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How much money have you been saving to spend in the next BF?

MikePTMikePT Moderator, Patron Provider, Veteran

Thread's title is pretty self-explanatory. I have set a budget of $100 USD to spend on some gadgets, e.g: 4k streaming box, few intelligent lamps and such. :>

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  • @MikePT said:
    Thread's title is pretty self-explanatory. I have set a budget of $100 USD to spend on some gadgets, e.g: 4k streaming box, few intelligent lamps and such. :>

    I have a few hundreds CAD in reserve. Yes, it could go towards my tuition, but ‘tis the season to be spending!

  • MikePTMikePT Moderator, Patron Provider, Veteran

    @doghouch said:

    @MikePT said:
    Thread's title is pretty self-explanatory. I have set a budget of $100 USD to spend on some gadgets, e.g: 4k streaming box, few intelligent lamps and such. :>

    I have a few hundreds CAD in reserve. Yes, it could go towards my tuition, but ‘tis the season to be spending!

    Few hundreds? Like... For a new cellphone? Or, random stuff / crazy deals?

  • doghouchdoghouch Member
    edited November 2017

    @MikePT said:

    @doghouch said:

    @MikePT said:
    Thread's title is pretty self-explanatory. I have set a budget of $100 USD to spend on some gadgets, e.g: 4k streaming box, few intelligent lamps and such. :>

    I have a few hundreds CAD in reserve. Yes, it could go towards my tuition, but ‘tis the season to be spending!

    Few hundreds? Like... For a new cellphone? Or, random stuff / crazy deals?

    Probably going to snipe a new laptop. (I want to upgrade from my MBP 2012 to something newer.)

  • MikePTMikePT Moderator, Patron Provider, Veteran

    doghouch said: Probably going to snipe a new laptop. I’m probably going to upgrade from my MBP 2012 to something newer.

    >

    I spent 350 EUR three weeks ago, bought a Samsung Galaxy Tab S2, 9.7" it's like a computer, now I'd love to buy a bluetooth keyboard...

    We got plenty of deals for small PC's nowadays, but rarely with SSD, they usually have eMMC only.

  • Already spent $1000 on a new TV set from Gibbys Electronics few days ago so it wont be that much more after this. Maybe a couple of little VPS here and there... just a couple :P

    doghouch said: Probably going to snipe a new laptop.

  • Trying to save as much as I possibly can, which means I'll probably end up buying out @Virmach.

  • MikePTMikePT Moderator, Patron Provider, Veteran

    FredQc said: Already spent $1000 on a new TV set from Gibbys Electronics few days ago so it wont be that much more after this. Maybe a couple of little VPS here and there... just a couple :P

    4k I guess, OLED? :>

  • MikePT said: 4k I guess, OLED? :>

    OLED for this price ? Wish this was true. It's just a potable Samsung 55" Class 7000 :)

  • I get paid tomorrow, so no saving necessary. I'm ready and waiting to tear this shit up, if what I want (what I really, really want) comes along.

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  • I will bring you what you want, this Friday.

  • MikePTMikePT Moderator, Patron Provider, Veteran

    FredQc said: OLED for this price ? Wish this was true. It's just a potable Samsung 55" Class 7000 :)

    >

    I'm not aware of TV pricing nowadays, I bought an Hisense TV a few months ago, 4k LED, and I must say I am pretty impressive. :P

    Nekki said: I get paid tomorrow, so no saving necessary. I'm ready and waiting to tear this shit up, if what I want (what I really, really want) comes along.

    Man you're gonna spend your full salary on BF deals.

    @BlackFriday said:
    I will bring you what you want, this Friday.

    Very, very useful input...

  • @Nekki said:
    I get paid tomorrow, so no saving necessary. I'm ready and waiting to tear this shit up, if what I want (what I really, really want) comes along.

    You want uh, you want uh, you want uh-
    You wanna really, really, really wanna ZFS ah
    If you wanna be my hoster, you gotta gimme VPS
    Make it recur forever, Black Friday never ends

    Goddammit, @Nekki. That's gonna be stuck in my head for hours.

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  • Only planning for a few things. I'll probably pick up another VPS. Keeping an eye out for a 4K curved TV from Samsung and maybe a digital SLR. If I find a really cheap iPad Mini 4 I might get that, too.. My second gen. is just too slow to be usable at this point but I can't justify full price for a two year old product.

  • MikePTMikePT Moderator, Patron Provider, Veteran

    @JustAMacUser said:
    Only planning for a few things. I'll probably pick up another VPS. Keeping an eye out for a 4K curved TV from Samsung and maybe a digital SLR. If I find a really cheap iPad Mini 4 I might get that, too.. My second gen. is just too slow to be usable at this point but I can't justify full price for a two year old product.

    I think I'm full of VPS already and have been letting those expire (close to all VPS I have, and we're talking about dozens of VPS), only keeping Backupsy storage KVM, Clouvider VPS and Dedicated, Ramnode VPS and huh... Even let my OVH VPS'es expire. All of them.

  • MikePT said: Man you're gonna spend your full salary on BF deals.

    I am fully prepared for this.

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  • BlackFriday said: I will bring you what you want, this Friday.

    Yo head's writing' cheques yo' body can't cash.

    Thanked by 1WSS
  • @MikePT,

    See, I had a few at RamNode but I'm starting to outgrow them because I keep adding more services to them. At the same time, I used to pay for my VPSs with points from my credit card but that bank has changed their terms so now I can't really redeem them in this fashion anymore. What used to be free now actually costs me money, so I'm trying to figure something out. Also doesn't help that US$ is foreign currency for me. :(

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  • I saw LG Wallpaper but currently is a bit expensive

  • MikePTMikePT Moderator, Patron Provider, Veteran

    @Nekki said:

    MikePT said: Man you're gonna spend your full salary on BF deals.

    I am fully prepared for this.

    Any idea on the deals you're going to click on buy now instantly?

    @JustAMacUser said:
    @MikePT,

    See, I had a few at RamNode but I'm starting to outgrow them because I keep adding more services to them. At the same time, I used to pay for my VPSs with points from my credit card but that bank has changed their terms so now I can't really redeem them in this fashion anymore. What used to be free now actually costs me money, so I'm trying to figure something out. Also doesn't help that US$ is foreign currency for me. :(

    I know the feeling, being an EU company, we lose a lot of money on currency exchange fees / PP withdraw fees. It's crazy.

  • MikePTMikePT Moderator, Patron Provider, Veteran

    Frame said: I saw LG Wallpaper but currently is a bit expensive

    >

    Wasn't even aware that tech even existed, very interesting.

  • MikePT said: Any idea on the deals you're going to click on buy now instantly?

    Nope, because I need nothing.

    So far I've bought a few lightning cable bundles and a couple of portable chargers because they're handy to have around, cables always break and it's always worth having a spare charger ready to go.

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  • @MikePT said:

    Frame said: I saw LG Wallpaper but currently is a bit expensive

    >

    Wasn't even aware that tech even existed, very interesting.

    Yea is really innovative but a bit expensive considering is the first of this kind, i'll wait some late reviews

  • @Nekki said:
    So far I've bought a few lightning cable bundles and a couple of portable chargers because they're handy to have around, cables always break and it's always worth having a spare charger ready to go.

    You know that you can get those year-around with people trying to gain traction on Amazon, right? I don't think I've ever paid more than $10 for a 10,000mAh+ pack.

  • WSS said: You know that you can get those year-around with people trying to gain traction on Amazon, right? I don't think I've ever paid more than $10 for a 10,000mAh+ pack.

    I keep an eye out all year round, typically, I prefer the ones with built-in cables so they're a touch pricier. I know I'm only saving a few quid each time, but I do keep watch on the prices to make sure they're actually decent deals.

  • MikePTMikePT Moderator, Patron Provider, Veteran

    Nekki said: Nope, because I need nothing.

    So far I've bought a few lightning cable bundles and a couple of portable chargers because they're handy to have around, cables always break and it's always worth having a spare charger ready to go.

    I don't necessary need "something", but I know I'll spend some money for sure...

    @Frame said:

    @MikePT said:

    Frame said: I saw LG Wallpaper but currently is a bit expensive

    >

    Wasn't even aware that tech even existed, very interesting.

    Yea is really innovative but a bit expensive considering is the first of this kind, i'll wait some late reviews

    Yeah seems to be really recent, I think I've seen one of those in McDonalds @ Portugal.

  • I need me a cheap storage kvm... Talking 500gb raid10 for $30 a year cheap.. ;) is tis the season for miracles?

  • MikePTMikePT Moderator, Patron Provider, Veteran

    @sureiam said:
    I need me a cheap storage kvm... Talking 500gb raid10 for $30 a year cheap.. ;) is tis the season for miracles?

    That's like 2,5 USD per month, that's... Really low budget!

  • vmhausvmhaus Member, Top Host, Host Rep

    Plenty of money if I see a deal. Hopefully enough for a new location for Cyber Monday. Let's hope the deals are good.

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  • defaultdefault Veteran
    edited November 2017

    Money?! Humanity no longer needs money. Our species has evolved so much, money is now a historical object of the past. I can not think through money anymore.

    There were some difficult times in our long history, when we had a simplistic thinking such as this:

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  • @MikePT said:

    @sureiam said:
    I need me a cheap storage kvm... Talking 500gb raid10 for $30 a year cheap.. ;) is tis the season for miracles?

    That's like 2,5 USD per month, that's... Really low budget!

    ..

    Yup yup.. They said the same about 100gb of storage, 5gb of ram and 4 cores for $40 a year with a reliable carrier but we made that happen too! Just depends if it's the season for deals or not..

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