I don’t have a lot of money this pay period but I had enough to get some new chukka boots and a tin of beatles guitar picks. I do it all on amazon. great site. do any of you have any recent purchases you are proud of?
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@jukebox,I recently bought Arsenal Football club membership with membership pack…i feel I belong to Arsenal’s football club member more,happy that I sign up for it lol
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Hmmm the guy who brought 60 cans of tuna. I can’t remember the other purchases that have have gone to extremes but are a few posts. Now online shopping as a hobby!?!
- Do you think that’s wise?
2 Do you have a problem?
i bought a full size piano keyboard , my other one only had 76 keys, this one has 88 keys, now i can hit those reaaaaaaally low and high notes.
i bought that off craigslist though
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I don’t know if online shopping is a problem,because if you need something you can get it in real life,with online shopping it’s just click away,it might be too easy to use those hard earned money…but if it’s necessary then it’s okay
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I only shop when I have the money. no, I don’t think it’s a problem…spending $400 a month on weed and cigs and alcohol? yes, I think that’s a problem so I don’t do that anymore. I have to have something to look forward to and I am rewarding myself for stopping smoking is all.
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Is craiglist trustworthy? I’ve heard many bad things about it. Be careful man, always watch for the scammers!
They have very alluring ways to make you buy their faulty things.
Shopping online is a good way to save time but to all, always be mindful that there may be the people who misuse it.
Buy from authentic stores online and while buying from Craiglist or Gumtree always check the thing first thoroughly. If your gut feelings are telling you that there is something fishy with the offer, don’t ignore it. And one last thing, never ever transfer money to someone through Craigslist or Gumtree no matter what excuse the person would present. Try to buy things from recognised stores only and always think about a fair deal while buying from someone new to selling.
im pretty good with craigslist , ive used it many many times, always inspect everything in person. try your best to gauge the person your buying from best you can. I buy and sell stuff fairly often with craigslist.
I do agree there are most definitely scammers out there though!
you need to gauge intent a bit, maybe someone bought something that they never had any interest in or just no time for it, or they are moving or something.
I bought a really nice mtn bike off there last month for an extremely good deal. bike was only a couple years old , new it was 5500, and i got it for 1800 hardly even used much. so sometimes you get lucky!
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That’s a nice. Yeah, these reasons are quite understandable. I heard the stories where people usually ask you to transfer money first and then they’ll send you the item through postal. One of my friend was quite at edge of it. It was about 2-3 years ago when iPhone4 was quite new and people were simply crazy to buy one. He got a deal on Gumtree for just 430. At that time iPhone4 was 800 and something. All the communication was on email and guess what, after sending the photographs of the phone he said that he is in some other city so can’t meet him. Then he asked him transferring money and getting this by post…My friend was really interested in buying it but I warned him that it doesn’t sound authentic. Anyway, I suggested him to wait until he comes back to Home (Which was in Melbourne according to the guy) and ask him what he thinks of it.
He replied, “Sorry mate, can’t wait. There are plenty of people wanting to get one. If you are interested, send the money and get the phone next day.”
So yeah, you gotta be really careful. I also have friends like you levelJ who buy very often from the portals. They always get good deals because they have good decision making skills and they can tell whether the person is authentic or not.
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This can only be bought online,as I don’t live in England but I am proud of it 
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I only get things like this online. Comes straight to my door in minutes and gift wrapped.
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That looks delicious 
gooner here as well!!!
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gee, it’s not really a hobby I guess I shouldn’t have said that. I am going to be more frequent when I have cash to catch up on a lot of clothes and shoes I need. when I can afford it. only.
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thats great you are getting yourself some nice boots and that,
i need to get some stuff for my new flat as i am in the process of moving
i need a gas cooker and i am thinking about getting a dish washer but i am worried it will make me even lazier,
i need to arrange flooring and sofas, and other stuff its pretty hectic,
but tbh, like going into the shops and looking first,
the only things i get online are vinyl and cd’s (music basically) although i did get a couple of cheap mixing decks online bc they were so cheap and i still go into music shops when i’m in town,
going out shopping gives me a reason to go out.
I got one of these there pretty fun to sit on the couch and mess around with
I thought about getting one of those nano copters. Seems a lot cooler than the mini helicopters.
man there so fun, there actually pretty fast too, you can even get syncro nano copters where you can link more than 1 to the same controller. i just want to have a fleet of nano copters buzzing around haha