While I was in London I got from Tesco 2 DrPepper 6packs for the price of 1.
Brought them both back home!

Just got


Inland Wireless Keyboard and Optical Mouse Set - 70124

over at woot.com for $15 plus $5 shipping.

This is probably obvious for all of the net-savvy wigbers, but this wouldn't be the first time I've stated the obvious.

Before buying *anything* online, do a search for a coupon code before checking out. I can find a discount (usually 10%) about 70% of the time.

see I never have luck with that, I always get sites obviously designed to slam you with ads for products rather than real working coupon codes.

Ahem... what's a coupon code?

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what's a coupon code?

Some online shops give away 'secret' codes that users can enter when ordering, that trigger specific discounts.

Those codes are sometimes spread on boards or mailing list.

FP, I usually just google the company name and "coupon code" is that the way you search?

close...I use the company name and their phrase next to the box where you enter the code... so for the aftershave I used "mankind offer code"

Actually first I checked ukfrenzy.co.uk because the codes they have often work, but they didn't have any codes for mankind.

I bought a dress at a garage sale last weekend. A large moomo style dress, Just to wear around the house, mind you. Well, the other day I went to the corner market in it and got all kinds of STARES. Turns out that its a breast feeding dress. There is a clever slit in the folds of the front chest area. I wasnt wearing a bra.

From gear lust aroused here
in the WGB Cooking School thread, the Berti Carving and Bread knives for USD 109.94 (shipped).

Ok, reading that, it appears I have a funny notion of what it means to be a cheapskate.

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Originally posted by dawntreader:
I bought a dress at a garage sale last weekend. A large moomo style dress, Just to wear around the house, mind you. Well, the other day I went to the corner market in it and got all kinds of STARES. Turns out that its a breast feeding dress. There is a clever slit in the folds of the front chest area. I wasnt wearing a bra.

It could have been worse!

FYI for cheap skates www.woot.com is selling new Roomba robotic vaccum right now for US$150 which is a pretty good price. I love mine and FP I think still uses hers a lot too.

Just picked up a five ton jack at The Sally for two dollars. Pristine!

got myself a leather sofa, two-seater (is that what they call a "love seat"?), dark blue (which actually matches my living room), very plush and comfortable. from a warehouse where a company stored the furniture after laying off half an office. free, and only slightly illegal.


edit: added a smiley.

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Originally posted by kawayama:
(is that what they call a "love seat"?),

yes

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free, and only slightly illegal.

actually that is completely illegal (but very cheap so BRAVO!)

Just got a 3 month subscription to Amazon Prime. (They're hoping I'll forget to cancel it in time - but I've marked my calendar...) Free 2 day shipping (in the US - good only for gifts) until the end of August!

stumbled on a clearance sale today, got myself a pair of black trousers and a pair of shoes (mocha loafers, but form hugging), all CAT.

trousers SEK 200 ($28), shoes SEK 260 ($36); but the girl at the till gave me the wrong change, another discount of SEK 20 ($3).

I bought a metric shitload of used Arabia Ruska plates, cups, etc. designed by Ulla Propoke for $140 USD. Hoping to sell off the bits I don't need (about 50% of it) for $80 USD

Half of a metric shitload


These are the bits I'll try to sell. The stuff we're keeping is behind the cutting board.

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I'm selling my XBOX.
Two controllers and two cheap DDR mats.
My only genuine game is Dance UK : a DDR clone with British pop.

The console is duly modded :
It can handle copied games from any origin.
It has a built-in FTP server and client (I don't remember the hard disk size).
It can run emulators, although I never got around to installing any.
It has a huge library of DDR tracks (all I could find on eMule : moer than 5GB), playable with stepmania (installed).

I burned a few games :
- Ninja Gaiden Black
- Call of Cthulhu : Dark Corners of the Earth
- Halo 2
- DDR Extreme 3

I think that's it.

I haven't decided on a price.

First I need to know if I can set the console so that English is its default language instead of French.