What was your last big purchase?

stevieraveon
stevieraveon Posts: 413
edited March 2008 in All Encompassing Trip
Just bought a 60 inch 1080p plasma and hung it on my wall last weekend. I have never spent so much money and had absolutely no buyer's remorse...it looks insanely awesome.

Funny thing is that the first movie I watched on it was "Into the Wild" (downloaded a version of it) and thought it was quite ironic that I was watching a movie about getting rid of material things on a $4k plasma.
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  • MasterFramer
    MasterFramer Posts: 2,268
    Plus it was a shity download...

    Bought a new car a few months ago... happy with it.
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  • Steve Dunne
    Steve Dunne Posts: 4,965
    oil for my house. over $800.

    (here's your receipt and kapow! a swift kick to the nuts steve)
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  • BinFrog
    BinFrog MA Posts: 7,314
    $1200 tomorrow for replacing the timing belt and rear brakes on my car. Ugh. For $1200 I want a new guitar or amp or something cool like a 2nd HDTV or something.
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  • Phantom Pain
    Phantom Pain Posts: 9,876
    My trip to Vegas for 2

    $1700 for everything - 5 Day Hotel Stay, plus Airfare non-stop flights
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  • PJGARDEN
    PJGARDEN Posts: 1,484
    Bought a new car on Friday. Love it:)
  • Snake
    Snake Posts: 2,605
    I bought the computer with-which I am using now to type a message to all of you! :D

    Next i'll buy a grammer book! :D
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  • GreenTeaDisease
    GreenTeaDisease Posts: 3,359
    shit and I thought my TV was too over the top! (it's a 32" LCD!)

    um I think my last big purchase was in sept...a trek all carbon frame road bike. I don't like to think about how much it cost...(though it was considerably less than $4000 :))

    this is funny though, it's weird how people value things...when I told my dad how much my bike cost me, he freaked out that I spent so much on it, yet he thinks it's perfectly normal to spend that much or more on a TV.
  • edvedder913
    edvedder913 Posts: 1,810
    a house

    and...........

    my trip to San Diego!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • stevieraveon
    stevieraveon Posts: 413
    Snake wrote:
    Next i'll buy a grammer book! :D

    You mean "grammar" ? :)
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  • norm
    norm Posts: 31,146
    macbook pro

    :)
  • thunderDAN
    thunderDAN Posts: 2,094
    I actually got a new car 2 weeks ago but I don't really consider it a big purchase because I actually downgraded. I had a fully loaded Trailblazer, and I decided it was wasteful for a 24 year old guy to drive something like that so I traded it in on a new Malibu. I ended up saving $85 a month on insurance and $100 on my payment. So I guess you could consider that.


    But I just got my tax return and am thinking of buy a new 42inch LCD. I have a small 27 incher now, and have been in the stages of buying a new TV for about 4 years now, but every time I go to buy one I always talk myself out of it...but baseball season is coming up and I think this might be the year I take the big plunge
    cutback wrote:
    macbook pro

    :)

    wow I always go to the Apple store and dream about having one of those. those are very nice
  • know1
    know1 Posts: 6,801
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  • mookie9999
    mookie9999 Posts: 4,677
    Phantom Pain wrote:
    plus Airfare non-stop flights

    "They say that I'm flying on a non-stop flight. Well I don't like the sound of that! I demand that my flight makes a stop, preferably at the airport I was flying to. It's those sudden mountain range stops that seem to put a damper on my day." GC :D

    For me it would be my VIP package to ROO along with my trip to Cali to see EV. Of course I still need to book that trip. All in due time.
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  • Brain of J.Lo
    Brain of J.Lo Posts: 3,259
    We bought a house last year and bought a car shortly after that. I don't know what I would consider a big purchase anymore. I've lost all perspective since becoming a grown up with grown up expenses...lol.
  • blackredyellow
    blackredyellow Posts: 5,889
    A new baby....

    Well, it wasn't a purchase per se, but he'll cost me more than anything else that I own in the long run :)
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  • Brain of J.Lo
    Brain of J.Lo Posts: 3,259
    blackredyellow wrote:
    A new baby....

    Well, it wasn't a purchase per se, but he'll cost me more than anything else that I own in the long run :)

    I hear that!

    Just bringing one of those little things home requires so much expensive crap! :D
  • civ_eng_girl
    civ_eng_girl Posts: 2,001
    new roof for my house... shingles, soffit, facia, eavestrough.... the whole bit.... including an all new chimney too! the roofer discovered that mine was crumbling below the roof line and was ready to topple over into my living room! :eek:

    oh, the joys... :p
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  • comebackwoman
    comebackwoman Posts: 7,271
    A plane ticket to Oz :)
    There's a light when my baby's in my arms :)
  • GreenTeaDisease
    GreenTeaDisease Posts: 3,359
    civ_eng_girl wrote:
    new roof for my house... shingles, soffit, facia, eavestrough.... the whole bit.... including an all new chimney too! the roofer discovered that mine was crumbling below the roof line and was ready to topple over into my living room! :eek:

    oh, the joys... :p

    just why I'm in no hurry to own a home! sorry to hear that.
  • civ_eng_girl
    civ_eng_girl Posts: 2,001
    GreenTeaDisease wrote:
    just why I'm in no hurry to own a home! sorry to hear that.

    thanks GTD... it wasn't so bad... the roofing project was planned, it was only the chimney that was a surprise! it's a good thing i got a good price for the roof... the extra cost for the chimney just brought it up to match the other quotes i received....

    i guess it's all about balance... ;)

    don't be scared to buy a house... this was the first unexpected item i've run into in 5 years...

    ok... the one day last winter when my furnace broke down was a little unexpected. Had to sleep in a touque and mittens for one night, before the repair man could come...

    oh, and when my fridge quit, and i had to buy a new one...

    damn, i guess it's worse than i thought! :p:D
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