I saved money~

[Mo-Nercy]

My girlfriend finally bought me a PS3 after months and months of subliminal grooming. xDDD

If that doesn't count, I present to you: K-Swiss Logan Hicks



Only 600 pairs produced for sale worldwide with a meagre 40 pairs in Australia. Very exclusive sneakers. Retail was $350 and I managed to get hooked up by a friend of a friend who worked at the only store in Sydney that sold them so they 'only' cost me $270.

[Loony BoB]

I save money every time I don't buy something. To me, getting something at half price isn't saving that amount of money, it's spending half of the amount you may have otherwise spent (but that's debatable, as would you have paid 'full price' at all?). Now, if you had to get it but pay less than you would have otherwise had to have spent, then that's saving money. But it reminds me of when Danielle would come home with something and go "I saved money! It was buy one get one free!" - but, well, we didn't need one of those things, so really we've just spent money we didn't have to. That's not saving at all...

Sorry, pet peeve.

Anyway. The last time I managed to not spend as much as I would have otherwise spent was when I purchased a new TV and TV stand. I 'saved' roughly £100 by buying the stand new from eBay (as opposed to in store) and the TV from an online-only store which had a much lower price than others. I also used discount codes found by searching online to shave off another £12 from the TV. Yay?

[Jiro]

If that doesn't count, I present to you: K-Swiss Logan Hicks

Even the box is fancy. I wouldn't want to wear them, they'd wear out and get dirty

[Rye]

I don't buy books in bookstores anymore, I buy them used for a penny on Amazon, and I pay for the shipping, or I buy them in thrift shops. It's saved me a ton of money. Especially when I sold them back to my University's bookstore after I finished using them (I sold the plays and books I didn't enjoy enough to read again); I ended up breaking even and may have even made a tiny profit, since they bought they back at a 1/3 of the price, which was what I paid for them about. Yusss.

[Mo-Nercy]

Even the box is fancy. I wouldn't want to wear them, they'd wear out and get dirty

I'm not one of those sneakers fanatics that buy a pair and never wear them. True, they're my most expensive and imo best looking pair, and once upon a time, I used to clean them everytime I wore them, but these days I can't be bothered. They are starting to yellow a little and there's some blue rubbing off on the sides because of all the jeans I wear.

I use the box to keep receipts. =]

[Chloe.]

I save money all the time from the place I work, as I get 50% discount. I know I don't really need a lot of the stuff I buy from there, but I did need a coat and the one that I brought was supposed to be £45 but I got it half price. I also brought a pair of boots that I needed that were supposed to be £50. I don't really buy clothes from other shops anymore as it all just seems so expensive compared to what I can get things for.

[Raistlin]

I save money every time I don't buy something. To me, getting something at half price isn't saving that amount of money, it's spending half of the amount you may have otherwise spent (but that's debatable, as would you have paid 'full price' at all?). Now, if you had to get it but pay less than you would have otherwise had to have spent, then that's saving money. But it reminds me of when Danielle would come home with something and go "I saved money! It was buy one get one free!" - but, well, we didn't need one of those things, so really we've just spent money we didn't have to. That's not saving at all...

Very, very true, and I can't stand that sort of "saving" logic either.

[Unbreakable Will]

I was gonna buy Left4Dead2 used at a GameStop, it was $54.50 used and $65 new at the time, but the very nice cashier told me there was a price drop the next day and there was going to be a new one for $39. xD

[Rodarian]

There is one place here called Brands4less..I've bought some sweet threads at quarter of the actual cost of a branded item.. And yes they are legit clothing and not knock offs

There is a slight catch to it but trust me the money is well worth spending if you need some retail therapy while on a budget...

[Breine]

Second-hand shopping yay!

Anyway, I bought a really nice shirt for my brother's birthday present, and it was like 50% off. He really liked it, so it was quite the bargain.

[NorthernChaosGod]

I save money every time I don't buy something. To me, getting something at half price isn't saving that amount of money, it's spending half of the amount you may have otherwise spent (but that's debatable, as would you have paid 'full price' at all?). Now, if you had to get it but pay less than you would have otherwise had to have spent, then that's saving money. But it reminds me of when Danielle would come home with something and go "I saved money! It was buy one get one free!" - but, well, we didn't need one of those things, so really we've just spent money we didn't have to. That's not saving at all...

Sorry, pet peeve.

Agreed.

[Pheesh]

I save money every time I don't buy something. To me, getting something at half price isn't saving that amount of money, it's spending half of the amount you may have otherwise spent (but that's debatable, as would you have paid 'full price' at all?). Now, if you had to get it but pay less than you would have otherwise had to have spent, then that's saving money. But it reminds me of when Danielle would come home with something and go "I saved money! It was buy one get one free!" - but, well, we didn't need one of those things, so really we've just spent money we didn't have to. That's not saving at all...

Sorry, pet peeve.

Agreed.

But...how do you know your own self worth and value among society if don't have stuff!? Lots and lots of STUFF!!

[Loony BoB]

Stuff, money, same general end result.

[NorthernChaosGod]

I save money every time I don't buy something. To me, getting something at half price isn't saving that amount of money, it's spending half of the amount you may have otherwise spent (but that's debatable, as would you have paid 'full price' at all?). Now, if you had to get it but pay less than you would have otherwise had to have spent, then that's saving money. But it reminds me of when Danielle would come home with something and go "I saved money! It was buy one get one free!" - but, well, we didn't need one of those things, so really we've just spent money we didn't have to. That's not saving at all...

Sorry, pet peeve.

Agreed.

But...how do you know your own self worth and value among society if don't have stuff!? Lots and lots of STUFF!!

By being smarter than everyone else.

[Shlup]

I use my sister-in-law's 40% discount to get clothes from her store... which pretty much makes them normal priced, since I would never buy something for full price at that store.

BJ and I recently bought tickets to Tokyo for $754.60 each, when our budget was $1000 each. Still expensive and it's not like the budget was based on anything other than a vague notion, but exciting nonetheless. BJ used $300 of that "savings" to buy a netbook. xP