I paid $600 for a 4-head HI-FI VCR....

[Squisher]

...in 1989.

I've been going through my receipts looking for tax deductions.

I also found the receipt for a Pentium I 133mhz computer I bought in '95 that I paid $2700 for.

Too bad I couldn't deduct this stuff. 😉

 

[rival]

turn on the superbowl halftime show, get some music to go with your '95 reciepts


my parents bought a 25mhz 4mb pc for $2200 back in, um, i duno

 

[Zim Hosein]

Originally posted by: rival
turn on the superbowl halftime show, get some music to go with your '95 reciepts

my parents bought a 25mhz 4mb pc for $2200 back in, um, i duno

I concur :beer:

 

[Ornery]

• What music? :disgust:

 

[Goosemaster]

Originally posted by: Zim Hosein

Originally posted by: rival
turn on the superbowl halftime show, get some music to go with your '95 reciepts

my parents bought a 25mhz 4mb pc for $2200 back in, um, i duno

I concur :beer:

WOW...that was a FANTASTIC comment:beer:

 

[FoBoT]

i bought my first vcr in 1987

 

[T2T III]

I also found the receipt for a Pentium I 133mhz computer I bought in '95 that I paid $2700 for.

I remember those prices. At the time, I paid $500 for just an Intel Pentium 100 MHz CPU - that was before the $299 Asus motherboard. Now, I agonize over whether to spend $150 and get an ATI 9600 video board.

 

[Tetsuo]

I'm glad I was too young to buy that crap 😛

 

[nitrousninja]

I remember when my mom prepaid $108 for "Raiders of the Lost Ark". I still have it.

 

[vi edit]

Heh. My parents paid $1600 for one of the first VHS camcorders some time in the Mid-80's. One of those big suckers that rivaled the size of camera crew cameras.

 

[conjur]

You paid too much 😛

I got a 4-head, Hi-Fi VCR in 1987 for only $399. 🙂

 

[dabuddha]

Originally posted by: vi_edit
Heh. My parents paid $1600 for one of the first VHS camcorders some time in the Mid-80's. One of those big suckers that rivaled the size of camera crew cameras.

lol yeah i remember those. My dad's first camcorder required you to carry around the VCR with you. :Q That thing was a beast!

 

[conjur]

Originally posted by: dabuddha

Originally posted by: vi_edit
Heh. My parents paid $1600 for one of the first VHS camcorders some time in the Mid-80's. One of those big suckers that rivaled the size of camera crew cameras.

lol yeah i remember those. My dad's first camcorder required you to carry around the VCR with you. :Q That thing was a beast!

Kind of like the first cellular phones that had those little bags you had to carry around with you. The phones themselves were as big as bricks.

 

[Ornery]

Paid a tad more for a Super Beta Editing Deck, back in 1985. On Christmas of 1988, I paid $850.00 for a JVC HR-S5000U, which is a loaded, consumer SVHS unit. Both are still working fine.

 

[JoeKing]

werd......my Pentium 75mhz 0wns j00.....packard bell style :Q

 

[Chadder007]

Those old VCRs were built like freaking tanks man. All the new ones weight like 2-3 pound compared to the 10-15 of old ones. They don't last nearly as long either.

 

[dr150]

Boy, some videophiles here really spent a lot!

 

[Ketteringo]

Originally posted by: Squisher
...in 1989.

I've been going through my receipts looking for tax deductions.

I also found the receipt for a Pentium I 133mhz computer I bought in '95 that I paid $2700 for.

Too bad I couldn't deduct this stuff. 😉

Actually, I think that if you donate the stuff, you get to write off the original purchase price, not the current market value. I would check with a tax attorney before you believe me though. I just remember something like that being posted over on fat wallet. I forget if it was ever debunked.