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« on: March 29, 2005, 09:07:34 AM » |
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As of tomorrow (have one more very important auction left to run until tomorrow morning) I plan to ban myself from Ebay. No browsing, nada. I'm planning an overseas trip at the end of the year and I really can't afford to keep buying things  Anyone joining me? Or am I a lone voice in the wilderness?  FTY Administrator, Ebayaddicts Anonymous |
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MakTheYak
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« Reply #1 on: March 29, 2005, 01:04:02 PM » |
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Wow that's pretty impressive. That must take up a lot of self control! I don't use ebay myself all that much but if anyone told me I couldn't use it then there would be about a million things I wanted on it!!
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EmmasOneandOnly
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« Reply #2 on: March 29, 2005, 01:13:20 PM » |
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As of tomorrow (have one more very important auction left to run until tomorrow morning) I plan to ban myself from Ebay. No browsing, nada. I'm planning an overseas trip at the end of the year and I really can't afford to keep buying things Anyone joining me? Or am I a lone voice in the wilderness? FTY Administrator, Ebayaddicts Anonymous I really dont use EBay so I'm in if my vow counts. I'm saving up for other stuff like things I want besides the cards and for me EBay doesnt really stamp me there. And things that will help when I need something to shut up some one like a kind of emergency stash so to speak  |
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savage727
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« Reply #3 on: March 29, 2005, 05:15:24 PM » |
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Good for you FTY!  I have been off ebay since the middle of December and have not spent a cent! It was hard at first but now its a piece of cake! I realized I was spending way too much money on cardboard!  |
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ferdinand_the_yak
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« Reply #4 on: March 29, 2005, 05:27:36 PM » |
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Well done Ed, so there is hope for me - I shall have to get you to do a motivational speaker stint for Ebayaddicts Anonymous...:
Savage: Hi, my name is Ed and I used to be an Ebayaholic
EA: Hi Ed!
Savage: I have not been on Ebay for 4 months now
EA: *gasp*
S: And I have saved a fortune! So stick with the EA program... its tough, but is worth it! The BIN button is evil. Repeat the BIN is evil.
EA: The BIN is evil
S: See, it was not so hard, was it? Thank you all for your kind attention!
EA: *Applause and tears*
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savage727
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« Reply #5 on: March 29, 2005, 05:40:47 PM » |
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Good one FTY!! It got to a point where I do not have the physical space to keep collecting Sideshow/Weta products and other items I was purchasing. Being married you just can not go around and plunk down this stuff anywhere you want. We do try to maintain a sense of style and taste! |
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« Reply #6 on: March 29, 2005, 05:45:38 PM » |
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Good for you FTY! I have been off ebay since the middle of December and have not spent a cent! It was hard at first but now its a piece of cake! I realized I was spending way too much money on cardboard! CARDBOARD!!!  *looks scandalised!!** Next you'll be saying these bits of cardboard have squiggles on them!!  Good for you Ed! Nice to see someone has some willpower, though referring to them as 'bits of cardboard' was a bit strong I thought.  |
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ferdinand_the_yak
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« Reply #7 on: March 29, 2005, 05:49:39 PM » |
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Very expensive bits of cardboard with squiggles and scraps of material and whatnot  *sighs* :'( |
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« Reply #8 on: March 29, 2005, 06:26:31 PM » |
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Posted by: ferdinand_the_yak Posted on: Today at 04:07:34am
As of tomorrow (have one more very important auction left to run until tomorrow morning) I plan to ban myself from Ebay. Well you and savage727 have more will power than I do! Just a thought; someone could invent a patch (like nicotine patches) to wean you off of Ebay and trading cards. They could come with all different pictures on them and maybe even have variants . You could start collecting these.......or maybe I have just defeated the object By the way, your overseas trip. Coming anywhere near old Blighty?  |
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« Reply #9 on: March 29, 2005, 06:28:23 PM » |
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Just a thought; someone could invent a patch (like nicotine patches) to wean you off of Ebay and trading cards. They could come with all different pictures on them and maybe even have variants . You could start collecting these.......or maybe I have just defeated the object ROFL!! |
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« Reply #10 on: March 29, 2005, 06:29:19 PM » |
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I daresay she is - we plan to go to the Temple Church - erm... near Temple tube station in London - and if you are saying "hang on a minute, this is beginning to sound like the Da Vinchi Code tour of Europe"... then you might be on to something!
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« Reply #11 on: March 29, 2005, 06:37:49 PM » |
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Aye, that is the plan I plan to follow Robert Langdon's route around Rome. Need a 1GB memory card for my digital camera which is NOT going to be cheap I am dragging my debatedly 'better half' along on my Roman/Grecian holiday (poor guy ) and possibly popping in to the UK to see some friends. When I suggested going to the UK, he said 'The only place I am interested in going in the UK is Anfield!' As in Anfield stadium, home of Liverpool FC. Football nut  I am still hearing replays (with disturbing crowd screams and team song renditions) of Liverpool's 2-1 win over their Merseyside rivals Everton last week Anyone else here a football fan? |
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« Reply #12 on: March 29, 2005, 07:43:17 PM » |
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What's it take? SD? Well bear in mind I have some cards and if you remember to visit us you can download pics and pop them on CD/DVD whilst you are here! |
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« Reply #13 on: March 29, 2005, 07:45:47 PM » |
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Well - if you are a football fan, its as good as sold I've always wanted to visit London  |
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« Reply #14 on: March 30, 2005, 02:08:31 AM » |
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I'll join you FTY, i've been ebay free for over a week now, my spending has finally caught up with me and i need to earn some more money before i buy any more of those silly bits of card! |
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« Reply #15 on: March 30, 2005, 03:57:42 AM » |
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Me too. I booked a last minute cruise yesterday. W e leave on April 30th so i can't afford eBay. Must resist. At least I have you guys to keep me busy during the day!!!
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« Reply #16 on: April 02, 2005, 07:41:19 AM » |
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good on you guys!
I was off ebay for several months... but now that I'm settled somewhwere again I'm back on---although just looking for a few things I've been after for awhile. But no new items and certainly no impulse buys. Must stick to the "want list", and price limits.
FTY, as for the memory card, dare I suggest ebay?? I think I bought two 512Mb cards off ebay for the same price as one 256 Mb card bought in a store in Oz. Think of it as another way of saving for your trip...
And I'm sure there will be plenty of internet cafes along the way where you can get the pictures put onto a cd for not much money (but stay away from actual photo stores--i.e. kodak, fuji, etc...; they charge you at least twice as much).
I had two 512 cards and 1 256 card for my recent travels. But my pictures are 2-3MB each and I was often in areas where there were no internet cafes to get my pictures on CD.
Sounds like a fun trip though!
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« Reply #17 on: April 02, 2005, 07:48:34 AM » |
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Yeah, eBay does have great prices on those. I even bought one from there!
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« Reply #18 on: April 02, 2005, 03:42:23 PM » |
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Thanks for the advice... I'll definitely look on Ebay when the time comes One question - can you use any memory card for any camera? Or are they like DVDs and will only accept cards from the same country the camera was purchased from? |
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« Reply #19 on: April 02, 2005, 04:54:20 PM » |
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Thanks for the advice... I'll definitely look on Ebay when the time comes One question - can you use any memory card for any camera? Or are they like DVDs and will only accept cards from the same country the camera was purchased from? Yup. The country that camera and card are from don't matter, as long as it's the right type of memory card. Speaking of DVDs, anyone happen to know a way around that stupid 5 times limit for changing the region on your computer?? |
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