Shopping thread (boxing day/january sales edition)

_Em · 2017-01-02T12:46:26.923Z

The branch of Staples in my hometown is closing down, so I popped in with a friend to see if they had anything good a couple of days ago. She wanted a new diary, and they had a display with a big pile of quite nice diaries reduced to 10p, which seemed incredible. So she bought two, in case her bf wanted one.

Today I got a text “WTF- I bought 2x 2016 diaries”. Neither of us noticed, I guess because we just assumed they wouldn’t have a big display of last year’s diaries. Good work Staples.

Epimer · 2017-01-02T12:48:52.665Z

pinkybrain · 2017-01-02T13:23:20.822Z

Took a pair of shoes I got for Christmas back, they didn’t have any in my size in the shop, so they gave me a gift voucher for £100, I then get the shoes online, but apply my student discount, meaning I have a spare £11 to spend. Fucking score

ericthefourth · 2017-01-02T13:34:35.455Z

buy 110 chomps, will last you almost half the year!

penoid · 2017-01-02T13:36:08.712Z

dunno what year you travelled to to post this, but they’re 25p now.

keith · 2017-01-02T13:43:55.491Z

I’m sure we’ve already established that red trousers are always a bad choice unless you’re Jack or Meg White.

ericthefourth · 2017-01-02T13:45:06.622Z

the world is going straight to hell. what about freddo?

penoid · 2017-01-02T14:23:48.375Z

SAME, MATE

urbanfox · 2017-01-02T14:29:17.378Z

25p for a Freddo!

TWENTY. FIVE. PENCE.

ericthefourth · 2017-01-02T14:29:51.009Z

fucking hell!!!

sarahispi · 2017-01-02T14:30:04.515Z

I bought a new pair of trousers from the mens’ section in H&M and I can actually fit things in the pockets. Is this what male privilege feels like?

penoid · 2017-01-02T14:31:31.638Z

20p each if you buy 5 at once

Epimer · 2017-01-02T15:29:13.470Z

That’s where we keep it.

sadpunk · 2017-01-03T11:13:53.138Z

Bought a nice mid-layer for not being fucking freezing when outside.

foppyish · 2017-01-03T11:36:54.242Z

Campers in the sale (they’re my chrismas present)
I need a new phone, I’ve kept mine almost perfect for 7.5 years but the battery is finally going

foppyish · 2017-01-03T11:37:51.799Z

(what phone should I get, i’m probably going to get one of those moto g things, everyone was raving about them a few years ago but I don’t know if they’re sill rated)

Epimer · 2017-01-03T11:42:14.125Z

Moto G4 or Play look fine. If you want to pay a bit more, the OnePlus Three is great, so the 3T is presumably even better.

FunkyBadger · 2017-01-03T12:26:43.050Z

I’ve just bought a Moto G4 plus for £185. I’m pleased with it so far, coming from an HTC One M8. The only downsides so far are:

Lack of NFC for Android pay
Lack of infra red blaster for being a dick and changing TV channels without the remote
It gets a bit hot with heavy usage and charging
Very occasionally there are phantom touches, where it thinks I’m touching the screen but I’m not. Wiping the screen seems to resolve this.

foppyish · 2017-01-03T12:31:14.849Z

sounds like I won’t go too far wrong with the G4 M8, although I thought that they’d be a little cheaper than that.

FunkyBadger · 2017-01-03T12:37:03.530Z

This is the G4 plus. They also have G4 and G4 play, which are cheaper versions.