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Re: The 2012 list of Thrifty People
Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2012 3:12 pm
by Seven
Updated
Re: The 2012 list of Thrifty People
Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2012 4:03 pm
by JChalmers
Right may as well go and join this for the first time, need to actually curb my spending and while £400 is quite a lot I think with my wage and mainly looking at just getting bargains I should be fine. If I want to add more I can do but can't see me spending any more.
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Re: The 2012 list of Thrifty People
Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2012 10:37 pm
by HSH28
First purchase of 2012...
£25 PSN Card - £20
HSH28 = £2000
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Re: The 2012 list of Thrifty People
Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2012 12:18 pm
by White Rabbit
White Rabbit wrote:I'll take part. I'll have to get back to you about what budget I'll be setting for myself, though, as my previous budget clearly wasn't practical.
Edit: Trying to think what budget might be realistic. I won't be buying any new hardware next year and have plenty of games to last me right until the autumn, however there's a fair few big new releases I'm excited about so I'll likely buy those...oh I don't know, I'll say £750 for now but I may change this amount in the first week, if that's okay.
Further to this, I'm going to set my budget to £500.
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Re: The 2012 list of Thrifty People
Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2012 10:52 pm
by JiggerJay
Jigger Jay - Budget £200
(I'm about to have a mini clear out, which should net me around £300 to fund me for the year)
My terms
Hardware - Included
Any subscriptions or micro transactions (god forbid!) - Included
Magazines - Not Included.
Re: The 2012 list of Thrifty People
Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2012 12:41 pm
by Dante
First "purchase" of the year - Swapgame sub - £20
Dante = £1200
(Spent £20) Balance = £1180Not sure how I managed to not notice I had put the wrong balance in on the original post
Re: The 2012 list of Thrifty People
Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2012 1:01 pm
by Prototype
Already set my limit. Moron that I am.
Re: The 2012 list of Thrifty People
Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2012 8:03 pm
by Rik
Wii U and although I'm not very excited by Vita if Killzone comes out then I'll get one this year so it could be expensive. Even more so if Nextbox has a shock Xmas 2012 release
So £1750 budget for me, although I've already spent some of it...........
Modern Warfare 3 Xbox 360 £200
Rise Of Nightmares £10
The King Of Fighters XIII £15
Dodonpachi R £10
Xbox Live Points £17.50
Need For Speed The Run Wii (Don't Ask) £15
Dead Rising 2 Off The Record £12
not going well already
Re: The 2012 list of Thrifty People
Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2012 1:23 pm
by Rubix
My first purchases wont come until Feb
Re: The 2012 list of Thrifty People
Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2012 12:44 pm
by PJ
Yeah, with the exception of Resident Evil Revelations, there's nothing else I want until around March.
Re: The 2012 list of Thrifty People
Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2012 6:07 pm
by finish.last
Opening balance: £1000
Bought: The Adventures of TinTin
£15
Closing Balance: £985
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Re: The 2012 list of Thrifty People
Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2012 6:27 pm
by Rik
Child Of Eden PS3 £10
Tomb Raider Trilogy PS3 £9
Prince Of Persia Trilogy PS3 £10
Re: The 2012 list of Thrifty People
Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2012 12:36 am
by Seven
Geez Rik, only 13 days into 2012 and you've already spent £300+
Updated the list - seem not many people are taking part. Special thanks to those who has been using Code tag, it makes things faster and smoother. Those who haven't used it, please try using it
And like Rubix / PJ, there aren't many games I'd purchasing this month either. I'm still playing Star Wars The Old Republic, I'll want to re-play Knights of The Old Republic and I have Mario Kart 7 & Super Mario 3D Land to finish. I also have Rayman Origins, The Witcher, Zelda: Skyward Sword, Deus Ex 3 and few others to play through so I don't need to buy anything
I do plan to get wired 360 pad tomorrow, but I'll be using my giftcard.
Re: The 2012 list of Thrifty People
Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2012 12:48 am
by Dante
Seven wrote:I'll want to re-play Knights of The Old Republic
I got an itch to do that too - Anyone know if there's any decent mods/packs out for the PC version?
Re: The 2012 list of Thrifty People
Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2012 1:56 pm
by Rubix
1st purchase of the year!
Super Mario Land [3DS] £22.99
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Got some things selling so should get some money back
Re: The 2012 list of Thrifty People
Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2012 5:46 pm
by Rubix
Sold!Gears of War 2 Xbox 360 - £8.99
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Rubix = £350.00 [color=#FF0000](Spent £014.00)[/color] [color=#008000]Balance = £336.00[/color]
Re: The 2012 list of Thrifty People
Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2012 7:31 pm
by Rubix
Sold!Gears of War Limited Ed - £13.50
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nearly back where I started
Re: The 2012 list of Thrifty People
Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2012 4:52 pm
by JiggerJay
Jigger Jay wrote:
Jigger Jay = £200 (Made £280) Balance = £480
Sold those games on eBay for £280 which'll top up my opening balance!
Re: The 2012 list of Thrifty People
Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2012 1:48 am
by PJ
And so begins the downward spiral...
PurchasedFlatout: Ultimate Carnage (PC) - £5.77
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Re: The 2012 list of Thrifty People
Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2012 7:09 pm
by Cuttooth
X-COM Complete - £3.05
Rayman Origins (360) - £15.00
FlatOut: Ultimate Carnage (PC) - £5.77
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