EOL vs. When to buy a set - What's all the fuss about?

Frank Brickowski · 2013-05-04T08:04:58.000Z

Hi everyone! What I DO get is: EOL dates are important for investors because that is when the sets they bought as investments are going to start rising in value significantly. OK, understood. What I do NOT get is: Why is there such a craze about the EOL in connection to the time of buying and the question "Should I buy set X now because soon of the EOL it will be sold out everywhere"? My question is: Why don't people just look at all the sets they are interested in from when they are released - and just buy them at some time for the lowest price (imaginable). Meaning: The max discount you can probably ever get is 50%, correct me if I'm wrong. So, anything between 30-50% should be a very good to great deal. But that said, why are people waiting until EOL and why are they going crazy so much about it, instead oy just buying sets when they are cheapest? From what I have experienced so far, the time before (a supposed) EOL is not really the time of the biggest discounts, rather prices are rising again already at this time. If I see a set for 50 % off, I buy it and from then I don't care about EOL at all anymore. Do I miss something completely here? Is it because people have a certain budget, so they cannot buy anything at any time? Is it about storage capacity at home? (Or is it just another situation in the US compared to what I know from Europe?) What is it about the EOL vs. When to buy a set that I misunderstand? Thanks for your comments!