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I think I'm ready to "Jump In."
« on: September 21, 2007, 01:16:58 PM »
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?type=category&id=pcmcat131300050003

We held off on getting the 1080p LCD Samsung HDTV after finding out we had some major home repairs to do, but this deal is absolutely insane.

1080p 50" Samsung Slim-Depth DLP HDTV
Xbox 360 Premium
Halo 3

$1619.97 with free shipping.

WOW.
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« Reply #1 on: September 21, 2007, 01:19:34 PM »
DO IT. It really is an insane deal.

Halo 3 time!

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« Reply #2 on: September 21, 2007, 01:21:00 PM »
I'll have to run it by the wife. Aside from making a $30,000 down payment, we've spent a TON of money lately.
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« Reply #3 on: September 21, 2007, 01:21:46 PM »
Samsungs are so sex, I love mine.
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« Reply #4 on: September 21, 2007, 01:22:44 PM »
Our Samsung CRT HDTV has treated us well the last two years, it will end up in our bedroom so I can get my HD action going on upstairs, too.
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« Reply #5 on: September 21, 2007, 01:22:53 PM »
Just tell her you were gonna buy all this stuff eventually for probably more money. Or something. I don't know how that goes. Good luck with that, dude.
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« Reply #6 on: September 21, 2007, 01:25:22 PM »
Just tell her you were gonna buy all this stuff eventually for probably more money. Or something. I don't know how that goes. Good luck with that, dude.

Well, she did say I could get a 360 if it were bundled with the TV.

Hell, we've got $35,000 in savings and we're still going to be putting away $1,000 a month even with our mortgage.
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« Reply #7 on: September 21, 2007, 01:25:31 PM »
Yeah I had a Samsung CRT EDTV for a long time and that was a badass tv.
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« Reply #8 on: September 21, 2007, 01:26:11 PM »
Mine only cost $100 brand new. It makes it the ultimate badass.
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« Reply #9 on: September 21, 2007, 01:28:39 PM »
Our Samsung CRT HDTV has treated us well the last two years, it will end up in our bedroom so I can get my HD action going on upstairs, too.
I still have an old Samsung CRT HDTV.  What model is it?  I got it for 800 new  <3 <3

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« Reply #10 on: September 21, 2007, 01:31:14 PM »
Not sure off the top of my head. It was clearanced at Target back in the Fall of 2005, and I managed to get the last one they had for $100.
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« Reply #11 on: September 21, 2007, 01:58:23 PM »
that's a pretty sexy deal.  $35k in savings?!  wtf are you waiting for, dm?
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« Reply #12 on: September 21, 2007, 02:02:49 PM »
that's a pretty sexy deal.  $35k in savings?!  wtf are you waiting for, dm?

I'm not whipped, but I would get serious amounts of shit if I didn't consult with the wife. We've got one of them "equal marriage" things them city folks are doing these days. I can buy games and movies and music and shit whenever, but a big purchase requires discussion.
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« Reply #13 on: September 21, 2007, 02:05:14 PM »
Not sure off the top of my head. It was clearanced at Target back in the Fall of 2005, and I managed to get the last one they had for $100.
awesome.  is it the one that does the little jingle sound when you turn it on?

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« Reply #14 on: September 21, 2007, 02:05:49 PM »
Not sure off the top of my head. It was clearanced at Target back in the Fall of 2005, and I managed to get the last one they had for $100.
awesome.  is it the one that does the little jingle sound when you turn it on?

Yup! I went into the menu and turned it off, only to discover a sad wife asking for it to come back...
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« Reply #15 on: September 21, 2007, 02:07:58 PM »
Just tell her you were gonna buy all this stuff eventually for probably more money. Or something. I don't know how that goes. Good luck with that, dude.

Well, she did say I could get a 360 if it were bundled with the TV.

Hell, we've got $35,000 in savings and we're still going to be putting away $1,000 a month even with our mortgage.
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« Reply #16 on: September 21, 2007, 02:16:40 PM »
that's a pretty sexy deal.  $35k in savings?!  wtf are you waiting for, dm?

I'm not whipped, but I would get serious amounts of shit if I didn't consult with the wife. We've got one of them "equal marriage" things them city folks are doing these days. I can buy games and movies and music and shit whenever, but a big purchase requires discussion.

i feel you.  my wife and i are the same way when it comes to bigger purchases.  for the smaller things, we've got our own play money for that.  i'm slowly working the angles to upgrade my tv to a 50" pioneer plasma.  it's gonna take some time.
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« Reply #17 on: September 21, 2007, 02:29:18 PM »
We've agreed to get a new 1080p 40"+ HDTV in the Spring when she gets her bonus... now if I can somehow push up the timeline...
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« Reply #18 on: September 21, 2007, 03:17:39 PM »
We've agreed to get a new 1080p 40"+ HDTV in the Spring when she gets her bonus... now if I can somehow push up the timeline...
i know how...

"OMG LOOK AT THIS CRAZY DEAL BABY!"

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« Reply #19 on: September 21, 2007, 03:27:51 PM »
:lol :lol :lol
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« Reply #20 on: September 21, 2007, 03:28:53 PM »
 :lol :lol
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« Reply #21 on: September 21, 2007, 03:29:53 PM »
Yeah, my wife doesn't buy anything extravagant that I could use a leverage.  :lol
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« Reply #22 on: September 21, 2007, 03:30:09 PM »
We've agreed to get a new 1080p 40"+ HDTV in the Spring when she gets her bonus... now if I can somehow push up the timeline...
I've got this deal with my wife that she doesn't say anything when I make irrational purchases because of her jaw dropping horse purchase.

oof, that is huge, not to mention the massive upkeep cost of such a beast.

I'd say you've got years of mileage of free reign spending in exchange for that. I know that my wife is going to want a horse too when we move back out west in the future, and I am so not looking forward to paying for that.

I tell my wife when I buy a new game at full MSRP. Usually that's only one or so a month at most. If I raid Big Lots or GoGamer for cheap PC games, I don't really report it or anything. $4-$6 is effectively rounding error in our budget.
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« Reply #23 on: September 21, 2007, 03:59:08 PM »
You can get a 1080P 50" LCD for a little more but you won't get a 360 though.  The DLP looks pretty nice but most women prefer flat panels for aesthetic reasons.  You might want to ask your wife before she starts yelling at you for buying a bulky tv. 

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« Reply #24 on: September 21, 2007, 04:01:29 PM »
You can get a 1080P 50" LCD for a little more but you won't get a 360 though.  The DLP looks pretty nice but most women prefer flat panels for aesthetic reasons.  You might want to ask your wife before she starts yelling at you for buying a bulky tv. 

We already have a bulky CRT HDTV, she wouldn't mind a bulky DLP HDTV.
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« Reply #25 on: September 21, 2007, 04:02:32 PM »
I figure I'm golden for a good ten years for that one.

Aren't you thinking about Utah Frag?  That's where are horses are currently.

It's on the short list. My wife did graduate work out at USU, and we've visited Logan a few times since. We really like the Cache Valley area quite a bit, and my next job with The Company(tm) will likely have even more location flexibility than my current one, so it's a definitely up there.

Other choices are:

- SE Arizona-maybe 45m or so SE of Tuscon. We visit out there once every 18 months or so just to go birdwatching and it is delightful, also it's not nearly as hot or evil as the northern part of the state.
- Eastern WA - Her family lives in Pasco like right on the Columbia. It's a beautiful area and being close to her aging parents-they are Belgian nationals without too much in the way of US relatives-would be a plus.
- Colorado, not near Denver but maybe somewhere else. She has family in Colorado Springs, though that's a mega fundie/military town and we would have to hide our european socialist leanings even more than we do now here in NC.

We'll figure it out at some point. She's never liked the East and I'm sort of eager to get out of this area as well after being cooped up in it for thirty years.
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« Reply #26 on: September 21, 2007, 04:03:56 PM »
Don't move to Eastern WA. You'll regret it.

Unless you move to Wenatchee, it's gorgeous over there.
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« Reply #27 on: September 21, 2007, 04:16:50 PM »
Wenatchee?  Beautiful?  Since when?  Did they move the town somewhere else?
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« Reply #28 on: September 21, 2007, 04:21:33 PM »

- SE Arizona-maybe 45m or so SE of Tuscon. We visit out there once every 18 months or so just to go birdwatching and it is delightful, also it's not nearly as hot or evil as the northern part of the state.

Avoid Arizona.  You'll die from the heat.  It set a record this summer with over 30 days of 110 degrees.  What about San Diego?  SD has great weather, lots of beaches and better traffic than the other major Californian cities. 

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« Reply #29 on: September 21, 2007, 04:22:30 PM »
Wenatchee?  Beautiful?  Since when?  Did they move the town somewhere else?

I'd never live there, but I think the scenery over there is nice.
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« Reply #30 on: September 21, 2007, 04:35:24 PM »
Arizona isn't that bad in terms of summer temps, you just have to be careful about where you live. Phoenix is going to roast you, Tuscon will only bake you, and if you go into the mountain burbs an hour out of Tuscon it gets a lot more pleasant, and that's where we would probably live if we moved there.

Also, I hate large cities. Despise them. My wife hates them even more. Hence the more rural the better, provided that I can still get basic services like terrestrial high speed internets and cell phone service.
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« Reply #31 on: September 21, 2007, 04:37:15 PM »
anyway back to the HOT DEAL.

I'd say jump on it, then let her do something cool with her bonus that's totally her call. Provided it's not a horse!  ;)
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« Reply #32 on: September 21, 2007, 04:37:53 PM »
If you go to Arizona, I can get you the hookup on the Stargate Worlds MMO. Holla.
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« Reply #33 on: September 21, 2007, 05:19:10 PM »
Goddamnit, distantmantra, you bitch.  I finally get an HDTV and you have to outdo me, big rapee style.
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« Reply #34 on: September 21, 2007, 05:46:07 PM »
my wife just took $15K out of savings for a new kitchen. i am SCOT FUCKING FREE to buy anything i want for awhile, including a mexican. mupepe, what's the best sort of mexican to buy?
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« Reply #35 on: September 21, 2007, 05:49:48 PM »
my wife just took $15K out of savings for a new kitchen. i am SCOT FUCKING FREE to buy anything i want for awhile, including a mexican. mupepe, what's the best sort of mexican to buy?

Dude you should SO buy a cheap live-in babysitter or something.

I'm remodeling my kitchen bit by bit. It's turning out great, though the real transformation won't take place until the new countertops come in (which is like over a year out at my pace).
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« Reply #36 on: September 21, 2007, 05:58:45 PM »
share? my wife is not into horses (her tastes run to regular ipod updates, shoes, and not much else), so i am safe on that front.
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« Reply #37 on: September 21, 2007, 06:00:59 PM »
god damn, Im looking forward to being a married professional married to another professional and having no children
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« Reply #39 on: September 21, 2007, 06:06:28 PM »
good thing it wasn't a passing fancy. and hey: gets her out of the house so you can slob about playing shitty videogames in your boxers and watching skinemax!
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« Reply #40 on: September 21, 2007, 06:14:17 PM »
hahahaha, nice. my wife gives me very little shit about my stack of "thirty minuters" too. really, i'm glad she's bad at the maths! :heart
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« Reply #41 on: September 21, 2007, 06:29:27 PM »
my wife just took $15K out of savings for a new kitchen. i am SCOT FUCKING FREE to buy anything i want for awhile, including a mexican. mupepe, what's the best sort of mexican to buy?
this one <3

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« Reply #42 on: September 21, 2007, 06:35:52 PM »
can you make churros?

your daughter can play with my daughter, it would be so cute <3
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« Reply #43 on: September 21, 2007, 06:38:07 PM »
Are churros even authentic mexican food? We always get weird looks at guymas when theyre asked for.
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« Reply #44 on: September 21, 2007, 06:39:09 PM »
they were on the menu! :'(

guaymas = best bar in town
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« Reply #45 on: September 21, 2007, 06:42:29 PM »
can you make churros?

your daughter can play with my daughter, it would be so cute <3
i will learn for you senor.

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« Reply #46 on: September 21, 2007, 06:44:22 PM »
can you make churros?

your daughter can play with my daughter, it would be so cute <3
i will learn for you senor.

can i push you around? where i will, when i will? i wanna take you for granted.
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« Reply #47 on: September 21, 2007, 06:49:35 PM »
Man, Billy Rygar, it sounds like you've got the life.  If you ever need a slave, let me know.  I don't need much besides food.  I'll live a fancy and extravagant life if given the opportunity, but I'm a bohemian at heart, and when I'm not given much, I find I typically do the things I find most meaningful or fulfilling.
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« Reply #48 on: September 21, 2007, 07:05:43 PM »
"it was kinda cool" is my standard response when whe asks me about games I own but have never played.

My wife has learned about my backlog from hell, and viciously teases me every time I bring a new game home. However, she had no problem with me buy 20 PS2 games in Japan last summer.
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« Reply #49 on: September 21, 2007, 07:26:45 PM »
:lol :lol :lol

It was alot but then again she is serious enough that its not really a problem.

How much does it cost to maintain a horse?  I would think that it's pretty expensive. 


"it was kinda cool" is my standard response when whe asks me about games I own but have never played.

My wife has learned about my backlog from hell, and viciously teases me every time I bring a new game home. However, she had no problem with me buy 20 PS2 games in Japan last summer.

I feel you.  I ended up buying a bunch of gaming stuff in Japan this summer too.   Mostly because the game packagings are so much better over there and their game stores are much nicer also.  I'm still mad that I didn't get a Virtua Stick:High Grade though.  :(

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« Reply #50 on: September 21, 2007, 08:12:30 PM »
good lord, and here i was thinking my dog was expensive.
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« Reply #51 on: September 21, 2007, 08:21:45 PM »
Man, Billy Rygar, it sounds like you've got the life.  If you ever need a slave, let me know.  I don't need much besides food.  I'll live a fancy and extravagant life if given the opportunity, but I'm a bohemian at heart, and when I'm not given much, I find I typically do the things I find most meaningful or fulfilling.
It's not as nice as it seems.  I've definitely got my extravagances (food, video games, and books) and so does my wife (horses) but we have to work pretty hard for it.

Still, seems like you make BANK. How old are you, if it's okay to ask?

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« Reply #52 on: September 21, 2007, 08:31:53 PM »
Yeah, which is why I decided to leave out the income question.

But DAMN, dude. It's awesome that you got all that and only being 5 (well, 4 in like a month) years older than me. Guess I should finish getting my bachelor's some day..
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« Reply #53 on: September 21, 2007, 08:50:13 PM »
Would you change jobs if you got your master's? You got a B.A. in history right?

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« Reply #54 on: September 21, 2007, 08:55:57 PM »
Ah, right. I plan on trying to get a Phd so that in my later years I could just end up teaching.

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« Reply #55 on: September 21, 2007, 09:05:09 PM »
English

Is that why you're always correcting spelling errors? 

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« Reply #56 on: September 21, 2007, 09:08:51 PM »
Keep doing it.  Spelling/grammar flames are funny when done properly. 

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« Reply #57 on: September 21, 2007, 09:16:53 PM »
Billy Rygar, you should totally gay marry me.  I would be a pretty good pro best friend.  My allowance would be negotiable but I probably cost less than a horse.
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« Reply #58 on: September 21, 2007, 09:22:27 PM »
can you make churros?

your daughter can play with my daughter, it would be so cute <3
i will learn for you senor.

can i push you around? where i will, when i will? i wanna take you for granted.
yes, even though I'll feel stupid.  But it's something that comes and goes.  I've been changing, I think it's funny how no one knows. 

I don't talk about, the little things that I do without...

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« Reply #59 on: September 21, 2007, 09:48:34 PM »
can you make churros?

your daughter can play with my daughter, it would be so cute <3
i will learn for you senor.

can i push you around? where i will, when i will? i wanna take you for granted.
yes, even though I'll feel stupid.  But it's something that comes and goes.  I've been changing, I think it's funny how no one knows. 

I don't talk about, the little things that I do without...

well, there'll be no rest for those tired eyes -- i'm marking it down to learning.
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