> Right. Well to me, if the prices have different numbers of *digits* in 
> them, they're pretty damn far apart! ;-)

That's why they sell stuff for $999 instead of $1000.

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> Doesn't your camera have a firewire socket?

My still image camera can film videos too;
but my actual *video* camera uses 8mm tapes...

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Nicolas Alvarez wrote:

>> Right. Well to me, if the prices have different numbers of *digits* in 
>> them, they're pretty damn far apart! ;-)
> 
> That's why they sell stuff for $999 instead of $1000.

Yeah, I noticed that...


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>> OK, hold on a sec...
>> http://www.ebuyer.com/product/132273
> 
> Nice. Ebuyer is now bookmarked.

Good boy. ;-)

I do almost all my shopping with ebuyer, unless I really *need* 
something right this second. Then it has to be Maplin, because you can 
walk in and buy stuff immediately rather than wait 4 days for it to be 
posted to you.

>> They sell *one* product that cheap - the MiniMac. (And that's the 
>> starting price.) Everything else is way more expensive.
> 
> Well, it starts at 399 actually but that doesn't alter your point!



>>> What about a screen? Keyboard?
>> What about them? I already own those things, so I don't need to buy 
>> any more...
> 
> But Apple don't sell DIY bits. So it's a bit unfair to compare with that 
> scenario. "I already own a MacBook* so I don't need to buy one. Free!"

I don't see your point?

> *Haha, I typed McBook by mistake the first time, how crap a laptop would 
> that be. Although, you'd probably get a drink and fries with it...

LMAO!

Would using it make you fat and stupid?

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> I have a 1.9 Astra at the moment and I hate it (I didn't have any choice 
> in the matter). I can't wait until I get the replacement.

IIRC I had a Vaxhuall Astra (or was it a Vectra?) as a curtasy car once. 
It drove like a brick, unless you press the little "SPORT" button. And 
then it drives like a dodgem car. o_O Neither is much fun...

>> I doubt it - the "luxury cars" they show you on Top Gear all cost a 

> 
> They are getting on for supercars, like Aston Martins, Porsches and 
> Ferraris, certainly not family cars.

Well yeah - they're luxury cars, and have a price tag to match.

> I'm talking about cars like a BMW 
> 320, Audi A4 etc, Mercedes C Class, all would be looked upon as a luxury 
> family car and cost about 25k



If that's the case, why do all the people driving them act like they own 
the entire road network then? I always thought that the BMW drivers' 
massive superiority complex comes from the fact that the car costs as 
much as a small house...

Similarly, I was under the impression that a Mercedes is so expensive 
that only rock stars can actually afford to buy one.

> (compared to say a basic Ford Mondeo or 
> Peugeot 407 which can be had for around 15000 pounds).

I wouldn't drive a Ford if you paid me. I have no idea what a Peugeot 
407 is, but it sounds much more inviting...

> You can even get a brand new Porsche for 33k.

Seriously?

Heh, good thing my dad doesn't have 33k! ;-)

> Oh yeh, I wasn't disputing whether it was a good deal or not, just that 
> you can buy a perfectly decent brand new car for under 10k, a basic 
> family car for 15k, and a fast luxury family car for 25k.

Well, I guess at 10k it might as well be 10,000k - either way I don't 
have that kind of money - but I find your statements extremely 
surprising. Cars contain *metal*, and metal is very expensive. Cars 
require extensive safety testing, and that's expensive. And few people 
make cars, so they can charge the earth for them. Why *wouldn't* they be 
expensive?

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Invisible wrote:
> Nicolas Alvarez wrote:

>>> Right. Well to me, if the prices have different numbers of *digits* 
>>> in them, they're pretty damn far apart! ;-)
>>
>> That's why they sell stuff for $999 instead of $1000.
> 
> Yeah, I noticed that...
> 

> any *idea* how many 1p coins I now own??

Enough to buy an Apple computer or a second-hand car? ;-)

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Invisible wrote:
> I do almost all my shopping with ebuyer, unless I really *need* 
> something right this second. Then it has to be Maplin, because you can 
> walk in and buy stuff immediately rather than wait 4 days for it to be 
> posted to you.

I will continue to shop around, I'll just include ebuyer too from now on. :)

>> But Apple don't sell DIY bits. So it's a bit unfair to compare with 
>> that scenario. "I already own a MacBook* so I don't need to buy one. 
>> Free!"
> 
> I don't see your point?

Facetious comment. No real point, except that the reason you think Macs 
are expensive appears to be that you only ever buy PCs on a DIY basis. 
Very sensible, by the way. :)

>> *Haha, I typed McBook by mistake the first time, how crap a laptop 
>> would that be. Although, you'd probably get a drink and fries with it...
> 
> LMAO!
> 
> Would using it make you fat and stupid?

Hmm, I don't know. If it did, presumably you'd blame your glands.

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> any *idea* how many 1p coins I now own??

Everything in supermarkets and such are .99, but they add up, and when 
you end up paying those $267.32 with a credit card, you don't get any 
change back anyway :) Small shops all have "rounded" prices.

It has been some years since I last saw a 1c coin.

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>> have any *idea* how many 1p coins I now own??
> 
> Enough to buy an Apple computer or a second-hand car? ;-)

Hint: NO!

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Invisible wrote:

>>> have any *idea* how many 1p coins I now own??
>>
>> Enough to buy an Apple computer or a second-hand car? ;-)
> 
> Hint: NO!

*chuckle chuckle*

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