The Consumerism Thread

[Vae 4904]

Post the last significant thing you purchased with an amount of real-world currency.
(Keep it legal and any images SFW, please.)

No, this isn't the same thing as the Recent Buys thread in Three Frags, which is about videogames.
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I got small bottles of both of these for around $1.50 a pop,
and they're basically sex for the nose.

I wanna get a larger bottle of the nag champa, but I need to wait until I have more money.

[Umbra.Exe 1208]

The last things I bought were a gyro, an ice cream cone, and tickets to Ant-Man.
Saturday was a good day.

[LazerMaster5 2629]

Popcorn. Yum.

[Faust 1601]

I think this was the last significant thing I bought, although actually it was a present so it may not count:

It's a The-Re-Miiiiiiin!!!

[grassfed 552]

I've wanted to play one of those for years! Lucky bastard haha

[Faust 1601]

If it helps, I'd highly recommend this model as it has an in-built memory of 32 configurable patches. It's more like a hand-controlled synth than a true theremin.

[Spot 1582]

Must, consume, everything. @_@

[Caledonian 1696]

a bottle of Irn Bru...

[Revates 1776]

Fishnet stockings for Halloween and a new Bicycle.

[Alexxx-Returns 987]

Tit tape, £3.99 to go with the backless clubbing top I bought before that.

Looking for one of those super short check gothy skirts next.

[Ginpanther 479]

I don't know that they're significant, but they're what I've bought today:

• A new video card for the girlfriend's PC as her current one has a dead fan and bulging caps (since I can just swap it out for a $28 replacement, it's a better use of my time and money than getting new caps and soldering them in);
• a quick release plate for this tripod I picked up dirt-cheap at the community garage sale last month;
• a pair of 80mm sleeve bearing fans

So today was mostly an "I hate technology" sort of day.

[Wolflich 236]

Ordered a 22HD and an ergotron arm recently. Waiting to see if I need any extra cables or adapters once those get here.

I guess there was also ~$40 worth of petrol but that's the most boring purchase outside of groceries.

[Ginpanther 479]

Ship me the GPU! I love to do component-level boardwork! :3

OK, it's all yours once the new one is in and validated.

[DrGravitas 4798]

I never usually buy stuff like this. I didn't have the queasy feeling that normally accompanies the rare purchases of this size. I wanted this in a way I never want things. I regret nothing.

 

(It spins, too! )

[Taikugemu 396]

I bought a headset yesterday. Now i can hear only BASS.

Edited November 1, 2015 by Taikugemu

[ZorroValdez 593]

Bought a couple sets of RAM for a new rig I'm putting together soon. 

[Azu 500]

were hella good too

[Revates 1776]

Just backed this on Kickstarter, so stoked!

Just went and had a quick look at it. It looks awesome, definitely something I'd consider buying. I can definitely see a video game spawning from it one day.

[DrGravitas 4798]

Just backed this on Kickstarter, so stoked!

LinkLinkLinkLinkLinkLinkLinkLinkLinkLinkLinkLinkLinkLinkLinkLinkLinkLinkLinkLinkLinkLinkLinkLinkLinkLinkLinkLinkLinkLinkLinkLinkLink!

hey, listen!

Reminds me of a series of pictures of the same variety I saw on Imgur a while back. I wonder if the artist is the same. IIRC, the artist was Polish and that name there...

Edited November 7, 2015 by DrGravitas
Got the link myself; including it for other lazy people

[Umbra.Exe 1208]

 

Reminds me of a series of pictures of the same variety I saw on Imgur a while back. I wonder if the artist is the same. IIRC, the artist was Polish and that name there...

Oh! I think I've seen their art as well. I thought something about this looked familiar...

[Alexxx-Returns 987]

Some prescription tablets and some groceries.

Need to go back tomorrow because there's other stuff I wanna eat but didn't get.

[Gamedog 1152]

Raccoon dog aka "Tanuki" pelt.

Edited November 7, 2015 by Gamedog

[Hewge 870]

Bought a bunch of Blizzcon stuffs 

[DrGravitas 4798]

Oh! I think I've seen their art as well. I thought something about this looked familiar...

It is them!

https://www.artstation.com/artist/jakubrozalski

I've wanted to find that name for months! By which I mean I had hoped it would fall into my lap for the brief period I was thinking about the imgur posts :P

I don't know how I knew it was Polish...

Edited November 7, 2015 by DrGravitas
Wait, that doesn't make sense...

[Dijon 308]

I bought a really nice winter coat for 300 bux dollars.

Also a straight razor because I've always wanted to try one.

[DrGravitas 4798]

I bought a really nice winter coat for 300 bux dollars.

Also a straight razor because I've always wanted to try one.

Ooh, what kind of coat? I love winter coats!

[Azu 500]

Haven't played a CoD game since Blops back in 2010-ish, and I've been craving a good CoD multiplayer experience, so I bought Black Ops II for $20. No complaints, been having some great times on multiplayer!

 

[Sourdough 1003]

About 5kg of lentils and rice. I consider this significant, because food.

[Chaosmasterdelta 298]

These three games from gamestop. Not going to assume there bad just because they were ridicuasly cheap.

Games are Mysims agents, trauma center: second opinion, and link's crossbow training. Why dont they ever put the ds games in a case when I buy them?

 

[Hewge 870]

Starcraft Probe plush...

[Umbra.Exe 1208]

I bought a freaking delicious banana split ice cream shake from a place called Sonic. First time I've ever been there. I only wish I hadn't eaten earlier, so I could have had a chili dog, too.

Later on I also got myself a pumpkin pie ChapStick (don't judge me, it was that or peppermint, and I didn't want peppermint), as well as a cucumber-lime Gatorade. (Judge me all you want on that one, I know it's a weird flavor. But so tasty!)

[Revates 1776]

Finally got Legacy of the Void. And holy crap it's awesome. Also more blue hair dye.

Edited November 22, 2015 by Revates

[DrGravitas 4798]

Went to Jungle Jim's International Market and bought some more Russian soda:

Two new flavors to try, Baikal and Cruchon, and one returning favorite: Tarkhun (the green one). Sipping on a glass of the Tarkhun-flavored one now. It's hard to describe, really, nothing really that I can compare it to. Tastes nice with pistachios, though!

[Endless/Nameless 4239]

$3.95

[#00Buck 4062]

Newest latest fastest possible iMac. 

[Pignog 1256]

~ ~ ~ M Y   C O M M O D I T I E S ~ ~ ~

[Vallium 3797]

Health insurance and a lawyer

[Cingal 693]

New Glasses.

 

Edited December 31, 2015 by Cingal

[TheGreatFanatic 358]

60 bucks.

I'm gonna call it my 'lucky 1+"

I finally got a 20 kill streak using this thing.

 

[LazerMaster5 2629]

Earlier this week I purchased Just Cause 3. It's Michael Bay in video game format, just without boobs and bad stereotypes. I highly recommend it if your computer can handle it.

[Muugu 61]

1 hour ago, LazerMaster5 said:

Earlier this week I purchased Just Cause 3. It's Michael Bay in video game format, just without boobs and bad stereotypes. I highly recommend it if your computer can handle it.

To me it looks more like Bollywood: The videogame 

https://i.imgur.com/TtVzQg2.gifv

 

[Gamedog 1152]

http://onlinepetshops.com.au/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/650x/040ec09b1e35df139433887a97daa66f/r/e/realbird-cardinal.jpg
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61pqWN4IuPL._SY355_.jpgc09b1e35df139433887a97daa66f/r/e/realbird-cardinal.jpg
http://41.media.tumblr.com/5d7381266b1b42c0d56dad2341219b94/tumblr_nzucl5OamM1tmfihho2_1280.jpg
http://41.media.tumblr.com/3dcfcce891bb41a5cdead2b061ce4ebb/tumblr_nzog5seACl1tmfihho1_1280.jpg

[Jerry 480]

One of these babies:

It's like an oscilloscope, but specifically designed for viewing analog video signals. I have a growing interest in analog video and a few projects as well. This'll come in handy for those projects, but even in other situations, like troubleshooting of anything outputting an NTSC composite signal.

Edited January 2, 2016 by Jerry

[Rassah 652]

This is going to be a fun year

[Jerry 480]

This is $70 worth of sketchbook from Walmart. Grand total: $23. And I had already got another set of 4, worth $50 for only $16. So that a $120 set of sketchbook I paid 39$ for. Not bad. 

Should last me a good while! 

[Sidewalk Surfboard 3472]

53 minutes ago, Jerry said:

This is $70 worth of sketchbook from Walmart. Grand total: $23. And I had already got another set of 4, worth $50 for only $16. So that a $120 set of sketchbook I paid 39$ for. Not bad. 

Should last me a good while! 

I'm jelly, I've been needing a sketchbook for a good while.

[Fossa 1625]

A 12 oz. box of an amazingly smooth Ethiopian coffee, from a shop down the street that carries it. Normally, I add just a wee bit of milk and a sugar, but this is so smooth and low in acidity, there was no need.

https://counterculturecoffee.com/store/coffee/olke-birre

Was $21, and they threw in a free cup of coffee to go. 

 

[Jerry 480]

29 minutes ago, Sidewalk Surfboard said:

I'm jelly, I've been needing a sketchbook for a good while.

I was lucky enough to come across a clearance sale. Otherwise sketchbooks are pretty expensive, and the quality isn't always up to par.

[Sidewalk Surfboard 3472]

I picked up this Billy Idol casette at a thrift store for 50 cents today. I'd say that was a good deal, since it's in decent condition.

[Gator 924]

slightly used first edition hardcover, about 13 bucks altogether on ebay... i debated it long and hard 'cause i'm pretty poor tbh but i have wanted this book back for over ten years (owned it, had it taken away after reading it exactly halfway through, never saw it again) and for the book plus the shipping, that ain't bad for what i'm getting imo

sure, if i just wanted to finish reading the book i could have gotten a paperback for less, but i also needed to ease thirteen years of butthurt.