base, what kind of systems is it being used with and are any of them similar to mine. I've been a Giuena Pig several times before and it was a very expensive mistake each time.

 

3. Country of origin

 

4. Price