I always find it interesting seeing what people spend their money on.
This is a place to yarn about things you recently purchased that you're excited about using, or to show how much of a shopaholic you are. Where people might find a deal that hasn't already been posted on Cheapies, and a place to ask for advice on items that have been mentioned.
@Wakrak: I see, isn't it a loophole? They can't fulfil the subscriptions to nz but still offer 10% off.
Spoiled myself with a Mk3 Audi TT. Now the missus wants a new suv :/
Nice ones.
Sold em all, so no wall hanging going on here 😄
Just sold that tv unit for $80. Happy days.
Nice scores
Just got back from Auckland and thought I'd check my deal bookmarks. See there's a great offer on at PAK'n SAVE Mill St (Hamilton) via Grosave. So, I go take a cheeky gander and this is what I end up with:
Thats a mean score. Hope they tatse premo!
Wow! Dont have the freezer space 😀
I bought a crap load this month.
Galaxy Z Fold 7 for $1200, brand new and it came with accessories like 2 cases, 100W 3-way charging cable (USB-C, micro and lightning) and a few other things. Some guy was gifted it and didn't want it and sold it for far cheaper than the market price. Used is around $1600~$1900 these days, new was around $3000.
Oppo Find N2 Flip (used but excellent condition) for $240. Uusually like $500~$600 used and it was $1600 new.
DJI 4K Pro Flymore drone with accessories for $800. Used is around $1000+.
Yeti Camino 20 and 35 for $350. Usually it's $200 each for 20 and $240 for the 35.
Swatch Moonswatch (Polar Lights and Mission on Mars) for $350 each (usually $550).
LTT backpack for $300 (usually $580 total, including shipping). Really nice bag btw for techies with lots of gears.
Nothing Phone 3a Pro for $250. Usually $500.
HP Omen 16 with i9-i3900HX, GTX 4060 and 32GB DDR5 RAM, 1TB NVME SSD and 240hz screen for $1200. I don't think most laptops these days around that price are anywhere near the specs.
And a few other things as well, but those are the main ones.
At this point, I've run out of things to buy.
Wow, impressive haul - where are you getting most of this stuff? Particularly interested in where the Moonswatches are from haha
Depends. Some stuff from Trademe, some from FB Marketplace, some from Chrono24 (for watches).
Damn that's an awesome price on the Z Fold. I am in the market for a Z Flip but I'm too cheap to pay $1200 for it.
Oh and also got a Galaxy Tab S10 Ultra for $850 and it came with a keyboard cover accessory as well. But I ended up getting another one (in white) from the recent Cheapies deal, as I prefer white colour. I think they're going for $1000+ on average.
8 x $15 xbox gift cards (Mighty ape deal)
1 x Logitech G502 Lightspeed Wireless Mouse with a bunch of toilet papers as fillers to reach $99 (themarket deal)
1 x discounted hello fresh box (40% off code)
a bunch of junk items (1-day deal)
1 x kids school photos (@rip off prices)
Wanted to get more stuff but had to try very hard to restrain myself:
Toshiba hard disks
Lego City
Junk from EB Games
Sony DualSense Controller + NBA 2K22 Jumpstart Bundle
Likewise. Waiting for L2 to come back to the Waikato so I can go into Mitre10 and do a bit of pricematching on a new hose and water blaster. & I'm trying to figure out what to spend this $20 Zip voucher on.
KTM 390 Adventure motorbike for $9800 (new)
Well, you’re in first place for most money spent 😄
Good thread.
This week I've only purchased two things of note:
A usb c cable
and
A flow wrapper.
(If anyone has experience with flow wrappers please let me know).
Quite the price gap between the two items 😄
And only one of them through Cheapies.
What are you wrapping?
I will be wrapping ice blocks.
Interesting, is it quite a big machine? As in output wise?
@Foodie: Physical size is a touch under 4m long. Output… Upto (approximately) 120 units per minute. I currently don't need it to move that quickly, just future proofing haha.
Jabra Elite Active 75t with Wireless Charging for $186 from Noel Leeming via themarket last week. Loving it. Happy to say that it has 2 active simultaneous connections windows laptop & Iphone in case anyone is wondering.
Bunch of Xiaomi Smart sensors (door sensor, motion sensor, temp & humidity) from Aliexpress using the SocialGood promo. All purchases tracked in SG, hopefully I can recover atleast 25% of my spend eventhough it says 100% cashback. Placed order for couple of Shelly's for switches. Happily using Home Assistant for all the integrations.
You're lucky to get your Jabra Active Elite 75t's to connect to your laptop. Mine just wont. Jabra say they're not set up for connecting to computers. I guess it'll work with some. Lucky.
Yes. I am aware, so was skeptical on pulling the trigger as I wanted it specifically for this reason. Also, wanted something below $200 with good fit, battery and water proof. Luckily it all worked out in the end. Damn happy with it.
By the way you can use the jabra bluetooth link on laptop.
Hmmm what do you mean 'jabra bluetooth link' ?
I have tried setting them up thru the bluetooth menus on the laptop - It'll set them up and even offer to connect but at that point nothing happens.
Ah google tells me it's a little hardware usb device.
I'm not going there for the Jabra's as I have a set of Samsung Galaxy Buds Pro arriving sometime soon on the courier and they should connect easily. Thanks for the thought tho.
LEGO CITY Stunt Show Arena 60295 from The Market, $130 from The Warehouse was already cheap but I got my sister to sign up for The Market so I got a $20 code, free postage.
LEGO 10289 Botanical Collection Bird of Paradise from Amazon AU for about $125 NZ including postage, it's $180+ in NZ. Also got another set of LEGO Flower Bouquet 10280, about $80, $100 here when in stock.
I'd booked a room at WLG Rydges a while ago, was a good rate then and included breakfast, I cancelled it last week and rebooked without breakfast for $101 cheaper! ($129 on Booking.com, free upgarde to king south facing). We eneded up with Koru lounge passes from our credit card so had "free" (and really good) breakfast in there, $101 saved.
The $15 off Mighty Ape promo was great, got a cook book ($39 on special, $55 on The Market), secret santa present and some baby stuff.
Teeny Weeny Cozi Sleeper bassinet, my wife was onto the Farmers sale, $299 was good, then I found one pretty much the same on TradeMe for $130, yesss.
Just looking at Farmers actually. They have a couple dining tables at a good price. Might go with Farmers, iFurniture or Furniture Zone. Would go second-hand but the ol' Nissan Tiida isn't known for its house moving capabilities.
Got 4 Thing Thing branded tshirts from hyper ride $72.55 using the CLEAR10 discount code
Youtube premium + youtube music monthly subscription $2.45 using India VPN trick
2 x Gillette Mach 3 Turbo + 9 Blades for $49.98 free shipping and used $10 discount code
$48.38 aliexpress for Baseus usb c hub 8-in one
$55 for magic blanket babies using $10 coupon from the market
$53 for zuru pets alive booty shakin pug,
Lego city sports car, lego city police helicopter (took advantage of $5 warehouse coupon and buy 1 lego get 1 half price)
$87.70 for 3 dresses at Zara for my daughter
"Youtube premium + youtube music monthly subscription $2.45 using India VPN trick"
Can you tell me more please?
Connect to India VPN and then from your youtube app, click on manage membership, subscribe to youtube premium, it should show you the cost 129Rs per month
Thanks! Seems to have worked
Cancelled my existing sub though my laptop, says paid benefits will carry on to renewal date
Received a confirmed cancellation email
Downloaded TunnelBear to my Iphone and signed up for a free trial (cant install on work laptop)
Went to Youtube and memberships
Had the option to sign up in Rupees
Entered my card details and a Indian address
Got a confirmed subscription email next payment will be taken at the renewal date
Question will be whether the payment goes through OK or, even worse Google / Youtube pick up on it and block my account
@offroad: Had an email saying my payment failed. I set it up with an Amex card, which is what I was using paying it previously. There was a message saying something about the bank of india only accepts cards that take recurring payments?!
I put in my Visa card and it seems the subscription has processed as its moved my next subscription date to December. I had to go in again and set the card as my secondary payment method which seems to have triggered a validation transaction of 4 cents, which I assume will drop off in a few days.
@Madao: Thanks for the heads up, i started my subscription on 26oct, so lets see what happens on monthly renewal
@Madao: Mine didn’t renew, got an email saying:
We had a little trouble processing your last payment for YouTube Premium. In fact, you may have already seen an email from Google letting you know there was an issue charging your credit or debit card.
@offroad: Yes, thats the message I got.
I used my ANZ visa CC to pay but seeing as thats the same type you got the error on too I expect it will fail next month now.
Annoying if it wont take a recurring payment but will take one offs. Doing that each month will be a chore but worth it to save 10 bucks or so i guess.
@Madao: My cousin in states bought yearly subscription with his American credit card just for Rs1159. He said he did it from desktop. I will try the same next month.
@Madao: Had to go put my csv code and pay manually, now says renewal date next month but payment might decline next month again as it looks like my ANZ credit card doesnt allow automatic payments to this Indian service
@offroad: Payment appears to have debited fine today from my ANZ Visa CC, set as secondary payment method. Updated service date says next payment not due until Jan now.
@offroad: Top right menu in Youtube theres an option for purchases and memberships and under manage membership option for backup payment method
I have been using YP family plan(5 accounts) for few months for around ~$3.6. No issues with the payments. It's better cost effective if you can share it others. I have
Safer too. Create an alt and become family members off it. If anything goes wrong hopefully the alt is punished
4 years too late
Mont blanc explorer 100ml edp $79
https://www.chemistwarehouse.co.nz/buy/100074/Mont-Blanc-Exp…
ProRunner 42XT Treadmill $996.40 NZD using hospitality code HNZ2021594
https://www.torpedo7.co.nz/products/JV03TNN05/title/prorunne…
Karcher WV 2 Plus Window Vacuum. $48.
Got Briscoes to pricebeat Smiths City.
Pretty lucky. Smiths City gave it a different name and they only have one available nationwide (& can't be purchased online).
Bought a few things today:
1. Briscoes - Folding Trolley $100 (RRP $250)
2. Noel Leeming - WD 2TB Hardrive $85 + Enelope Rechargable AAA $14 + AA $14 with CSC Main + ZIP =$83
3. 1-day - Chromecast with google tv pay with Shipping21 coupon + ZIP = $95
4. Farmers - Clearance + further 50% off cloths =$150
5. The Warehouse - BOGOH + 50 % off clearance Cushions
Please share what did you guys bought on Black Friday in case we missed out some good deal!!
Adidas 40%, Amazon AU 4K movies and Arlo Essentials XL, Cosmic Red PS controller, Lenovo tablet, Lego and Sony WH MX4 through Market… Am hoping for no more deals until Boxing Sale so my CC can cool off…
Which lenovo tablet you bought?
10.1 inch M10 tab (cheaper than the 10.3 inch version) - it was either TWH or NL thru the Market for $251 shipped. Could have gone for the 10.3 inch M10 tab thru Amazon AU which still looks to be on sale there if you are still on the look out. Cheers
I purchased this full stainless 4 burner BBQ from Mitre10 over the weekend.
https://www.mitre10.co.nz/shop/meteor-meteor-york-gas-bbq-4-…
RRP $999
BFD $499
M10 Vouchers $300 (Cheapies winnings)
Paid $200 in total for it.
Very happy with it.
Who would have thought your lego would cost the same as a shed?
Lego is so overpriced!
anyone found a store with these in stock? Tried the whole south island to no luck :(
yoga mat, tshirt, protein shaker, push-up bars, 10L collapsible bucket, folding low table = $68 overall (thanks to bigcheese)
new treadmill control board, Xiaomi automatic soap dispenser, 2x adjustable phone stands, magnetic car phone holder = $300ish
YESDEX LED Desk Lamp with Clamp $28 approx.
Bodum - 2 pcs glass, double wall, medium, 0.35 l / 3PK Lemon & Lime Soho Glass Preserve Jar 175ml x11 = $50 overall (had store credit)
Monthly subscription box of 6x Oatly Oat Drink Barista Edition $34 delivered
15L seed mix, 200pk white screw caps, 4pc brush set, 2x Mr Clean eraser block, propagation tray, mini hacksaw, 4-way powerboard, 50x100cm mat grip, non-slip mat, 2x conduit trunking 2.0m = $105 approx. (with PowerPass)
That lamp is even cheaper now lol..
Getting the same price (delivered) I got the other day (with 20% coupon). Still pretty cheap anyway if it is slightly cheaper.
Based on Wakraks recommendation in this thread, purchased the Cole & Mason Derwent Stainless Steel Salt & Pepper Set $101.99 delivered from Living and Giving, however it seems I got the last Stainless Steel one, now only Gun Metal showing.
Nice! I'm sure you'll enjoy them.
What are your thoughts on em so far?
Love them! Kept them proudly on display on my dining table, until the 3yo learnt how to use them……
A 3yo arsonist……you've got a lot more troubles to come!
Finally bought the Bissell ProHeat 2X Revolution Pet Carpet Shampooer from Harvey Norman for $569 price match tvsn.co.nz. Guy said there was nothing it in for them at that price.
Aquila 155L frost free vertical freezer from HN $855
Found it better in person than the Mitsubishi 160L that is $799 at the moment.
https://www.harveynorman.co.nz/whiteware/refrigeration/verti…
And as above, 3.5kg of streaky bacon @$8/kg
Nice! Where did you get your bacon from? 😊
Awesome, thanks
50L Planter Pot - $11.65 delivered
Pricematched vs. Bunnings + $5 MarketClub signup Bonus + free delivery.
My basil is growing too quickly.
Should it be of any help, I've been using fabric pots for a bunch of chilli plants and they've been awesome. Great when storing them away and very portable with the built in handles. Being fabric they allow for excellent aeration and water retention.
I've found Dick Smith to be the cheapest when they have free shipping. They go up to 10 gallons which is seemingly around what you're after (45L approx). You're looking at $5.60 a bag when free shipping is available. They were actually a lot cheaper not that long ago (I got a 10 pack of 5 gallon bags for $27.99) so hopefully the price comes down soon.
Definitely keep that in mind, thanks for that. They look like a good light option.
Seems like 50L is the biggest (cheap) pot that most stores stock. My Basil is currently in a 44L(?) but has outgrown it in just 4 weeks.
Basil (and parsley - maybe they are related?) is amazing - we had to move it into a pot as it was taking over in the garden.
@Alan6984: Basil is good to dip your head into eh. Such a good smell. Got a little bubba one I keep for creating more to give away.
After watching a Youtube vid at 3am in the morning when I couldn't get to sleep of a guy playing Cyberpunk in VR I had ended up buying all of the following by 5am that same morning. I'm no doctor but I think it was a classic case of impulse buying. Please take note that I haven't owned a gaming PC since 1999, have never built a PC before and only have a very basic understanding of what is what when it comes to the different kinds of parts, but in those early hours of the morning it seemed like a really good idea to just trust my gut and go for it.
So I bought-
A Gigabyte Geforce RTX 3070 Ti Gaming OC Graphics Card for $1099 from PB Tech
an i5-12600 non K, 32gb Ripjaws DDR4 3200mhz (2 x 16gb sticks), Asus Z690 motherboard, cheap MSI case, Samsung nvme, Corsair HX 750w power supply and all the other things you need to make a computer work for around $1300 from PB Tech. I got the non K version of the CPU because I wanted something with built in graphics in case I couldn't get the video card to work and also I didn't want a CPU that was easy to overclock because I know I'd try it and probably break it.
an Oculus Quest 2 128gb for around $503 from Amazon along with a PC cable for $33 so I can play PC VR games on it.
The last copy of Dark Pictures Little Hope on Xbox for $20 from Amazon
Cooler Master MasterKeys CK550 keyboard for $93 from Amazon
Razer Basilisk X wireless mouse for $60 from Amazon
I know the mouse and keyboard are a bit on the cheap side but I figured I'd start off with cheap ones in case it turns out I don't like PC gaming.
A big long mousepad off Trade Me for $30 because why are mouse pads up around $200 what is wrong with people?
Also grabbed a EPOS GSP 670 Wireless Gaming Headset from Computer Lounge for $149, I didn't need it I just saw it when I was there checking out pc parts but I have this problem where I see headsets on special I have to buy them and it was so cheap I couldn't pass it by, I think it was a pricing mistake because when I went back there later in the day it was still on special but the price had jumped up to $249, some places are selling them for close to $500 so I'll be interested to see how good they are compared to my Astro A50's.
Bought a 32" curved screen 1440p 144hz 2nd hand monitor for $370 off Trade Me, will probably upgrade to an ultrawide if I find myself doing a lot of PC gaming.
Lastly, grabbed a windows 11 key for $15 from what I hope is a reputable site, they let me use PayPal so I figure they're above board.
Packages from NZ all arriving tomorrow and the ones from Aus in about a weeks time, fun times ahead!
That's a pretty good 2 hour shopping spree! $3500 odd. Should last you a couple of years too.
Yeah the only thing I was worried about was the video card, it seemed very cheap compared to all the rest, it was cheaper than all the non Ti 3070 models and I don't know why. After reading a few reviews I know the 3070 Ti isn't a great step up over the 3070 when it comes to price vs performance, but it's still better performing than than a 3070 yet this one was cheaper than a 3070? Maybe it has something to do with the anti-mining stuff they built into these new cards?
Just had my first parcel arrive! 2 case fans from PB Techs ChCh store, it's begun!
Please please please keep us up to date with your progress - we're all very proud of you :-)
Pics would be good too! Maybe you could setup a video camera now, and start streaming the whole build over the next couple of weeks….
No real downside to getting the ti.
Ti uses more power and slightly larger and is normally more expensive, but about 10% more performance.
I just brought that same mouse off Kogan. It's almost half the price as what it is in nz.
It's not the flashiest thing, some people like it others don't. Apparently a tad heavier than other mice.
I couldn't justify dropping $180 on a flash mouse.
Heaps of random shit.
A ps5 🤦♀️ $758 at TWL with discount's
The monitor says with qualifying thinkcenter purchase, how did that work out then?
Hmm. Don't recall that description being there when I placed the order. Stock level has been updated though. Only 6 available when I made the purchase. Guess there's a chance that my order will be cancelled.
Monitor order cancelled.
Rate the socks highly. I play indoor and outdoor sports and these are way better than the Puma socks I used to wear. Less movement in my shoe.
18 pairs for AU$24, my buy of the week (last week) along with the Dimplex 2.4kW Oil-Free Turbo Column Heater I got for $120 delivered.
Can you share the link of these 2 please cheers..
@xsolider: Just cancel the subscriptions. It’s because they’re being sent to a NZ address.