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Things I've ordered on Black Friday Till Now!

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I bought myself a new used car for Black Friday, a 2014 Lexus GS 350 F-Sport.
 
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1) 84"curved super duper Ultra TV thingy (for da mAn cAvE)....
2) Bose sound system for above
3) New gaming rig for my son
4) New carpet for bedrooms
5) New washer/dryer
6) Assorted clothes & shoes for wife & kids
7) Diamond ring for the wife (5 year anniversary)
8) 2017 Expedition XLT

yea I know thats alot of stuff....but I gotta spend that year-end bonus check somehow :D

What is your work?
 
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The only year-end bonus I got was a notice of increase child support payment of $159 a month :banghead:.
 

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A lousy hard drive dock. I need upto 10 tbs more in hds still... arg.
 
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This black friday I've decided to ignore tons of promo e-mails from all online retailers, and save up some cash for New Years!
Trying to decide between a 4K TV and a 4K monitor... :banghead:
 
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This black friday I've decided to ignore tons of promo e-mails from all online retailers, and save up some cash for New Years!
Trying to decide between a 4K TV and a 4K monitor... :banghead:

Why going for the monitor when the Tv does everything else.
 
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Why going for the monitor when the Tv does everything else.
It's hard to work on a 40" TV... trust me - I've tried it before :banghead:
 
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That laptop is a pretty sweet deal OP!
 
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What is your work?

I work as an office manager for a huge engineering firm :)

Even though I am not an engineer, when the company does well financially, like we have this year, we all share in the profits !

I heard someone say that our boss (a divVP) got like $100k as his bonus......
 
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I work as an office manager for a huge engineering firm :)

Even though I am not an engineer, when the company does well financially, like we have this year, we all share in the profits !

I heard someone say that our boss (a divVP) got like $100k as his bonus......

Then you definitely need to replace that "Sapphire TriX Radeon HD7970 w/15% o/c" ASAP...:D:p
Besides that, nice rig you have.:)
 
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Then you definitely need to replace that "Sapphire TriX Radeon HD7970 w/15% o/c" ASAP...:D:p
Besides that, nice rig you have.:)

yes I know, its on my cyber monday list, as soon as I get some time to shop for a replacement, probably a 1070, it will be a gonner :)
 
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Whoah, youre in for a truck full of tears, my friend :)
As for me, got watch dogs 1 and 2 and COD legacy edition for PS4, will probably wait till cyber monday to get something a bit more worthwhile ;)
 
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Couldn't resist, so I caved-in this morning and bought a 4k tv. Took a gamble with the company (LeEco), I just recently bought one of their phones the Le Max 2. Apparently they are known as the Netflix of China and they are expanding into the US. This company makes phones, tvs, electric bike and cars. They recently offered to buy out Vizio so what the heck, and got on their new Super4 x55 tvs. Hope I made a good choice since they are a relatively unknown brand outside of China and there really is no reviews out on any of their Super4 lines of television anywhere but hey $499 for a 55 inch 4k with HDR and android tv sounds too good to pass up. :fear:.
 
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And a few games:

Forza Horizon 3 (Play Anywhere, this feature is actually pretty damned cool!)
Titanfall 2
No Man's Sky (had been playing it, but finally decided to chuck some money at them even though it hasn't quite lived up to expectations)
 

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These are the ones that I have availed so far.. need some more interesting deals for games, accessories, etc.

ASUS ROG 17.3"

This is the first one which made me want it (shaken my budget too)! Here's why!
ASUS ROG 17.3" Gaming Laptop http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834234093

Over $200 cheaper over the mac book pro I picked up for the wife for Christmas and has better hardware over the Mac - god, I f**king hate Mac/Apple products. That doesn't even include the $229 for the stupid 2 year Apple protection crap I had to buy. Heaven forbid something should happen to the laptop - I hear they glue pretty much everything into the case with the newer models so you can't just fix/replace things yourself. Doing so can mean you damage other things on the laptop....can't even replace the damn battery on it anymore.

Only reason I got it is because she does her graphic design work on them and has a lot of expensive programs she gets free through her work that she can use and makes use of them for freelancing - plus she can use the laptop to work from home if the weather is bad. The one she has, she got almost 11 years ago and it still works, just slow as hell. At least the battery can be changed in her current MacBook Pro (from 2005). Had to replace it twice over the years.

Argh! Did I mention how much I hate Apple products? Just want to do what this guy did at an Apple store and rid the world of this overpriced crap:
 
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and a moto g4 play from newegg for $130.

Argh! Did I mention how much I hate Apple products? Just want to do what this guy did at an Apple store and rid the world of this overpriced crap:

And hes got the white ear buds, beard, and the hipster outfit. Blends in well in the apple store environment.

Apple puts some high end hardware in their laptops but because it can't cool properly its thermal throttled and runs slower than a budget laptop ... during its short life span before it overcooks.
 
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I bought myself a new used car for Black Friday, a 2014 Lexus GS 350 F-Sport.
I drove one and it was super nice, but it seemed a bit larger than I liked. Had my eye set on a 2015 IS 250, but they wanted $31k for one that didn't even had heated seats (which is a bit of a must up here in Washington). There was a 2013 IS 250, but the interior felt really dated and I pulled the check engine light code and it reported cylinder 1 and 5 misfire. Eeeaahh, nope.

Edit: Pretty jealous though that you found one you like. Congrats!

Edit 2: Notice that Amazon is doing "Cyber Monday Week"? Deals so crappy, they have to keep the sale going week long to get anyone to buy anything?
 
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Case Corsair 460X RGB
Audio Device(s) Blue Snowball, Sennheiser HD558
Power Supply Seasonic Prime 750W 80+ Titanium
Mouse Corsair M65 RGB
Keyboard Corsair K70 Lux RGB MX Browns
Benchmark Scores http://www.3dmark.com/fs/11219459
I decided to update my Rig this black friday
  • Asus X99 A-ii - $290 after MIR
  • i7 6800K
  • Intel 600p 500GB - $129
  • Corsair LED 3000mhz ram 2 sets of 2x8GB - $69 each set, it was cheaper to order separate than order the 32GB bundle
 
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