Same deal as aznsniper posted in October here: https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/730670
Get them while they're hot. About 1 hour to go on the lightning deal. Great deal at almost 50% off.
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Just keep telling myself I don't know what I would print over and over again until the coupons expire…
I know this would just sit in the box for ages, or I would print some crappy "Trinkets" and by the time I actually need to print something useful the next version of this printer would be released and on sale.
I'd get an ender 3 V2 and start your journey there. As you figure it out, certain upgrades will be relevant for you and you just take your printer towards that objective. There are no doubt new versions but remember that ender 3 V2 is a capable printer - everything else is more speed, accuracy and features.
I've been thinking about getting an ender 3 v2 since there seems to be a large enough community around it.
You can't really go wrong with a printer like this one or the Ender series and similar clones. There's not really a 'new' version. If they have x-y-z set of features, then you're good indefinitely.
With that said, I agree you probably shouldn't get one if you're looking for an excuse to buy it. My printer gathers dust most of the time, despite me using 3D printing all the time for work.
Start by having a play with Tinkercad and Onshape (both web based).
You'll find a printer useful when you need some random item or a special part to fix something and if you can quickly draw up what you need you'll be a lot more inclined to use it (rather than just printing trinkets.)
Once your comfortable with the software, you'll probably have a bunch of things you want to print.
(and don't worry so much about the next best model being released, whatever you have will likely do the job fine for some time)
Pretty much what I did.
"Carbon silicon crystal glass platform: glass bed heats up quickly and evenly, free-warping;" This is good, I had to pay for warping on my last printer.
Saying 280 on Amazon
Edit: Nevermind, I saw the "apply $50 dollar voucher" option.