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jt09 Ladies Man
Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Posts: 22083 City: Austin
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Posted: Apr 12, 2006 7:13 pm Post subject: My most expensive purchase - UGH! |
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(other than a car...or my education)
I just dropped $1500 on a new laptop and I am freaking out a bit. Never spent that much on one thing in my life. Hell, I have a 50" LCD that I only paid $286 for!!!
I got a HELL of a deal on a Dell Inspiron E1705 ( 17" screen!!! ) that retails at $2194. Used a coupon from apex for $750 off and ended up at $1563 w/ tax, delivered.
Not sure why I am posting this except that I am a bit freaked out right now!!! |
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8824 Ladies Man
Joined: 29 Jul 2004 Posts: 15136 City: Wilmington, Delaware
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Posted: Apr 12, 2006 7:18 pm Post subject: |
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the good ole buyers remorse,,,,,
welcome to the club!
i totally freaked over my first vehicle i financed,
that is a nice puter, just make sure you use it to save yourself or make yourself 1500 hunge and you will feel better. _________________ www.integrity-wake.com |
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WakeTech Addict
Joined: 19 Jan 2003 Posts: 949 City: Edmonton
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Posted: Apr 12, 2006 7:18 pm Post subject: |
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Wait until you buy a house......it sucks _________________ I Love The Smell of Butta In The Morning |
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jumalian Ladies Man
Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 7625 City: san diego
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Posted: Apr 12, 2006 7:18 pm Post subject: |
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haha! you're not having buyer's remorse, are you?
nah dude, 1500 on a laptop's good. you'll love the fact that once you go wireless, nothing beats chatting/posting while on the crapper!
btw, how'd the hell did you score a 50" lcd for $286???? care the share your secret? _________________ my demo reel
DPC Films
Aubs wrote: | I'm thinking some island. And Alaska is not a choice. |
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chavez Ladies Man
Joined: 22 Sep 2003 Posts: 27375 City: Roseville
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Posted: Apr 12, 2006 7:18 pm Post subject: |
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jt09, awwww... JT is all growed up now.
Wait till you buy a house.... You think $1500 is a lot of money?!?! hahahaha _________________
Quote: | That's Mr. Gingermex to you a$$hole. |
RIP MHL 04/25/1958 - 01/11/2006 |
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Erik Old School Freak
Joined: 10 Mar 2003 Posts: 2830 City: Boston MA, Wolfeboro NH, DelRay FL, Montego Bay, Jamaica
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Posted: Apr 12, 2006 7:20 pm Post subject: |
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I am about to do the same. I am getting close to pulling the trigger on a new Sony Vaio. So - I know what you are going through for sure.
But for some reason I thought you posted on here that you were a part owner of a sportfishing yacht? Perhaps I read wrong, but THAT sounded like your most expensive purchase. Either way, I will be feeling the same way in another month or two on my new laptop so I feel ya. |
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chavez Ladies Man
Joined: 22 Sep 2003 Posts: 27375 City: Roseville
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Posted: Apr 12, 2006 7:21 pm Post subject: |
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Damn, three of us posting at the same moment.... weird. _________________
Quote: | That's Mr. Gingermex to you a$$hole. |
RIP MHL 04/25/1958 - 01/11/2006 |
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jumalian Ladies Man
Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 7625 City: san diego
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Posted: Apr 12, 2006 7:22 pm Post subject: |
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Erik wrote: | I am about to do the same. I am getting close to pulling the trigger on a new Sony Vaio. So - I know what you are going through for sure. |
why a sony laptop? you like over-paying just for a bunch of sony stuff installed in your laptop? _________________ my demo reel
DPC Films
Aubs wrote: | I'm thinking some island. And Alaska is not a choice. |
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chavez Ladies Man
Joined: 22 Sep 2003 Posts: 27375 City: Roseville
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Posted: Apr 12, 2006 7:26 pm Post subject: |
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Quote: | why a sony laptop? you like over-paying just for a bunch of sony stuff installed in your laptop? |
I was thinking the same thing.
Seriously, get something that has what you need and not too much else. Man do I hate that OEM crap they are putting on machines these days. Give me the OS and drivers only PLZ.... _________________
Quote: | That's Mr. Gingermex to you a$$hole. |
RIP MHL 04/25/1958 - 01/11/2006 |
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Erik Old School Freak
Joined: 10 Mar 2003 Posts: 2830 City: Boston MA, Wolfeboro NH, DelRay FL, Montego Bay, Jamaica
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Posted: Apr 12, 2006 7:26 pm Post subject: |
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jumalian, I just want a tiny laptop (non mac). I am totally up for any reccomendations you may have.... |
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chavez Ladies Man
Joined: 22 Sep 2003 Posts: 27375 City: Roseville
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Posted: Apr 12, 2006 7:28 pm Post subject: |
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Dell Inspiron 710m
Dell Latitude X1
Inspiron can be had for sub $1500 depending on options. Just picked one up for my boss, it is one outstanding machine in such a slick little package..... _________________
Quote: | That's Mr. Gingermex to you a$$hole. |
RIP MHL 04/25/1958 - 01/11/2006 |
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jumalian Ladies Man
Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 7625 City: san diego
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Posted: Apr 12, 2006 7:30 pm Post subject: |
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toshiba has a tiny laptop. i think fujitsu and dell has tiny laptops as well. whatever you do though, pay for the extended warranty, especially if you buy a laptop.
i'm sure sony products are good, they just scare me...it's preloaded w/ a lot of sony crap software and my friends sonys (he has 2!) are always sent in for repairs. (hardware issues, not software) _________________ my demo reel
DPC Films
Aubs wrote: | I'm thinking some island. And Alaska is not a choice. |
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Aubs Motorboat Queen
Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 9167
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Posted: Apr 12, 2006 8:16 pm Post subject: |
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i llloooooovvvveeee my dell laptop... best graduation/birthday present a girl could ever ask for |
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MojoPin Wakeboarder.Commie
Joined: 26 Jul 2003 Posts: 1874 City: Sweden
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Posted: Apr 12, 2006 9:38 pm Post subject: |
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jt09, Buying a computer is the worst investment you can make...other than that it's all good... only jk
Sounds like a really good deal! I want a laptop too.. _________________ WB.com will never be the same... You will never be forgotten Leggester.
http://www.myspace.com/mauiwake |
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Jeff206 Wakeboarder.Commie
Joined: 27 May 2004 Posts: 1002
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Posted: Apr 13, 2006 2:38 am Post subject: |
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I've had nothing but problems with my dell laptop. first hard drive went within 8 months of purchase... and their "award winning tech suport" was no where to be found, just got sent around the block a few times.
I've heard good things about toshiba though |
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joedirt00 Wakeboarder.com Freak
Joined: 15 Jul 2004 Posts: 2892 City: Baker City
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Posted: Apr 13, 2006 3:12 am Post subject: |
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$1500 for a laptop, If you are freaking out now, wait until 3 months from now when they are selling your laptop for $1000 _________________
haugy wrote: | My advice:
-If you grab a girls hair, and it comes off in your hand, don't laugh, that could have been the best sex ever. |
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jt09 Ladies Man
Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Posts: 22083 City: Austin
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Posted: Apr 13, 2006 5:36 am Post subject: |
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jumalian, I got it from work. Some idiot forgot to exclude new hires from a retention/incentive program tied to % of sales. As a new hire on a ramp quota, I only had to sell 25, 50 and 75% my first 3 months. I sold 130% of what MY quota was for all 3 months and got x amount of "points" that I could "spend" on the company website. I had 2800 points and the tv was 3086 - all I had to do was plunk down my credit card for the other 286 ponits (1pt = $1). Panasonic 50" LCD = $286....stand $324....DVD surround sound system $324...total set up $934.
Well F*CK!!!!!!!!! Since my debit card has a $300/day limit and this is such a big purchase, Wells Fargo halted the sale. I gotta find a friend w/ $1500 on their credit card who will buy it and see if Dell will still honor the price.
Save me the Dell sucks stories. They have great deals and I live in Austin. Breaking out a Sony here is like driving a Honda in Indiana - someone's getting knifed.
Pretty sweet setup:
17" mon
1.83GHz Intel Dual Core Processor
1GB mem
60 GB 5400rpm hard drive
256MB video card
MS Office Sm Bus Ed
I just started doing real estate appraisals so I needed a more powerful computer that is mobile as I'll be working from home and office. |
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Dpierce37 Ladies Man
Joined: 23 Apr 2003 Posts: 7659 City: Austin
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Posted: Apr 13, 2006 5:47 am Post subject: |
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jt09, sounds like just the comp to hold all of your umm...photo's! HAHA Have you advanced to video yet? HAHAHA _________________
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Broccoli B Wakeboarder.com Freak
Joined: 12 Jul 2003 Posts: 2670 City: Grand Rapids
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Posted: Apr 13, 2006 5:48 am Post subject: |
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A laptop with a 17 inch monitor. That is not portable at all.
Currently from dell you can get a Latitude D410 for about $1200 With the stats below
2.0Ghz
1 GIG ram
DVD Burner
40GB Harddrive
3 year at-home warranty. _________________ Brent B
jt09 wrote: | don't assume what you think i assume. you would assume wrong. |
lcap wrote: | you assume that i assume that my assuming is wrong and assume your assumption therefore must be correct. |
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Commodore Ladies Man
Joined: 20 Jun 2005 Posts: 11636
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Posted: Apr 13, 2006 5:56 am Post subject: |
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jt09, ha ha I feel ya man!! Talk about buyers remorse. 4 years ago I bought my Jeep for 2K. That doesn't seem like that much, but considering it barely ran, had no brakes, chicken fiddlesticks all over it, and I used an egg crate box for a seat. Yeah I was starting to wonder if I was mental.
jumalian wrote: | you'll love the fact that once you go wireless, nothing beats chatting/posting while on the crapper |
Bingo, you gotta love that!!! |
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jt09 Ladies Man
Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Posts: 22083 City: Austin
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Posted: Apr 13, 2006 5:57 am Post subject: |
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Broccoli B, I wanted the biggest one I could get. I'm not going to be lugging it around all over the place so 7lbs vs 5lbs isn't a big deal to me. At home it will be in a dock and hooked up to a 19" monitor.
Dpierce37, porn stays on the home PC. I've killed it enough to know that!! And no vids yet - I need a video camera though....gotta look for a bargain!
I know $1500 isn't a LOT of money, it's just the poor guy in me that won't allow me to buy anything expensive unless there's a great deal attached to it - see the TV above. I also have a problem parting with money when sober. Drunk is another issue. Hell, I should have just got juiced up when I made the purchase last night!!! Sh*t - I'd have bought 3 servers, 4 tvs, 2 cameras...same spending pattern as when I am drunk!
Called Dell and they'll honor the price for 72 hours, so I have plenty of time to get it straightened out. |
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Broccoli B Wakeboarder.com Freak
Joined: 12 Jul 2003 Posts: 2670 City: Grand Rapids
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Posted: Apr 13, 2006 6:09 am Post subject: |
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Why the biggest one? You'll get the same performance out of a smaller one that is lighter and easy to carry around.
I'm just saying this because i bought a big laptop a while back and then regreted it with i had to take it somewhere. It barely fit in my backpack, and was heavy as hell. Didn't even fit on the tray table in the airplane. _________________ Brent B
jt09 wrote: | don't assume what you think i assume. you would assume wrong. |
lcap wrote: | you assume that i assume that my assuming is wrong and assume your assumption therefore must be correct. |
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Dpierce37 Ladies Man
Joined: 23 Apr 2003 Posts: 7659 City: Austin
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Posted: Apr 13, 2006 6:12 am Post subject: |
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Broccoli B, bigger the screen, the bigger the boob looks!!! _________________
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Bambamski Wakeboarder.com Freak
Joined: 03 Apr 2003 Posts: 4405 City: Calgary
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Posted: Apr 13, 2006 6:17 am Post subject: |
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Ok I have to ask this as 1500 bucks isn't a lot of dough.
Do you not own any furniture? I just Spent 5000 grand on a Sofa, love seat for the basement.
You really need to get more familiar with everyones friend. Debt! It's great, it allows you to buy stuff that you really can't afford. |
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jt09 Ladies Man
Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Posts: 22083 City: Austin
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Posted: Apr 13, 2006 6:33 am Post subject: |
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Broccoli B, I HATE small monitors. That's the honest answer. I wanted to be able to watch movies every now and then on a plane (going to CO in a couple of weeks and AK in a month or so) and as I said, I'm not going to be moving it every day. If it leaves the house more than 3x a month, I'd be suprised. I priced out the 15.4" version as well and with the coupons available, the 17" (with slightly better performace coming standard-very slight) was $10 less than the 15.4".
Bambamski, I know debt, and he's NOT my friend. He's bad debt, bad, bad debt!
Everything I buy, I but at a bargain. You asked about my furniture. My first set I bought from my ex when she moved to Australia - couch, chair, kitchen table, tv, dresser plus some other crap for $1000. My current set is a $1300 big ass couch and love seat and a $300 table - got both of those plus a 1 yr old dryer for $600 because my roommate was too hung over to carry them downstairs and put them on a trailer.
It's just how I do things. I get my wakeboards off of ebay, my vests and the like from wb.com posters with connections. I drink at bars where I get hookups, dances from strippers I know (so I get 2 for 1). I don't like buying anything full price. That's how I roll - cheap! All BS aside, I was truly poor for a loooong time but I have expensive tastes - gotta figure out a way for those two sides to coexist. |
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jumalian Ladies Man
Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 7625 City: san diego
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Posted: Apr 13, 2006 6:44 am Post subject: |
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Broccoli B wrote: | A laptop with a 17 inch monitor. That is not portable at all. |
hmmm...i have 17" toshiba and i take it to work everyday...easily. sounds pretty portable to me. _________________ my demo reel
DPC Films
Aubs wrote: | I'm thinking some island. And Alaska is not a choice. |
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chavez Ladies Man
Joined: 22 Sep 2003 Posts: 27375 City: Roseville
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Posted: Apr 13, 2006 6:45 am Post subject: |
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Quote: | I just Spent 5000 grand on a Sofa, love seat for the basement. |
5000 grand. Damn, that is 5,000,000 bucks!
Jeff206, you realize of course that your hard drive is made by WD or Seagate, and has little to do with Dell itself.
Anyhow, next time if you buy from Dell, buy it from the Small Business Division - tech support on that side is good old American morons instead of those bad old Indian morons - at least you can understand the American ones! _________________
Quote: | That's Mr. Gingermex to you a$$hole. |
RIP MHL 04/25/1958 - 01/11/2006 |
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jumalian Ladies Man
Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 7625 City: san diego
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Posted: Apr 13, 2006 6:45 am Post subject: |
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btw, jt09, can you please make more sales so you can get another 50" lcd that i can buy from you for $286? _________________ my demo reel
DPC Films
Aubs wrote: | I'm thinking some island. And Alaska is not a choice. |
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Bambamski Wakeboarder.com Freak
Joined: 03 Apr 2003 Posts: 4405 City: Calgary
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Posted: Apr 13, 2006 6:57 am Post subject: |
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Ya Chavez I meant 5 grand.
I don't think I could even spend that much in Ethan Allan. do you have those down there.
I'm that way as well JT. I look for bargains anytime I can. I pretty much drink and eat out for nothing as most of it is expensed through work. When it comes to big ticket items though I usually buck up and spend the dough. It saves you money in the long term.
To the general forum. I'm not saying go out and rack up every credit card you guys have. Far from it. If you've had debt problems before it's better to pay cash for everything. However carring a little of bit of debt isn't a bad thing as long as it's manageable.
Debt lesson #1. Throw away every credit card you own and take out a line of credit. You should be able to get one that has a rate of around 1 or 2 percent over the bank prime. Link that to a credit card and you'll never pay 18% interest to Visa or Mastercard again. |
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jt09 Ladies Man
Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Posts: 22083 City: Austin
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Posted: Apr 13, 2006 7:02 am Post subject: |
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Bambamski, I've already got horrible credit. Upside is that it's real hard to go any further in debt than I already am. Which isn't that much really - just a car note and a student loan. I have less than $800 in credit card debt over 2 cards. I pay them down and then use them when I need something - I just happend to be at a high point right now on them. I try to take out $100 chunks every month on each. |
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Commodore Ladies Man
Joined: 20 Jun 2005 Posts: 11636
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Posted: Apr 13, 2006 7:13 am Post subject: |
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Bambamski, ETHAN ALLEN IS THE DEVIL!!!! Thank god I have self control. Sorta.
chavez, X2 on the small biz division. That's where I got my work laptop from, I was so happy when I called tech support and got "Dan" |
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Bambamski Wakeboarder.com Freak
Joined: 03 Apr 2003 Posts: 4405 City: Calgary
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Posted: Apr 13, 2006 7:21 am Post subject: |
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jt09,
Just wait until you have a wife and kids. 800 bucks will be your weekly purchases...
On a good note, my wife got her first full time job ever last week. I think it's time for me to retire now... _________________ Don't do anything rash.....and don't do anything to get a rash... |
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Posted: Apr 13, 2006 7:27 am Post subject: |
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My boss just handed me a shiney, brand-new Dell Inspiron 9400! The screen is damn near the size of my desktop monitor. |
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8824 Ladies Man
Joined: 29 Jul 2004 Posts: 15136 City: Wilmington, Delaware
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Posted: Apr 13, 2006 7:28 am Post subject: |
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While Ethan Allen is very nice, do you all pull in Range Rover Country Orvis edition?
JK
Nobody sportin the Natuzzi
All these big purchases, I didnt freak over my house, I think everyone said it would be horrible and you will freak etc, I had all this stressful anticipation that never really materialized. I did freak when my first tax bill arrived, my taxes increased 75% which i just won my tax appeal this week. Good week.
it was that first truck at 23 with 5 yrs of payments, I will be 28 when its paid _________________ www.integrity-wake.com
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jt09 Ladies Man
Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Posts: 22083 City: Austin
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Posted: Apr 13, 2006 7:29 am Post subject: |
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Bambamski, already have a kid, no need for a wife. |
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