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Brag about the "good deals" that you've bought!
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
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
Now: T60 2613-EKU | T23 2647-9NU | 600X 2645-9FU | HP 100LX
Past: X31 2673-Y13 | T41 2374-3HU | T22 2647-AEU
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Past: X31 2673-Y13 | T41 2374-3HU | T22 2647-AEU
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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.
Latitude E7250: i5 5300U 2.3ghz, 12gb RAM, 12" 1080p touch, 256gb SSD, Win 10, Linux Mint 18.2
HP Compaq 6910p: 2GHZ C2D T6400, 4gb RAM, 14.1" WXGA, 500gb WD Blue, Linux Mint 18.2
ThinkPad T60: 2GHZ CD T2500, 2gb RAM, 14.1" XGA, 60gb 7k100, Win 7 Ult
HP Compaq 6910p: 2GHZ C2D T6400, 4gb RAM, 14.1" WXGA, 500gb WD Blue, Linux Mint 18.2
ThinkPad T60: 2GHZ CD T2500, 2gb RAM, 14.1" XGA, 60gb 7k100, Win 7 Ult
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...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.
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...
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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!
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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.
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.
Latitude E7250: i5 5300U 2.3ghz, 12gb RAM, 12" 1080p touch, 256gb SSD, Win 10, Linux Mint 18.2
HP Compaq 6910p: 2GHZ C2D T6400, 4gb RAM, 14.1" WXGA, 500gb WD Blue, Linux Mint 18.2
ThinkPad T60: 2GHZ CD T2500, 2gb RAM, 14.1" XGA, 60gb 7k100, Win 7 Ult
HP Compaq 6910p: 2GHZ C2D T6400, 4gb RAM, 14.1" WXGA, 500gb WD Blue, Linux Mint 18.2
ThinkPad T60: 2GHZ CD T2500, 2gb RAM, 14.1" XGA, 60gb 7k100, Win 7 Ult
Western Digital My Book Premium/Essential Edition 500Gb
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
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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...AlphaKilo470 wrote:Can you define "them?"
http://www.westerndigital.com/en/produc ... anguage=en
http://www.westerndigital.com/en/produc ... anguage=en
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Re: Western Digital My Book Premium/Essential Edition 500Gb
Newegg.com has the 500GB Essential Edition for $184.99 plus $8.14 shipping without rebates.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)
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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.
Latitude E7250: i5 5300U 2.3ghz, 12gb RAM, 12" 1080p touch, 256gb SSD, Win 10, Linux Mint 18.2
HP Compaq 6910p: 2GHZ C2D T6400, 4gb RAM, 14.1" WXGA, 500gb WD Blue, Linux Mint 18.2
ThinkPad T60: 2GHZ CD T2500, 2gb RAM, 14.1" XGA, 60gb 7k100, Win 7 Ult
HP Compaq 6910p: 2GHZ C2D T6400, 4gb RAM, 14.1" WXGA, 500gb WD Blue, Linux Mint 18.2
ThinkPad T60: 2GHZ CD T2500, 2gb RAM, 14.1" XGA, 60gb 7k100, Win 7 Ult
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
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
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?
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?
ThinkPad X220, i7-2640m, 16GB RAM, 120GB Kingston SSD, Intel HD3000, 12.5" WQHD, MacOS Sierra 10.13.2
ThinkPad W500 4063-VA4 CD2 Penryn 2,80GHz, 4GB RAM, 320GB HDD, 15.4" WUXGA, FireGL V5700, Win7u
ThinkPad R60 9461-DXG P-CD2 1,83GHz, 2GB 667MHz, 100GB HDD, ATI X1400@512MB, XP2 Pro
ThinkPad W500 4063-VA4 CD2 Penryn 2,80GHz, 4GB RAM, 320GB HDD, 15.4" WUXGA, FireGL V5700, Win7u
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Re: Brag about the "good deals" that you've bought
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."pianowizard wrote:Have you bought some great computer stuff for cheap lately? Brag about them!
My reaction could be heard all the way down the aisle *G*
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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
£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
HP PSC 2210XI
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
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
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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.
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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!
T61P 2.2ghz 4GB 7K200GB 15.4" WSXGA+ Vista 64
HP 2530p L7400 1.86Ghz 3GB 160GB Windows 7 Pro 64
(Hubby) HP 2510p U7500 1.06Ghz 2GB 5K120GB 12" LED WXGA XP Pro
(4 year old son) Toughbook CF-29 1.3Ghz 1.2GB 5K250GB 13.3" XGA XP Pro
HP 2530p L7400 1.86Ghz 3GB 160GB Windows 7 Pro 64
(Hubby) HP 2510p U7500 1.06Ghz 2GB 5K120GB 12" LED WXGA XP Pro
(4 year old son) Toughbook CF-29 1.3Ghz 1.2GB 5K250GB 13.3" XGA XP Pro
Working the rebates
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!
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!
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I just picked up another 1GB PC2-5300 SODIMM on eBay for $70 shipped.
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Five modules of Samsung M464S6453CKS-L7A off of eBay for $197.35, shipped. And that's still too much to pay for them !
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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.
Latitude E7250: i5 5300U 2.3ghz, 12gb RAM, 12" 1080p touch, 256gb SSD, Win 10, Linux Mint 18.2
HP Compaq 6910p: 2GHZ C2D T6400, 4gb RAM, 14.1" WXGA, 500gb WD Blue, Linux Mint 18.2
ThinkPad T60: 2GHZ CD T2500, 2gb RAM, 14.1" XGA, 60gb 7k100, Win 7 Ult
HP Compaq 6910p: 2GHZ C2D T6400, 4gb RAM, 14.1" WXGA, 500gb WD Blue, Linux Mint 18.2
ThinkPad T60: 2GHZ CD T2500, 2gb RAM, 14.1" XGA, 60gb 7k100, Win 7 Ult
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
T60p, 2613-HQU, 2,33GHz Merom, 2GB, 160GB, FireGL5250
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