Impulse buying is a b*tch

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I went to Amazon to buy a power adapter, it cost $13. Since I don't have Prime, I needed $22 more for free shipping. I started thinking what could I buy to take the cart above $35, and I looked up on the Amazon page and my eyes landed on 'VR headsets'. So, thinking it was a sign from the Universe, I added an Oculus Rift with Touch controllers ($600).
Welp, at least I won't be paying for shipping!
 
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Lol. Just bought my son the htc vive for his birthday, supposed to come today. His birthday isn't until April. What are the odds of me not demoing it before then.:biggrin:

Fyi, it would have been cheaper just to buy prime.:lol:

Let us know how the oculus is.
 
Seems like marketing is working as intended. Im sure that somewhere, in his grave, this brings a tiny half-smile on Joseph Goebbels' face.
 
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Prime is actually a pretty sweet deal. For Prime Canada it's $79 a year ($6.50 a month), and you get unlimited photo storage, free two day shipping on whatever you order, and Prime Video which is like a mini-Netflix. In other words, if you order 1 thing a month from Amazon, it pays for itself.
 
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Same here. Bought the other day a bunch of cheap chinese crap and best thing about it is a box it came out with.
 
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I keep checking out that Nintendo switch thing because the Zelda game looks interesting.....but the prices in Canada seem steep. So, impulse kept in check for the moment! =p
 
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Yikes, at least you havent bought a car as an impulse buy... or have you?
 
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I am protected from impulse buying on Amazon by my intense dislike of Amazon, and that I would rather chew my own leg off than subscribe to their Prime service. However, I did come extremely close to pushing the button on an Oculus the other day, just to see what it's all about. I managed to persuade myself that the waiting game is best for now.
 
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Hurls said:
I suggest the appropriate car would be a secondhand Isuzu Impulse (yes there was/is such a thing!)
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Also known as a Geo Storm (Handling by Lotus!). It was such a great car, they even made a movie about it!

 
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Ripper said:
I am protected from impulse buying on Amazon by my intense dislike of Amazon, and that I would rather chew my own leg off than subscribe to their Prime service. However, I did come extremely close to pushing the button on an Oculus the other day, just to see what it's all about. I managed to persuade myself that the waiting game is best for now.
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Yes I told myself I would wait for the 2nd generation headsets.
 
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Steam/GOG is so cheap! I can never buy just one.... or two.... :)
 
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Last month when Amazon got that customer service survey award and did the '$8.62 off $50 or more' I REALLY wanted to take advantage, but we had just recently bough a bunch of stuff and there wasn't much of anything I wanted or needed, but I still tried ...

I started with Lock Laces for my running shoes ($7.99), and pretty soon I had a Lenovo YogaBook in my cart and then stopped and thought "am I SERIOUSLY about to spend $550 to get a <$10 discount"? I was ... but stopped myself.
 
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