Those things I want but don't necessarily need

[slycat]

Nokia 3510 - £20 (In Spetember from upgrade) - Because my phone is too quiet and the vibrate isn't powerful enough. Also it's nice to have a new phone to play around with the new features until they get boring after a few days. (Plus this phone has DDR!)

Fuji FinePix 2800 - £270(ish) - To replace my now defunct camera (Which is just over 2 years old now). I realised it's true limitations at AC when I couldn't zoom into the stage. This particular camera is the cheapest with a 6x optical zoom and has enough other features to keep me happy.

GeForce 4 of some kind - £200(ish) - Not sure which of these to go for but I really need to replace my Taiwanese, unbranded, cheap, clone of an ATI Radeon 8500. It has all the features but does them all badly and it crashes my PC on a regular basis.

Blee! It's hard to save money when things like these are around to tempt you... At least I'm getting £180 for my DV camcorder tomorrow. Had to let it go for much less than I wanted to cos you can get it brand new for around £300 now... :-/ Oh well, is the price of new technology...

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[slycat.livejournal.com]

Ooh! I can get that camera for $269? I may just want to import that :D

You have to think of the prices this way, I get paid in pounds what you would get paid in dollars (Without conversion). So say I earnt £20000 and you earnt $20000, while the camera is £270 here yet $270 there, it all works out nicely and so when in isolation, neither of us think we are being ripped off or are having a bargin. However, if I were to buy stuff from America, I'm saving around a third but then I have postage to add on... :D