Post-Christmas shoppin' time!
When it comes to money, the Scottish part in me really comes out. My birthday was last Sept. 29th, and I never spent any of my Future Shop or Mark's Work Wearhouse cards. I saved 'em up 'til I found something I really wanted to buy. I think I must get off on self-denial and saving cash. I often feel guilty when I spend, especially on big things. Like, if I spend more than double-digits, I'm almost crushed.
Anyhoo, before Christmas, MWW had no clothes I liked, and I assume that's the same now. I'll continue to save those b-day and Christmas cards. However, Future Shop had some good sales on our Boxing Day (the 27th), so my FS cards could finally get spent. Now, aside from my fiscal responsibility, I also research and analyze things a lot before I buy them. I hunt online for reviews from various sources, check prices, everything. This is also a reason why it can take me forever to spend money. I've been wanting an mp3/media player for a while now. I really liked the iPod nano when it came out, and the new wee-clip iPod Shuffle. There were other ones I saw, researched, liked, but I really liked the look, feel, and features (what there were) of the economically-priced iPods. I'd like an 80GB video one, but that's several hundred dollars I could put towards a new computer or something. Plus, it wouldn't hold all of my music. If I was going to spend that kind of cash on a portable library, I'd want it to hold everything.
After more hunting, I came across the SanDisk Sansa line of media players. They're about the same size and price (or cheaper) as the iPods of comparable size, but they have more features, especially in the smaller models. Even a 2GB Sansa does pictures, slideshows, videos with sound, FM radio, recording FM radio, and voice recording. Oh, and a slot for more memory. Pretty much all stuff an iPod of that size could not do. I liked it. More bang for the buck. So, for a couple (few?) months now, I've been watching these players and their new Rhapsody versions. I didn't buy one before Christmas, because I was hoping for more FS money, which I got. I was also hoping there may be a sale on 'em at FS on Boxing Day.
A couple of days before Christmas, I saw some ads on the FS site for the Sansa players on sale. The 4GB version was on sale for $149.99, down from $219.99. I made up my mind. I was going to buy one. I'd still need an FM transmitter for the car, and maybe a carrying case, but I was gonna get the player on B-Day. My only worry was that FS opened at 6am, there would be a line of people started in the night, and I wasn't willing to get up toooo early. I made my mind up, but I also told myself that if I couldn't get it, no biggie.
We woke up around 7:30 or so, to get ready to go a-shoppin'. I wanted my one thing, and C wanted one thing at Canadian Tire. She wanted one of those red tool chests on wheels, and a good one was on sale for $50 - $130 off! Her mom also decided she'd like one, so her dad was sent to town to wait at Cdn Tire to get them if he got there before us, and to maybe help us take it home. He called around 8am, while we were taking the short drive in, to say there was a big line at Cdn Tire, plus people waiting in cars, and that we may not want to bother coming in. We were on our way, though, so we forged on. We wanted to try & get out good deals.
Action time. We parked at CT and C went there while I went to FS. I anxiously walked into FS, and it wasn't too busy. I walked over to the area on the right where the media players are. I looked. I couldn't find my 4GB player. I asked one guy (mostly notorious, these FS guys are, for being stunned) if any were left. He said there weren't, and some other guy on the other side of the aisle said that they went pretty fast. They offered me the 6 and 8GB versions, though, which were, like, in the 2-300 whatever dollar range. I think not. I asked another guy if any 2GB iPods were left. Nope. I was a little disappointed.
I went to Cdn Tire, and found C and her pa in a long line. They got one! One. Ugh... would he keep it? Nah, of course not. He let daddy's little girl have it. Apparently, there were 75 of the things, and they were all gone in less than 20 minutes. One guy had five! After we finally got the thing out of the box so that it'd fit in the trunk, we went back to FS. We looked at computers, CDs, cameras, stuff like that. I went back to look at the media players, just in case. I told C of my previous episode, in the aisle where they should be, and... what's this? Two 4GB Sansas on the rack? I don't remember seeing them, and I was told there were no more! FS bitches! No matter, I snagged one and went on my way. Wohoo!
I'm still learning all its bells and whistles, but it's pretty friggin' cool. It works as a mass storage device, so stuff I record can be put on the computer, which is nice. The video's pretty slick. So far, so good!
More posting and pics later... sometime.
When it comes to money, the Scottish part in me really comes out. My birthday was last Sept. 29th, and I never spent any of my Future Shop or Mark's Work Wearhouse cards. I saved 'em up 'til I found something I really wanted to buy. I think I must get off on self-denial and saving cash. I often feel guilty when I spend, especially on big things. Like, if I spend more than double-digits, I'm almost crushed.
Anyhoo, before Christmas, MWW had no clothes I liked, and I assume that's the same now. I'll continue to save those b-day and Christmas cards. However, Future Shop had some good sales on our Boxing Day (the 27th), so my FS cards could finally get spent. Now, aside from my fiscal responsibility, I also research and analyze things a lot before I buy them. I hunt online for reviews from various sources, check prices, everything. This is also a reason why it can take me forever to spend money. I've been wanting an mp3/media player for a while now. I really liked the iPod nano when it came out, and the new wee-clip iPod Shuffle. There were other ones I saw, researched, liked, but I really liked the look, feel, and features (what there were) of the economically-priced iPods. I'd like an 80GB video one, but that's several hundred dollars I could put towards a new computer or something. Plus, it wouldn't hold all of my music. If I was going to spend that kind of cash on a portable library, I'd want it to hold everything.
After more hunting, I came across the SanDisk Sansa line of media players. They're about the same size and price (or cheaper) as the iPods of comparable size, but they have more features, especially in the smaller models. Even a 2GB Sansa does pictures, slideshows, videos with sound, FM radio, recording FM radio, and voice recording. Oh, and a slot for more memory. Pretty much all stuff an iPod of that size could not do. I liked it. More bang for the buck. So, for a couple (few?) months now, I've been watching these players and their new Rhapsody versions. I didn't buy one before Christmas, because I was hoping for more FS money, which I got. I was also hoping there may be a sale on 'em at FS on Boxing Day.A couple of days before Christmas, I saw some ads on the FS site for the Sansa players on sale. The 4GB version was on sale for $149.99, down from $219.99. I made up my mind. I was going to buy one. I'd still need an FM transmitter for the car, and maybe a carrying case, but I was gonna get the player on B-Day. My only worry was that FS opened at 6am, there would be a line of people started in the night, and I wasn't willing to get up toooo early. I made my mind up, but I also told myself that if I couldn't get it, no biggie.
We woke up around 7:30 or so, to get ready to go a-shoppin'. I wanted my one thing, and C wanted one thing at Canadian Tire. She wanted one of those red tool chests on wheels, and a good one was on sale for $50 - $130 off! Her mom also decided she'd like one, so her dad was sent to town to wait at Cdn Tire to get them if he got there before us, and to maybe help us take it home. He called around 8am, while we were taking the short drive in, to say there was a big line at Cdn Tire, plus people waiting in cars, and that we may not want to bother coming in. We were on our way, though, so we forged on. We wanted to try & get out good deals.
Action time. We parked at CT and C went there while I went to FS. I anxiously walked into FS, and it wasn't too busy. I walked over to the area on the right where the media players are. I looked. I couldn't find my 4GB player. I asked one guy (mostly notorious, these FS guys are, for being stunned) if any were left. He said there weren't, and some other guy on the other side of the aisle said that they went pretty fast. They offered me the 6 and 8GB versions, though, which were, like, in the 2-300 whatever dollar range. I think not. I asked another guy if any 2GB iPods were left. Nope. I was a little disappointed.
I went to Cdn Tire, and found C and her pa in a long line. They got one! One. Ugh... would he keep it? Nah, of course not. He let daddy's little girl have it. Apparently, there were 75 of the things, and they were all gone in less than 20 minutes. One guy had five! After we finally got the thing out of the box so that it'd fit in the trunk, we went back to FS. We looked at computers, CDs, cameras, stuff like that. I went back to look at the media players, just in case. I told C of my previous episode, in the aisle where they should be, and... what's this? Two 4GB Sansas on the rack? I don't remember seeing them, and I was told there were no more! FS bitches! No matter, I snagged one and went on my way. Wohoo!
I'm still learning all its bells and whistles, but it's pretty friggin' cool. It works as a mass storage device, so stuff I record can be put on the computer, which is nice. The video's pretty slick. So far, so good!More posting and pics later... sometime.
posted by Steve | 12:05 pm
1 Comments:
This is why I just cut to the chase and buy what I want when I want it. The drama of planning, shopping, being disappointed, then recovering, then rediscovering, then achieving is just too much for me!!
I'm glad it all worked out for you in the end!
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