What sort of impulse buys has everyone splurged on?

Lately for me its been the $250 RC car.

and..

I think im going to buy this. Not cheap though.

http://img44.imageshack.us/img44/5250/seats6.jpg

don't get me started

My Xbox 360 was an impulse buy back when I got it.

thats about the awesomest baby seat i've seen

This Lego Technic Crane, and it was awesome as f***.

http://shop.lego.com/Product/?p=8421

My impulse buy was a ticket to Greece to catch up with my wench for 4 weeks :/
Prolly shoulda bought some new gear for my PC an sat around playing games for the whole time...

I think im going to buy this. Not cheap though.

I guess that'd be comfortable if you have no legs and your PC is on the ground.

I impulse purchased an evening with Jim's mum.

best $1.35 you spent in a week?

i dont know whats worse, jims mum or jums dad.

yeah thats my impluse buy.

wateva he was asking for it when he bent over in the shower.

That crane looks awesome scuzzy. I'm after that sports car thing they made years ago but I don't think it's in production anymore :( Maybe I'll get that crane instead :D

Bride FTW. Continue about your business geeks.

I'm tempted to get some of those lego sets with the RC and motors and make some random s***

42" Plasma TV, oo yerrr.

I'll beat spook with the LOLZ Plasma comment.

its been a while since i have last impule purchased anything of reasonable worth

i think im about due for another

Last one was a version 6 STi long block to strip and play with :S

My impulse buy was a ticket to Greece to catch up with my wench for 4 weeks :/
Prolly shoulda bought some new gear for my PC an sat around playing games for the whole time...

haha

Everything I buy is impulse based.. hell I bought my house about 2 days after saying to wifey "Hey lets buy a house". In fact the longer I think about making a purchase, the less chance I will go through with doing it.

Current example is I need a mouse. My wireless Logitech is slowly dying with the left clicker deciding what it wants to do on its own, batteries cost a fortune, etc. Few weekends ago I decided it was time to get another mouse, went around to a few MSYs and couldn't find the one I wanted and gave up. Now I figure my mouse is just fine albeit a little annoying and it can last a bit longer :(

TicMan, when you make those impulse buys, how do you generally feel about the purchases weeks/months after the purchase?

I bought a quilt that turns into a pillow yesterday. Snoozi Cube or something.

Generally pretty happy, until it breaks.. like my mouse (which incidentally was an impulse buy too). Some of the cheaper items ( < $100) I end up using only a little bit but don't regret buying them. Although most of those purchases would be entertainment related so the life span is pretty low anyway.

Higher ticket items like TVs, cars, etc usually stem from a need to get one anyway but I don't bother wasting hours/days/weeks researching - just walk past a shop, head in and BUY BUY BUY!

http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/4444/nearlyfinishedmog.jpg

most recent impulse purchase. $1000 all up.

http://img187.imageshack.us/img187/5359/19072007194.jpg

previous impulse purchase(s). same crane as scuzzy's, but I got the backhoe as well :D

Should have bought a new monitor :P

its okay, I have crane envy :(

Last big impulse buy was trading in my bike for the z750 ...oh and I bought a dog...

Iroda 185W butane soldering iron

I was inches away from buying a motorbike on saturday, mates had me G'd up on the weekend to come for a ride with them and hot damn if that bike shop was still open probably would have drunk-bought myself a trail bike

Joypad.

I'm pulling the pcb out of it and installing it to the right side of my OzStick for some 2 player SF4 lubbin

Nice soldering iron.

My last impulse buy was a house. What do I win? Now there will be no more impulse buys for a long long long time.

Should have bought a new monitor :P

it's not the size that counts it's what you do with them ;)

I purchased those two in Jan 2005 and they're still going strong. (of course knowing my luck I'll get home tonight and they will have both died in the bum) I'm just waiting for some spare cash to impulse purchase a pair of 24s :P

i can't remember the last time i impulse bought anything

i'm terrible at impulse buying, which stops me from being poor.

my last impulse buy was my latest motorcycle :D 2months ago now but i'm too povo to impulse buy more regularly.

http://dem0n.qgl.org/images/bikes/sv1000mg1.jpg

brumbrum.

I bought a slanket after seeing a reference to it on 30 rock. Now am busy filling said slanket with my farts.

i can't remember the last time i impulse bought anything

i'm terrible at impulse buying, which stops me from being poor.

You and I alike. And thankfully my missus as well. f*** hohs that want bling and perfume. I couldn't stand that.

Yeah i hear ya pinky. Mrs Hardware is terrible at it too, one of the things i like about her.

So what you're saying is that your wife is a hoe mr hardware?

no, if you didn't fail at comprehension you'd realise that i'm saying quite the opposite of that.

Pinky: Thankfully my misses isnt a material hoe
MH: Same
Greazy: So your misses is a hoe?
MH: SIGH

haha, so true 3dee.

How much you want for your bike Demon?

A 1:3700 scale model of the Battlestar Pegasus. The idea was to build it up and have it on display in my study. I'm about half way done, I'm just caught up looking for some wire for the fuel lines and trying to figure out how the hell to paint it.

http://www.fantastic-plastic.com/bigbeast12.jpg

How much you want for your bike Demon?

i just bought it 2months ago Mass... i don't really wanna sell it yet :P~
lovin' the 1000cc v-twin atm orrrjeh. :D

You and I alike. And thankfully my missus as well. f*** hohs that want bling and perfume. I couldn't stand that.

In one thread you say you are Mr Hardware's wife and in another thread you have a wife yourself. Are you some kind of bisexual mormon? You are called Pinky and you have a girly avatar, and then you say something misogynistic like that. You can imagine why people are confused about your gender.

thermite can't differentiate between the truth and someone extracting the urine.

She's your wife, why would I understand her?

nah thermite
you're doing it wrong again

I'm not the one that goes around lying.

Also Jim do you ever post anything that isn't a rehash of some catchphrase you've read on 4chan. You know where thoughts happen in your head and you type them in? Ever had that happen?

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lits isn't that what happens in every thread on qgl?

Demon, is that an SV?

besides demon, has anyone even posted anything that doesnt make them look nerd as f***?

koopz, i have that joypad and it totally ownz my old logitech wingman

now you're adding selective memory to your repertoire of fail thermite

also I've never, ever been to 4chan. projecting yourself onto me is just silly

I had just got my $3000 tax return back and I went to JB HiFi to help my brother with buying a TV. I then saw a beautiful Sony Bravia XBR on the shelf it was $3000! what a coincidence. It had such an awesome picture so I bought it without even thinking. I already had a 50" plasma.

I impulse bought a CD last week. My impulse buys are pretty lame now that I just got a mortgage.

I had just got my $3000 tax return back and I went to JB HiFi to help my brother with buying a TV. I then saw a beautiful Sony Bravia XBR on the shelf it was $3000! what a coincidence. It had such an awesome picture so I bought it without even thinking. I already had a 50" plasma.

i bet that plasma is locked away in a cupboard somewhere now!

f*** you are a deads*** thermite

450 dollars of alcohol for our splendor unit:( good mate

haha exis that's a truckload! what types of booze did you get?

Demon, is that an SV?

yup eds... sv1000k6 :D i was actually keen for an sv1000s-k7, the black one with the upper fairing... but the impulse!@!# ;p also a mate just got a vtr1000f6 ... also, also... ruddbux! thx kev! ;]

Children + Mortgage = impulse buys in the form of chocolate biscuits instead of plain

haha, thats awesome!

Iv ridden the SV650 and the SV650S and almost bought the latter, but then I rode the Z750 and it launched over speed bumps that much better :P

I splurged and got a new SS ute ...

Ive been looking for a replacement for my beloved S15 Silvia for about 1.5 years and couldnt find anything that tickled my fancy at the time ... unfortunantly it had 160,000k's on teh clock and was starting to get little bits and pieces go wrong. It had been serviced every 5,000k's and loved like a child ... after so much time looking for a new car I saw a new SS ute in the paper for $39,990 went around to the dealer checked it out and eventually drove away in it 3 days later.

$25,000 change over with metalic paint (atomic green) lowered 2" all round (new springs) and 20" mags and 2.5"dual exhaust ... easy way to spend 25k

guess I wont be splurging for a while yet lol

mostly pc s***...

when i went and bought some more ram.. got a 1TB hdd with it..
bought sf4.. instead of just getting a console controller i got a HRAP3.. s*** like that to add that little bit more

I didn't really impulse buy (more just was presented an opportunity to just buy it while out) a muted Evans EMAD bass drum head on Sunday and it sounds SO PHAT now. Punchy mofo.

I impulse buy'd a rock climbing day.

was fun. recommend it.

I bought a slanket after seeing a reference to it on 30 rock. Now am busy filling said slanket with my farts.

oops to you....
what a fail proof method of failing........
so you're telling me that somewhere in norman park, someone is actually wearing something designed for woodridge and beyond.
isnt it just a blanket with sleeves.
isnt the back open?
if so, how do you fill it with farts?

Bought a new drum kit recently. Timing did it really.

so impulse kids means no impulse buys eh

Rear Speaker stands :/
CK ring :/
TE arcade stick :/
PGR4 :/

ticman: In fact the longer I think about making a purchase, the less chance I will go through with doing it.

I fkn hear ya there

lewd, you prolly need to watch 30 rock to get it ;)

Digital SLR Camera, electric shaver, small stereo and a new bag, all in the last few weeks. Regret none of them.

s***ty river shoes.

damn it do i regret buying those piece of s***. after a month they are f***ed.

I'm pretty sure anything I buy is impulse. It's generally "I think I need a..." then end up finding and buying that day.

Biggest one in recent memory has been "I need a new telly", blew 5k on a telly, amp and some speakers about 2 hours later. Pricks wouldn't even deliver it.

Children + Mortgage = impulse buys in the form of chocolate biscuits instead of plain

Elivs is a smart man by the sounds of it, my mrs thinks the same thing ;)

also I've never, ever been to 4chan. projecting yourself onto me is just silly

4chan quotes Jim.

Elivs is a smart man by the sounds of it, my mrs thinks the same thing ;)

Wait...
Your mrs is doing Elivs?
Might wanna rethink your sig :P

Might wanna rethink your sig :P

he might want to rethink the babies name ... Lily Johnson = White Cock.

I tend to impulse buy on ebay for rare cds/lps when i know a band is coming to australia.

im going to impulse buy a camera and wireless kb/mouse today ->
http://www.catchoftheday.com.au/