Some (a lot?) of people, especially today, have the patience to wait 6/12/18 months to obtain at a deep discount or even for free something that they *may* need

Some (a lot?) of people, especially today, have the patience to wait 6/12/18 months to obtain at a deep discount or even for free something that they *may* need to buy. I have a vacuum cleaner that isn't very good and is likely to fail in the future, at some point I will need to replace it. I won't buy one today for full price, but when it does fail I will have to. If I could get a replacement today for 0-50% of the price new I would jump at the chance, but I'd be a lost sale.