Favorite purchases of the year

[Adam8281]

1. Desktop PC (See sig)
2. Laptop (ASUS, 14.1", P8600, 4GB RAM, LED backlight, 1GB Vid. card)
3. Modded Xbox (already had one streaming media to the living room TV, the new one is a streaming media server for the bedroom)
4. Bioshock (What a game!)
5. Ticket to the Durham World Beer Festival

 

[krunchykrome]

Originally posted by: CRXican

Originally posted by: krunchykrome
1. 47" Samsung HDTV (30,000:1 and 1080), Blueray player, and home theater sound system

2. New house with hard wood floors, granite countertops, stainless steel appliances, etc ...the works

3. 2008 Honda CRV EX AWD

4. Blackberry Storm

5. Furniture (honorable mention for my recliner )

It's been an expensive year.

Your job must be quite recession-proof.

I'm an accountant, and my wife is a physical therapist

her job is more recession-proof than mine

 

[ed21x]

1. Asus 1000H Netbook
2. Sansa Fuze 8 gb
3. Chrono Trigger DS
4. Shake Shack Burger
5. NYC unlimited ride Metrocard

 

[AkumaX]

Originally posted by: swbsam
Now that the year is over, list your top 5 purchases of the year

5. Nissan Versa hatchback - In this difficult economy it was difficult to justify a car purchase, but a new job made it necessary. The versa's a nice littler car, cheaper than some used cars while getting 33 mpg. A very practical purchase that will not impress any girls but.. Who needs girls?

My dad got one, I like it!

Originally posted by: swbsam
4. iPhone - Actually, my company gave me one so it wasn't a purchase, but I wouldn't mind spending $200 on it. I use it everyday, my old sansa is collecting dust, and Apps increase functionality (keeping me from getting bored). The company i work for is also probably happy that I'm now always reachable - I used to leave my blackberry home off hours but now carry my iPhone with me 24/7

hurts with the $70/month contract -_-


I bought a LOT of things in the past few months ("thanx" but no thanks live.com 30% >_>)

Dunno how to rank, so I'll just list them:

Sony A200 DSLR + 18-70mm (kit) lens
Wife made me buy it. We had $200 in Sony points doing nothing, and this was on sale (big discount) at the time so...

50mm f/1.7 + 70-210 f/4 lens for DSLR
Great lenses to supplement above purchase - optical quality great! Unfortunately external physical appearance of said lenses weren't exactly to par, but I really needed the lenses for the trip to Japan

Acer XP Netbook
2.2 lbs (2.7 w/ 6 cell battery), XP, 8.9", where can you go wrong? Oh yeah, get it stolen on Thanksgiving day :|

Aiptek HD Camcorder
Shoots 1280x720p @ 60fps beautifully in optimal conditions. Also stolen

4 x 750gb hdds in Raid 5
Best purchase EVER! Stuck this in a spare computer and setup software Raid 5 in XP. Wish I got 5...

Ipod Touch 2g
Got this for the wifey. She loves it, and I like it



Sheesh, I wonder what I bought at the 1st 1/2 of the year?

 

[PlasmaBomb]

Originally posted by: dNor
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NOT favorite purchase:

1. Age of Conan
2. Age of Conan
3. Age of Conan
4. Age of Conan
5. Age of Conan

I even typed all those out manually, didn't even copy/paste. That's how much I hate it :|

That is a lot.

 

[radioouman]

1. HTC 8925

Can't really think of much else that I bought this year that I enjoy.

2. Gas?
3. Food?
4. Clothes?
5. Cheap stocks?

 

[LSEdwards]

1. Bugatti Veyron
2. Luvaglio laptop
3. Henry Graves Supercomplication (1932)
4. Gulfstream jets (*2)
5. The Diamond Crypto Smartphone

 

[acheron]

trip to Spain
new PC (desktop)
other new PC (home server)

ummm... nothing else is coming to mind. my wife's last semester of law school?

i guess fallout 3 is pretty cool.

 

[BlackTigers]

Best: My 1998 Ford ZX2.
2: Canon Powershot 590IS



Umm I really don't buy anything for myself, actually.

 

[JM Aggie08]

Originally posted by: LSEdwards
1. Bugatti Veyron
2. Luvaglio laptop
3. Henry Graves Supercomplication (1932)
4. Gulfstream jets (*2)
5. The Diamond Crypto Smartphone

WWYBYWB??

 

[erub]

1. Lexus IS350 (received it Dec 30th, so we'll count that)
2. iPhone 3G
3. Trip to Paris/Athens/Turkey/Azerbajian (last in particular was awesome)
4. Macbook Air (haven't bought yet but will buy soon..maybe this week)
5. Trip to New Zealand

 

[speg]

Three month trip to Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, and road trip across the US.

Didn't have any cash left to buy anything else

 

[poopaskoopa]

1. Macbook for my girlfriend.
2. Plane ticket to/from Japan.
3. Axe
4. Kimber .45
5. 24-inch LCD monitor.

 

[jemcam]

1. 1995 USA Fender Stratocaster
2. Tube Amp kit from Weber
3. 16 gig itouch, latest model.
4. Ibanez Exotic Wood acoustic, got on ebay for a steal ($110 including shipping)
5. 2003 Toyota Avalon

 

[pontifex]

Originally posted by: ultimatebob
1) iPhone 3G
2) match.com subscription, flowers, trip to New England... (various girlfriend stuff)3) ThinkPad T61
4) Yamaha V2700 7.1 receiver with Epos speakers
5) Garmin Nuvi 360 (Closeout sale: Only $150!)

wait, what? you already have a gf or you got your gf on match or what?

 

[pontifex]

Originally posted by: Farang
1. Plane ticket to India
2. Plane ticket to New Zealand
3. Suit for interview for Japan job
4. Baked potato wedges with secret sauce.. by some old man in the middle of nowhere in India it was surprisingly delicious.
5. Belkin USB wireless adapter for my laptop with a broken wireless card

wait, what? secret sauce, eh?

 

[rh71]

1) twins (priceless)
2) BMW X5 (plus new rims, tint, I need to stop spending on this)
3) Newly built PC (finally, after 5 years with the old one)
4) Canon HF100 HD camcorder
5) Canon Rebel XSi DSLR / 50mm lens

 

[cheezy321]

Originally posted by: rh71
1) twins (priceless)
2) BMW X5 (plus new rims, tint, I need to stop spending on this)
3) Newly built PC (finally, after 5 years with the old one)
4) Canon HF100 HD camcorder
5) Canon Rebel XSi DSLR

You got breast implants?

 

[rh71]

Originally posted by: cheezy321

Originally posted by: rh71
1) twins (priceless)
2) BMW X5 (plus new rims, tint, I need to stop spending on this)
3) Newly built PC (finally, after 5 years with the old one)
4) Canon HF100 HD camcorder
5) Canon Rebel XSi DSLR

You got breast implants?

wow, and I thought my idea couldn't be beat... they run about $5k right? Imma have some fun next year...

 

[K1052]

1) Blackberry Curve

2) All Clad slow cooker

3) Blu-Ray player

4) Keurig Coffee Maker

5) Thai Ladyboy

 

[cherrytwist]

new kitten (clyde) $140 after shots, adoption fee, microchip and neuter
wool coat (orig $400, paid $80)
Nicotine Patches (around $200 for the duration)
Kenneth Cole Reaction Cologne (since I don't smell like smoke anymore)
Hockey Tickets (Go Blues!)

 

[zoiks]

Originally posted by: K1052
1) Blackberry Curve

2) All Clad slow cooker

3) Blu-Ray player

4) Keurig Coffee Maker

5) Thai Ladyboy

um...

 

[FeuerFrei]

[*]airline tickets for my daughter
[*]Swan M200 MkII active monitors – auditory bliss from my pc
[*]headlight set
[*]wheel covers - hard to find
[*]assorted clothes/shoes

 

[jteef]

pair of antique persian carpets
set of fissler cookware
garmin forerunner 305
samsung t220 monitor
2 new boss suits

 

[erub]

Originally posted by: jteef
pair of antique persian carpets
set of fissler cookware
garmin forerunner 305
samsung t220 monitor
2 new boss suits

You should get the 405, its sweeeet.