Just made my best impulse-buy of the year! [Archive]

myshoeshurt

Aug 21, 2006, 06:22 PM

I was in Zellers (crappy Canadian "big box" store), to buy some decent batteries for my digital camera. Took a stroll through the electronics to find them and BANG -- I found myself at check-out with a DS Lite, Brain Age, and New Super Mario Bros.

... Credit Card companies LOVE me. :rolleyes:

:D

Mackilroy

Aug 21, 2006, 06:34 PM

Congratulations on your DS purchase! I love my DS Lite. *hugs it*

sam10685

Aug 21, 2006, 06:48 PM

your goin to be busy for weeks dude... i just beat the level 8 boss on NSMB so now i need to go back and find about a hundred star coins. then i need to go get a new game. maybe i'll replay NSMB too. GREAT GAME...

OttawaGuy

Aug 21, 2006, 06:51 PM

brain age is a really fun game.
enjoy!:)

Dagless

Aug 21, 2006, 07:24 PM

Welcome to gaming addiction.

Ringo

Aug 21, 2006, 08:42 PM

Congrat! you just lost your life ;)
Welcome to the real... false word :)

BurtonCCC

Aug 21, 2006, 08:46 PM

Congratulations on your DS purchase! I love my DS Lite. *hugs it*
I find it very difficult to not drop my DS Lite while trying to hug it. I prefer to give it a solid handshake.

Daniel.

MS bulldog

Aug 22, 2006, 12:27 AM

... Credit Card companies LOVE me. :rolleyes:

:D

congrats...can i interest you in an opportunity to transfer balances to our credit card with a low introductory rate of 0%...that's right 0% for the next 6 months. Please don't ask about the rate after that. Remember, we love you.:)

myshoeshurt

Aug 24, 2006, 12:07 AM

:D You guys are right, I'm addicted! Especially with games like NSMB and Brain Age. Brain Age I have to (and WANT to) use every day, and I just cant put New Super Mario Bros down. Not to mention how gorgeous the Lite is. I'd actually owned a DS before but I wasn't interested in any of the games at the time, then I heard about the Lite and traded the DS in (to buy Guitar Hero) swearing I'd get the Lite sometime when it came out... also knowing that better games would be out by that time. Boy was I right! I love the size of the Lite... and the screens are so vibrant.

Man alive, does NSMB feel classic! I don't regret this insane impulse buy one bit!

Cybix

Aug 24, 2006, 12:30 AM

also a new DS lite owner here, my wife decided she wanted one, I bought one at the same time, hahaha.. we battle tetris all the time, it rawks..

NSMB, awesome. Also just beat the bad dude on W8, yet there still seems to be MORE.. urgh havent done W3 or W5 though... cant seem to even get to them, odd...

FUN

tedrjr03

Aug 24, 2006, 12:49 AM

I hope you have fun with it , from what ive heard its very addicting:D

Xeem

Aug 24, 2006, 01:14 AM

I am definitely jealous. Hopefully my birthday in a few weeks will yield similar results.

ZoomZoomZoom

Aug 24, 2006, 01:40 AM

I wonder what would happen if you tried walking through and Apple Store, just strolling through to pick up a pair of iPod socks...

Dagless

Aug 24, 2006, 06:15 AM

maddav

Aug 24, 2006, 06:39 AM

you have to defeat the bosses as mini Mario. Personally I found boss 3 harder than 5 to beat that way! Eeks.
Same here, it took me quite a few tries to beat boss 3, boss 5 only took 2 :confused:

Tommyg117

Aug 24, 2006, 08:12 AM

Good purchase my friend! Let us know what you think!

sb58

Aug 24, 2006, 12:53 PM

congrats on being the owner of the best handheld in the market.

MacRumorUser

Aug 24, 2006, 12:59 PM

As the tv ad say's

"men cant resist acting on impulse" :D

Enjoy :)

Sky Blue

Aug 24, 2006, 02:07 PM

Bought my DS two weeks ago with NSMB, already have Sonic and Brain Age.

Can not wait for Zelda, FF3 and YI2.

seenew

Aug 24, 2006, 04:02 PM

I just spent $750 of a $1000 scholarship check on a Canon 10-22mm lens and 5 year warranty. :(

twistedlegato

Aug 24, 2006, 07:22 PM

I just spent $750 of a $1000 scholarship check on a Canon 10-22mm lens and 5 year warranty. :(

so, you spent collage money on a cammra....bad boy.....

Cybix

Aug 24, 2006, 07:34 PM

no, he spent it on a LENS for a camera (no camera there)...

I want that lens. NICE lens, it's worth it! :)

back to Mario... last night I got through another world 8 level.. i think 8-8 or something, its the one where lava/rocks come down from the sky and bust holes in the ground / platform you need to run across to get to the end, with the little dudes that smoke up then explode. took me a few lives to get through there... it's actually a short level though :)

now I'm up to the last 'mini castle' before proceeding to the BIG castle at the end (which looks green'ish on my map screen) is this finally the end? hrmmm.

I have only about 17 gold coins left, after trading them all for lives hahahaha

seenew

Aug 24, 2006, 08:19 PM

so, you spent collage money on a cammra....bad boy.....

No, it's just a lens.
A nice lens, though.

Dagless

Aug 25, 2006, 07:04 AM

I just spent $750 of a $1000 scholarship check on a Canon 10-22mm lens and 5 year warranty. :(

I used a whole student loan cheque (and mother) to buy a Canon EOS 350D last year. Only bought it because photography was thrown into our course (New Media Design) and the photography lecturer had loads of projects lined up for us. I hated the film developing process so I bought a digital camera to get around it. didn't work. but I love the camera :)

MacRumorUser

Aug 25, 2006, 10:03 AM

I used a whole student loan cheque (and mother) to buy a Canon EOS 350D last year.

LOL!! I know that feeling...

I spent nearly every section of my student grants on hardware, originally a ps1 on release, then a keyboard, then a dcc player, then an n64..... it goes on..... I see hardware and i must buy :D

Dagless

Aug 25, 2006, 10:23 AM

LOL!! I know that feeling...

I spent nearly every section of my student grants on hardware, originally a ps1 on release, then a keyboard, then a dcc player, then an n64..... it goes on..... I see hardware and i must buy :D

Mine has been spent on PowerBook, Nintendo DS, a new phone (ROKR), new mouse, USB Midi cables, PSP (sold), DS Lite, Gameboy Micro, HL2, new video card, holidays abroad... haha. The only thing vaguely course related was the PowerBook, even then my laptop could have been used.

Anyone actually used their loan for education purposes?

7on

Aug 25, 2006, 10:25 AM

Whatev, I basically bought a car on impulse. Beat that :p

seenew

Aug 25, 2006, 01:02 PM

Mine has been spent on PowerBook, Nintendo DS, a new phone (ROKR), new mouse, USB Midi cables, PSP (sold), DS Lite, Gameboy Micro, HL2, new video card, holidays abroad... haha. The only thing vaguely course related was the PowerBook, even then my laptop could have been used.

Anyone actually used their loan for education purposes?

Yeah, I have a $15,000 loan, and all of it's going towards tuition. :( Tuition to my school is $22,000/year, and when you add in housing/living expenses, it's supposed to be $37,000/year. EEEK.:eek:

seenew

Aug 25, 2006, 01:02 PM

Whatev, I basically bought a car on impulse. Beat that :p

I killed a man on impulse.

Wha?
SHHHHhhhhhh...

weg

Aug 25, 2006, 01:24 PM

Whatev, I basically bought a car on impulse. Beat that :p

Easy.. just find somebody who married and/or fathered a kid on impulse ;-) The money spent on your car are peanuts compared to the TCO of wife & kids ;-)

PS: I've also recently bought a NDS (black, since I live in Europe ;-)). Alas, I can't get Mario Kart Wireless working with the WLAN routers I've access to :( Well, I love my DS anyway..

Dagless

Aug 25, 2006, 01:31 PM

Yeah, I have a $15,000 loan, and all of it's going towards tuition. :( Tuition to my school is $22,000/year, and when you add in housing/living expenses, it's supposed to be $37,000/year. EEEK.:eek:

Mad! It only costs me £3k a year in course fees (parents pay). £700 student loan in 3 annual instalments which has to be paid back. not too bad really in the UK!

2nyRiggz

Aug 25, 2006, 01:39 PM

I killed a man on impulse.

Me too....messing around with my peanut butter and jelly sandwhich:p

Bless

seenew

Aug 31, 2006, 03:25 AM

Mad! It only costs me £3k a year in course fees (parents pay). £700 student loan in 3 annual instalments which has to be paid back. not too bad really in the UK!

One of the few advantages of living in a more liberal nation that I'll admit to. :p ;)

I'd love for the government to help me pay for (more) of my education. I get a staggering $4000/yr total from them. That's roughly 1/10 the total cost one year at SCAD. I borrow the rest from the government as well!

Dagless

Aug 31, 2006, 06:59 AM

should be better for me on my 3rd year. no plans on having a student loan. so that's an extra £2100 I won't be paying back. My pops dived into the property investment world so it'll be a family "loan" this year... but really I doubt I'll spend any of it this year. I have enough for a Wii myself and thats all I want, maybe a Wacom... gah!

I almost made an impulse buy yesterday. a PS2! my mate kept saying "James, I'm always right. Don't buy it". He also told me not to buy a PSP, or a DS Lite. so he's not always right :p I just wanna play a few of the RPG gems for the PS2 but I doubt its worth the ridiculous price the PS2 is still going for. £100 for the slimline PS2 with a terrible free game! no thanks. if it was priced like the cube at £60 I would buy one now.

kevinliu4

Sep 15, 2006, 04:47 AM

i'm also dying to pick one up. i've been hearing and reading so much about ds lite recently. a friend of mine mentioned he bought me one for my upcoming wedding but it's not until december.

i don't think i can wait until then. he also mentioned he got a white one for me. i want a black one. i wont be able to trade the white one for a black one either as i live in hong kong and my friend bought it in the states where he lives. urgh! either way, i'm getting a white one in a few months and would feel pretty bad about selling or giving it away to someone. any suggestions? also i hope the games aren't region coded, though i will need to get an adaptor for the voltage difference...also bit of a pain.

too bad my birthday is in feb, then i could use the excuse that someone bought me one as a present!