The recent purchases thread

[Brony Number 42 9,897]

9 minutes ago, Hardway Bet said:

Yesterday I bought a Switch, with Smash, Mario Party, Mario Kart, Odyssey and Breath of the Wild. Sadly, I don't have any furtiture to prop up the TV, so I'm highly limited in playing it for the moment.

It comes with a screen.

[Hardway Bet 96]

1 minute ago, Merry Brony 2A said:

It comes with a screen.

Yeah, but I'm sitting here breaking my neck, trying to make out what's going on in the game while there's a perfectly good 50'' TV sitting unused in a corner. T_T

Edited December 14, 2018 by Hardway Bet

[Cirrus. 1,088]

I randomly bought this around Thanksgiving.

I

It's an incense burner and it turned out to be much cooler than I thought.

[cuteycindyhoney 13,282]

58 minutes ago, Cirrus. said:

I randomly bought this around Thanksgiving.

I

It's an incense burner and it turned out to be much cooler than I thought.

That's adorable!

 

 

I just bought a new charging cable for my phone.It lights up with color changing LEDs!

 

 

 

[Melanie Mousse 2,198]

15 hours ago, Sherbert MGS said:

Lucky

Most I've seen go for more than £100 (~$200)

(Used laptops generaly)

Interesting. This laptop I bought in particular didn’t include a hard drive (I had my own) and no battery or charger (bought the charger separately).

But I do remember purchasing a decent used 2011 laptop (with dedicated graphics card) for around $130 back in February 2017. 

[The Kaeya Simp 13,953]

15 minutes ago, Tylad said:

Interesting. This laptop I bought in particular didn’t include a hard drive (I had my own) and no battery or charger (bought the charger separately).

But I do remember purchasing a decent used 2011 laptop (with dedicated graphics card) for around $130 back in February 2017. 

but still,

how are all American laptops so cheap

[Melanie Mousse 2,198]

1 minute ago, Sherbert MGS said:

but still,

how are all American laptops so cheap

It usually depends on the hardware specs, how valuable the laptop really is, and its condition (varying upon seller).

[cuteycindyhoney 13,282]

11 hours ago, Sherbert MGS said:

but still,

how are all American laptops so cheap

My first laptop cost me $50. It was a thrilling find at a thrift store. I had it for about a year, and then sold it to a friend of mine for...$50!  It wasn't that great of a machine, but perfect if you just needed to write, and watch the occasional video. Gamers would have turned their noses up at it though.

[TBD 17,228]

I just bought a  Borderland Zer0 McFarlane figurine for 6 bucks at Walgreen. Good buy. 

[Phosphor 11,522]

I bought an intervalometer for my dslr camera. I'm waiting on a clear night to test it out.

I can program it to operate the shutter for long exposure astrophotography without having to freeze my butt off outside.

[cuteycindyhoney 13,282]

I just got a 4th generation Kindle at a thrift store for $5!!! I've been messing around with it for a few days and figured out how to load a bunch of my book files onto it. I had to convert from epub to mobi, but I already had software for that, so I'm good!

Right now it has all of the Sue Grafton 'alphabet' mysteries from "A is for Alibi" to "V is for Vengeance'  (I just finished  "G is for Gumshoe" off of it!)

I just loaded on  Charles Dicken's "A Christmas Carol" to read next. I read that every year about this time!

Since I got my new glasses, I switched from carrying my tablet everywhere I go to carrying hard cover books. Now I'm switching to the Kindle. It's so much lighter than my tablet or a hard cover book! It's even lighter than most paperbacks!

My tablet needed to be charged every day. It's a big power hog, as well as too heavy! The tablet isn't viewable at all in even shaded daylight. The Kindle has their 'E paper" screen and looks great in even bright cloudless sunlight. I bought a little LED book light from the dollar store to make up for it not having a backlight.

I charged the Kindle when I got it several days ago, and I've hardly made a noticeable dent in the little battery of the power remaining icon. One charge should last me at least a week of steady usage.  Maybe longer.

 

I an the reigning Queen of Thrift Store Shopping!

 

 

 

Edited December 21, 2018 by cuteycindyhoney

[Patty Thundersnow 4,129]

I got the Spyro ReIgnited Trilogy and Lego Star Wars The Force Awakens for PS4 earlier this week.

[GiFTGewEhrSCHutzen-4 8,827]

This action figure of Cobramaru from the SD Gundam Force series.

[Concerned Bystander 2,901]

Just had this delivered, only a few episodes in and it is already one of the (if not the) best anime series I have seen.

 

Edited January 28, 2019 by Concerned Bystander

[RaraLover 10,410]

My recent purchase was a month ago, which was my new Coloratura plushie!

[Thuja 3,658]

My most recent purchase besides groceries was a book with different hair braiding techniques.

[cuteycindyhoney 13,282]

On 12/14/2018 at 11:57 AM, ThE-DESpEraDo_4 said:

Just bought this Venom tee. :3

Move the shirt out of the way. I want to see more of that awesome Tom and Jerry bed spread!

20 minutes ago, Thuja said:

My most recent purchase besides groceries was a book with different hair braiding techniques.

Looking at your avatar, I find this most ironic!

[TBD 17,228]

Just bought BaB Light fury plush. 

[Treeglow Flicker 12,975]

Only groceries. Last interesting purchase was back in November when I got my new computer.

There's actually a lot of things I want to get, but I'm trying to be good with my money right now. Next pruchase will probably be clothes and shoes. There's a pair of heeled mary janes that I want. Why must bill payments get in my way?

[Thuja 3,658]

Just now, cuteycindyhoney said:

Looking at your avatar, I find this most ironic!

I think the guy in my profile pic could try braiding his mohawk????  I'm trying to grow my hair out though, it's about shoulder length or a little beyond that right now.

[Phosphor 11,522]

A couple weeks ago, I picked up a vacuum tube tester at one of the antique stores near my work. Got it cheaper than I would have on Ebay and I was needing one too, since I was finishing up 2 radios at the time. (The tube in the pictures tested good)

Also bought a capacitance meter, mainly to test new caps to confirm quality. I only test old ones for fun, as I replace them regardless. (The old capacitor in the picture has drifted in value considerably.)

I'm hoping to get either an oscilloscope or signal tracer next.  

[Twilight Luna 30,917]

@ILoveRara Rara looks adorable. 

My last purchase was Kingdom Hearts: The Story So Far. Luckily I found a copy at Target. 

[Arc Flash 7,884]

Just bought this to add to the other one..

(note..the HDDs cost way more than this guy...lol)

 

[Thuja 3,658]

Besides food, I've bought some of my favourite lotion and some jerky.

[Prometheus 3,038]

Just picked up these today, borderline in love with them. 

Extremely comfortable and got 'em for half their retail price. Always been a sucker for shoes.