PainZ
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Registered: 28th Jun 02
Location: Camberley, Surrey - Drives a Black Vectra VXR Esta
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Move into my new house Mid December and I have lots to buy. I purchased my house (Ex Show Home) with all the furniture so all I need is the techy bits!
I want :-
TV for my living room (Plasma or Large LCD, must be HDTV ready)
DVD with surround sound system for use with above
TV for my bedroom (23-26" LCD, must be HDTV ready)
Condenser Tumble Dryer
This is what I am thinking..
PANASONIC TH37PV500 - 37" Plasma (Keep on Panasonic Stand)
PANASONIC SCHT880W - Rear speaker and subs are wireless, 1000watts RMS!!
PANASONIC TX26LXD52 - 26" LCD (I would wall mount this)
HOTPOINT CTD00G - All my other kitchen appliances are intregated, this will be going in my garage
I need loads of other stuff,
Dyson vacum, stainless steel toaster, kettle, microwave.. Need to buy all cooking stuff too! Pots, pans, the lot!
So much money  
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Carr
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Registered: 1st Oct 04
Location: Leicestershire (Home) Ambleside, Lakes (Uni)
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You have an expensive taste
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Ian
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Registered: 28th Aug 99
Location: Liverpool
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Originally posted by PainZ
I need loads of other stuff, Dyson vacuum, stainless steel toaster, kettle, microwave.. Need to buy all cooking stuff too! Pots, pans, the lot!
If you need anything, its to lose the brand image. My microwave was £24 and was from Tesco, as are all my glasses and pans, plates are a Sainsburys budget starter pack.
If you want something to spend money on, go on your first shop and buy toiletries, washing tablets, fabric conditioner, bleach, dishcloths, deodorant, shampoo, shower gel, soap, bubble bath and toothpaste and come home spending £150 and wonder why there's still nothing to eat.
If you still need stuff, buy enough towels to have them in use and in the wash, and make sure you put enough in each bathroom and the kitchen. Don't forget a big bath towel and floor mats. Then stop by B&Q on your way round for enough fixtures and fittings to hang them somewhere.
While you're there, buy some tools to fit the towel ring but not before you Dyson hoover, in case you make a mess on the carpet which I hope you are winding in to the deal, otherwise you'll need a Candy.
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Bart
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Registered: 19th Aug 02
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quote:
Originally posted by Ian
If you need anything, its to lose the brand image. My microwave was £24 and was from Tesco, as are all my glasses and pans, plates are a Sainsburys budget starter pack.
Spot on there. IVe bought expensive pans and that before, when they break its a kick in the teeth.
You can buy non stick frying pans/sauce pans from tescos for £2-£3, if/when they break after 6 months or so you have no worries chucking them out knowing that they cost you less than a pint
[Edited on 04-11-2005 by Bart]
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Ian
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Registered: 28th Aug 99
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I've no objection to cool stuff in principle, but the money has go to so many ways.
There's hundreds of pounds in each room. I don't have a TV yet. Even if someone gave me one I would still need a licence which is £120, and I would rather eat.
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Nath
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Registered: 3rd Apr 02
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Label whore indeed.
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John
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Registered: 30th Jun 03
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Who serioulsy buys a hoover just because of the name?
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Melville
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Location: Newcastle upon Tyne
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ITs not just the label tho on a dyson, they are meant to be the mutz nutz
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John
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Originally posted by Melville
ITs not just the label tho on a dyson, they are meant to be the mutz nutz
If it was the best and outperformed every other one thats fair enough.
I happen to have one here though and its shite tbh.
Although I have a limited knowledge of hoovers.
Defo not any good for hoovering the car.
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Cosmo
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Registered: 29th Mar 01
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my mum swears by her dyson, thinks its alot better than the older bag type!
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Ian
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Registered: 28th Aug 99
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I have a bag-less Hoover, half the price and not as heavy, and it does the job.
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Cosmo
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Registered: 29th Mar 01
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Originally posted by Ian
I have a bag-less Hoover, half the price and not as heavy, and it does the job.
Yes but does it have a ball that lets you go in any direction....
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Andrew
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Registered: 5th May 04
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Ian has hit it on the nail. I remember my first shop at Tesco just to clean the place up a bit. It come to £45 and i was like, what.
Get the basics first, then you can worry about the nice things. Even just getting the water and gas on costs money.
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Ian
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Necessary 
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Cosmo
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saying all this though, has anyone considered he might actually have money for those things sorted and this is his treats!?!
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Ian
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Registered: 28th Aug 99
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Unless there's no mortgage involved, lavishing out on a big TV is flippant at best in a new home.
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Cosmo
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Originally posted by Ian
Unless there's no mortgage involved, lavishing out on a big TV is flippant at best in a new home.
As long as he has the money, or they might be presents or something, then its not flippant!
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Ian
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Registered: 28th Aug 99
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On a 130k mortgage, 83% of the first three months payments are interest.
ie. spent 2100 quid, and you pay off 350 from your debt.
A gift would be a grand off the mortgage.
130k at 5% over 25 total repayable £227990.
131k at 5% over 25 total repayable £229743.
ie. spend a grand now instead of paying it off the mortgage, and you have actually spent £1753.
How many electrical goods could you buy knowing that they actually cost 75% more than the sticker price. Makes VAT look a bargain.
I'm not saying don't have a nice house, I'm saying have a sound financial arrangement.
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Andrew
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Registered: 5th May 04
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quote:
Originally posted by Cosmo
saying all this though, has anyone considered he might actually have money for those things sorted and this is his treats!?!
He posted a tread about how he cannot afford to modify his car no longer, so no, he hasn't got the money 
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Cosmo
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Originally posted by Andrew
quote:
Originally posted by Cosmo
saying all this though, has anyone considered he might actually have money for those things sorted and this is his treats!?!
He posted a tread about how he cannot afford to modify his car no longer, so no, he hasn't got the money
becuase he wants to buy expensive TV's
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Sam
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My TV only cost me £350 a few months ago, it's a 28" 100HZ widescreen job with built in freeview, which I intend on keeping for several years! So IMO I think it's a good investment.
I wouldn't spend thousands of pounds on a TV though - that's just plain stupid. I can think of several better things to spend that sort of money on.
As for spending money on brand name and expensive things for the house - are you like rich or something, or you just doing it to impress other people only?
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Cybermonkey
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Registered: 22nd Sep 02
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Dyson are fucking crap though, they have bugger all suction on them compared to the Mielé Cat&Dog 700.
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Bart
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Registered: 19th Aug 02
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quote:
Originally posted by Melville
ITs not just the label tho on a dyson, they are meant to be the mutz nutz
Yeah, you could fit some alloys to it too
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Robbo
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I would tend to agree with Ian, we literally, several days before moving in, went to Sainsburys to pivk up toileteies, washin powder etc and spent nearly £120  No food was bought :S
I would get the essentials first, no harm buying top qualtiy astuff but places liek Sainsburys/Tesco's do have decent stuff for low prices (that said we bought the majority of our stuff from John Lewis and Next!!)
I would also advise against a TV in the bedroom... we were gonna get one but it would rarely get used! Esp as its jus u dude!
I would also not bother with a tyumble drier... ur airing cupboard should do perfectly fine along with a rotary wahser or a line... the winter weather may be crap but it can still dry stuff a treat 
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Robbo
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Registered: 6th Aug 02
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quote:
Originally posted by Melville
ITs not just the label tho on a dyson, they are meant to be the mutz nutz
Supposedly but they arent... we have a Morphy Richards lightweiht bagless vacuum cleaner and it does the job perfectly fine, cost £80 as well
We have a lot of lavish stuff in the hosue (leather bed, 32" tv et cetera) but u really have to get the essential stuff first and then look for lavish goodies
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