What is your impulse purchase right now?

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I Saw OJ

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Dec 13, 2004
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Last one was a 360, and I love it. Fridays gonna be here in a couple days so I'll be picking up a tv then.
 

RESmonkey

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May 6, 2007
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Probably Mass Effect. But that's not an impulse buy, I'm still trying to find a good deal...
 

ppdes

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Wet socks. They just arrived today and I'm sitting around the apartment trying them out - warmest my feet have ever been! Not breathable, though. I'll take them kayaking this weekend and see if they can take the misery out of accidentally getting a foot wet in the winter.
 

RossMAN

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Feb 24, 2000
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IronWing

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Jul 20, 2001
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Impulse buys are anything we decide to buy with less than two month's careful analysis. I took we three years to screw myself up to buy an iPod.
 

gamepad

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Jul 28, 2005
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Selling a 360 after playing it for ~20 hours.

About to buy a Trek Fuel Ex 8 (~$2,400 mountain bike).
 

Sqube

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Dec 23, 2004
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LG Voyager. Retail, because I bought a phone too recently to get any sort of discount on the upgrade.
 

alrocky

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<a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.costco.com/Browse/Product.aspx?Prodid=11236988&whse=BC&topnav=&browse=&lang=en-US#"> HannsG 28" True 1080P with HDMI 3ms 1920 x 1200
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$50 drop in price next week although the original price in mailer must be a typo.
 

RossMAN

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Originally posted by: alrocky
<a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.costco.com/Browse/Product.aspx?Prodid=11236988&whse=BC&topnav=&browse=&lang=en-US#"> HannsG 28" True 1080P with HDMI 3ms 1920 x 1200
</a>
$50 drop in price next week although the original price in mailer must be a typo.

Damn you, why did you show that to me?

Link to reviews, pics?
 

ElFenix

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Mar 20, 2000
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Originally posted by: alrocky
<a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.costco.com/Browse/Product.aspx?Prodid=11236988&whse=BC&topnav=&browse=&lang=en-US#"> HannsG 28" True 1080P with HDMI 3ms 1920 x 1200
</a>
$50 drop in price next week although the original price in mailer must be a typo.

TN panel?
 

SlickSnake

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May 29, 2007
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My impulse buy right now has been delayed until B.F. BTW. I was considering a new LCD for my bedroom HT system, so I can use my old 1997 36" Toshiba tube TV as an anchor on my boat. Even though it still works great, it eats like 1200 watts just to use the beast! Compare that to a new 46" LCD using 280 watts!

It was the first Toshiba direct view (tube) TV to use component inputs. Wonder if some TV museum might want it? Still gets a picture as good or better than any Trinitron made, too.