Getting sick and tired of IT fairs in Singapore

4 times a year. March, June, September and November. The IT fair events in Singapore never fail to garner lots of attention. I used to remember times during my poly days back around year 2002-2005 where I would eagerly wait for the IT fair to come and get the best deals in town for IT gadgets... I still remember on 2004 where I bought a few things from IT fair...
- a newly launched Edifier sound system at IT fair price of $59 which was 50% off the SRSP. This sound system IS still serving me very well till today ^.^
- A Brother AIO printer for only $79 with two rims of A4-sized printing papers and 2 additional sets of ink cartridges. and back then AIO printers were super expensive >.< that printer served me well before it self proclaim retirement in 2008...
Fast forward to the IT fair today in 2011, I am actually very disappointed. The discounts, promos and bundles offered by the exhibitors, especially the major players are simply not attractive. Frankly speaking, I personally felt that other electronic fairs and electronic warehouse/wholesales events offer much, much more attractive discounts , promos and bundles.
Take for example Apple authorized dealers at IT fair:
Let's be frank. Take a look at the pricing at any Apple Authorized dealer stores and compare it with those at the IT fair, is there any MUCH differences?! Little I would say. Or even no differences.
And how about the rest of the IT products? Not much in actual fact although they offer better bundles than Apple products.
many people still go to the IT fairs, hoping that they would unravel a hidden deal but many more have chosen to avoid such events. They rather head down to Sim Lim Square or Funan IT mall or just wait for the "Post IT fair" promotion, where most of the bundles and discounts during the IT fairs still continue on for a few more weeks...

Me?! I have made it a choice not to patronize IT fairs anymore UNLESS there is absolutely a need to buy anything from IT fairs...