Brag about the "good deals" that you've bought!

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#61 Post by **gator** » Fri Dec 15, 2006 10:48 pm

I don't kow if this counts for a good deal worth braggin, but here goes:

Item: near mint X31 (2673-CTO)

Config: 1.6 GHz Banias, single 512 MB PC2700 RAM, Cisco wifi b, 30 GB HDD, ultrabase with CD-RW/DVD-ROM, warranty till march 2008.

Cost: $495!

Of course I offset whatever I gained on this deal by splurging on a 1GB RAM and a 7k60

#62 Post by **AlphaKilo470** » Sun Dec 24, 2006 6:37 pm

Today I bought a 2gb SD card at MicroCenter for $25 and an HP 48G with user manual and padded carry case at a flea market for $35.

n1nj4Lo · #63 Post by **n1nj4Lo** » Mon Dec 25, 2006 1:12 am

AlphaKilo470 wrote:Today I bought a 2gb SD card at MicroCenter for $25 and an HP 48G with user manual and padded carry case at a flea market for $35.

Not that I've bought one yet, But I'm goin to be gettin me a 2GB MiniSD card for my Nokia Cellphone and only for $45.00.... I met a guy at a computer show I go to a lot and he gave me his local business card...

For anybody in the south east heres the computer shows website: Nari Saam.com, You can always find a lot of great deals at these shows too...

Website · #64 Post by **tfflivemb2** » Mon Dec 25, 2006 2:25 am

AlphaKilo470 wrote:Today I bought a 2gb SD card at MicroCenter for $25.

**wipes drool from bottom lip**

Man, I would have LOVED to pick up a 2gb card for less than $30.

NS · #65 Post by NS » Mon Dec 25, 2006 3:16 am

I have bought an optical mouse with 1200DPI for only SGD$10.00. With wide scroll button and very comfortable to hold the mouse.

Ah... I also bought a Targus well-padded laptop case at only SGD$35.00.

Yayyy... Best deals ever in my life...

pianowizard · #66 Post by **pianowizard** » Mon Dec 25, 2006 4:50 pm

One of the labs in our department just threw away a bunch of PIII and P4 desktop computers. Sold two PIII's for $45 and $18, will sell a third one for perhaps $20, and kept a very nice 2.8GHz P4 PC2700 system for my own use. So I got these for -$83, can't beat that!

#67 Post by **AlphaKilo470** » Mon Dec 25, 2006 5:17 pm

Bought a Sharp Wizard OZ-630 for $4.99 yesterday from the same place that sold me my HP 48G for $35. There's an OZ-640 which is the 512kb version of what I have (the 630 has 256kb memory) going for over $40 with 4 bids and the auction still has a few days left.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 0069309437

With that, I'm pondering if I want to keep this thing and use it (since I can do stuff on this faster than I could with my Palm) or sell it.

ennma · #68 Post by **ennma** » Thu Dec 28, 2006 9:46 pm

speakers for $10 free delivery before taxes

http://www.fatwallet.com/news/?storyid=688697

n1nj4Lo · #69 Post by **n1nj4Lo** » Sun Dec 31, 2006 1:59 am

Jus thought I'd alert everyone of this great deal going on at three stores, Circuit City has the Essential for $189.99 / Full price - $249.99 = $60.00 mail in rebate, Best Buy has also has the Essential for $199.99 (Not sure how much before rebate) and CompUSA has the Premium Edition for $229.99 (Not sure how much before rebate).... But I'd call this a great deal for all of us to have bragging rights to whoever purchases one that is... I know for certain that I am going to be picking one up within this next week, Jus gotta decide whether I want the Essential or Premium Edition now.. LoL

#70 Post by **AlphaKilo470** » Sun Dec 31, 2006 2:16 am

Can you define "them?"

n1nj4Lo · #71 Post by **n1nj4Lo** » Sun Dec 31, 2006 2:27 am

AlphaKilo470 wrote:Can you define "them?"

Here ya go, From what I've noticed and gathered the Essential Edition has a faster Cache which is 16Mb and The Premium Edition only has a 7Mb Cache... Heres the links for the two so ya can judge for yourself...

http://www.westerndigital.com/en/produc ... anguage=en

http://www.westerndigital.com/en/produc ... anguage=en

pianowizard · #72 Post by **pianowizard** » Mon Jan 01, 2007 6:11 pm

n1nj4Lo wrote:Jus thought I'd alert everyone of this great deal going on at three stores, Circuit City has the Essential for $189.99 / Full price - $249.99 = $60.00 mail in rebate, Best Buy has also has the Essential for $199.99 (Not sure how much before rebate)

Newegg.com has the 500GB Essential Edition for $184.99 plus $8.14 shipping without rebates.

#73 Post by **AlphaKilo470** » Wed Jan 03, 2007 8:47 pm

Today I bought a working Palm Vx from goodwill for $25. It came with cradle, AC adapter, Belkin USB to serial adapter and a Pilot Pentopia brand metal barrel stylus with concealed ink pen. The Palm itself looks like new. Given the condition of the Palm and the accessories included, I think this was a good deal.

n1nj4Lo · #74 Post by **n1nj4Lo** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 12:10 am

I decided not to get the MyBook and instead bought me the 3.5 Mad Dog HDD Enclosure Case that I put my old 320Gb HDD into:
img]http://www.bargainspotonline.com/photos ... COM-2T.jpg[/img]
And a Mad Dog LightScribe 18X Triple Format DVD±RW External Drive~->Here...
So heh I saved over a good lil amount of money over buyin this than jus the external MyBook hdd.. Wound up with a total savings of 25bucks compaired to the new sales price at Best Buy for the normal MyBook 500Gb External HDD

benplaut · #75 Post by **benplaut** » Sun Jan 07, 2007 11:15 pm

i bought a T40 2373-7CU upgraded to 768mb for $940 shipped, with a case and minidock. This is when lower spec T40 were going for about $1400 on ebay

Fusion · #76 Post by **Fusion** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 1:40 am

I've gotta brag about the 3 Thinkpads I bout about 3 weeks ago.
The two in my sig + a T21 which has the CRC1 problem and which I'll probably sell or use parts from.
They were outcasts from a large company, bought 'em all for 40USD

The T23 had a loose inductor, which I fixed thanks to this forum, now runs wonderful, the X21 has a cracked LCD, which I'll be replacing, and the T21 as above.
Good deal eh?

doppelfish · #77 Post by **doppelfish** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 3:52 am

pianowizard wrote:Have you bought some great computer stuff for cheap lately? Brag about them!

Reply from a dealer, where I made a decent deal already: "Oops, we don't have the model you ordered in stock anymore. We're gonna send you the next better model instead."
My reaction could be heard all the way down the aisle *G*

cheers,
-- fish

lilserenity · #78 Post by **lilserenity** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 5:46 am

Here was my bargain (well it was in my book):

£230 which won't exchange well in the USA right now but over here I consider this good:

Mint ThinkPad T40 (not a mark, scratch, crack of nick)
Pentium M 1.5GHz
512MB RAM
40GB 5400RPM HD
CDRW/DVD-ROM Drive
'Centrino' mark with Intel 2100B 802.11b Wireless
Carry Case
Power Adapter
IBM USB Floppy Drive (lil diddy one)
XGA 1024x768 with Radeon 7500 32MB

Wonderful machine

No warranty and I cannot believe it's almost 4 years old, it works like brand new!

Photos to follow, as I have a Canon EOS 5, nope not 5D, a 5. Film SLR

So I'll take snaps and get them processed + scanned. And don't diss the film, it rocks even when you have an amateur like me behind it

(http://www.lilserenity.com/portfolio/ph ... hoto1.html)

Vicky

n1nj4Lo · #79 Post by **n1nj4Lo** » Sat Jan 27, 2007 11:15 pm

I was at the local Goodwill Thrift store tonight and found a barely used HP PSC 2210XI Multifunctional Printer/Scanner/Copier/Fax Machine and Multiple Memory Card Reader...

Before I bought it though I tested out the Memory Crad Reader by using a memory card I had in my cellphone and printer out some pictures off the card, It worked perfectly as well as everything else on it when I got home and tested everything else out.. It also appears to have some brand new ink cartridges in it too..

I'd have to say it was a good steal for $19.98 considering most memory card readers out there alone retail for the same price or higher..

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The bad deal I got though was on my way home I got pulled over and given a ticket for running a stop sign..... On A Bike, At that!!! LMAO

pianowizard · #80 Post by **pianowizard** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 4:22 pm

I won a Samsung brand 1GB PC2-5300 SODIMM with FRU 40Y8403 on eBay for $71 shipped, by far the lowest price I've seen. Received it just now and it works great on my T60.

wanderlust · #81 Post by **wanderlust** » Tue Feb 06, 2007 2:05 pm

Thailand and US seems to have different pricing for IBM... usually American stuff is more expencive here.

R60 duocore 80gb 512mb 700$ (end of november)
x60 core2duo 80gb 512mb 1500$ (january)

but these are normal prices here...

mattfromomaha · #82 Post by **mattfromomaha** » Tue Feb 06, 2007 9:08 pm

2007 Triumph America motorcycle, with a TON of options, under $10k.

Try doing THAT on a stinkin' Harley!

tselling · #83 Post by **tselling** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 1:12 pm

How about a Thinkpad T60 2623D6U for $810.02 including shipping. It was an eBay Auction by PC-Connection. Listed as refurbished in the auction... but just a customer return for 2 stuck pixels as I suspected (actually 2 stuck blue subpixels) not particularly noticeable. Original warranty good until Nov 2009!

mikesugar · #84 Post by **mikesugar** » Fri Feb 16, 2007 8:00 am

So back in November, HP was offering approximately a 50% rebate on some of its printers.

I eyeballed this HP LJ 3390 multi-function for $699. With the $350 rebate a pretty good deal.

But the rebate was not applicable for purchases from OfficeMax or Best Buy. Hmmmm... I wonder why?

Then I get a sunday paper flier from Office Max selling that model for $419! That must be why.

So I take the flier to CompUSA and they match the Office Max price.

8 weeks later I have my $350 rebate. $70 bucks for a brand new $700 printer. BooYa!

dsigma6 · #85 Post by **dsigma6** » Fri Feb 16, 2007 8:18 am

Shyster! Excellent deal for $70!

#86 Post by **carbon_unit** » Fri Feb 16, 2007 9:40 am

Whew! Good job.

pianowizard · #87 Post by **pianowizard** » Fri Feb 16, 2007 4:27 pm

I just picked up another 1GB PC2-5300 SODIMM on eBay for $70 shipped.

#88 Post by **rkawakami** » Sun Feb 18, 2007 1:03 am

Five modules of Samsung M464S6453CKS-L7A off of eBay for $197.35, shipped. And that's still too much to pay for them

!

#89 Post by **AlphaKilo470** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 10:45 pm

My most recent bargain comes from a thrift store. A black IBM KPD8923 trackpoint desktop keyboard for $1.50 and an IBM Model M keyboard for 99 cents.

ms · #90 Post by ms » Thu Feb 22, 2007 10:53 pm

inspired by http://www.fatwallet.com/forums/ I got my T60p down in the sig (but with 1GB and Std 60GB@5400) for 1600.- (excl. Tax) around 500 off list price at lenovos site

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