User blog comment:Andrew.heo1/When to Get a 3rd GP10 Item on a Support?/@comment-81.200.170.248-20120815204440/@comment-89.171.139.226-20120816114704

^ this. If you can get it early then do it. But if you didn't get extra amounts of gold in the lane (from multiple assists or accidental kill maybe) then just don't get it cause it would delay your more important items too much. It is simple.