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Author Topic: The "What did you buy today (or recently)?" Thread Clint Koch Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1435 From: San Luis Obispo, CA, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 09-01-2009 09:09 PM                     guitar strings  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 09-01-2009 09:43 PM                        Braveheart on Bu-ray and Valkyria Chronicles for the Playstation 3  |  IP: Logged John Lasher Master Film Handler Posts: 493 From: Newark, DE Registered: Aug 2001 posted 09-01-2009 09:56 PM                        A Snickers bar and a 20 oz Dr Pepper, I called this lunch. When did Burger King stop having a value menu? Seriously, not one item on their menu under $1.50 (and that was for a small french fries).  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 09-01-2009 10:33 PM                        Apparently our major appliances have ganged up. The washer crapped out last month, and today the refrigerator stopped working. Think we might try to get the fridge fixed though. So, new "whatever it takes" in my future.  |  IP: Logged Mike Heenan Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1896 From: Scottsdale, AZ, USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 09-01-2009 10:33 PM                     Over the weekend I bought a 320gb Iomega Ego (or Igo) portable external for $80 at Frys. It has FW 400 and 800 which I'm happy about. Also bought a 1.5tb Samsung internal drive at fry's for $99.  |  IP: Logged Bobby Henderson "Ask me about Trajan." Posts: 10973 From: Lawton, OK, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 09-01-2009 10:41 PM                     quote: Joe Redifer Braveheart on Bu-ray and Valkyria Chronicles for the Playstation 3 Don't know about that Valkyria thing. But I did pick up the new BD of Braveheart earlier this evening at Sam's Club. They had all those discs locked up in the "cage" to keep shoplifters from pilfering the things. Joe, did you load up PS3 System Software 3.0 yet? I may wait on that one for a few days to see if any problems are revealed. I remember some of the PS3 bricked episodes that happened with the 2.40 update.  |  IP: Logged Andy Bajew Expert Film Handler Posts: 136 From: Bellaire, Texas Registered: Jun 2009 posted 09-01-2009 10:45 PM                     quote: Bobby Henderson ...locked up in the "cage" to keep shoplifters from pilfering the things. Change of topic, but it's the funniest thing how they keep them locked up in the cages, and then they get them out of the cage and hand them to you and walk away. It completely defeats the whole purpose of having them stored in a secure area when they do exactly what the customer would have done--taken it and walked away and paid with the rest of the items at a different register. Is Houston/Katy the only place that does this?  |  IP: Logged Bobby Henderson "Ask me about Trajan." Posts: 10973 From: Lawton, OK, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 09-01-2009 10:49 PM                     I don't know, the folks at our Sam's Club are a little more vigilant in how they handle it. You pick up your item at the cage and then are taken directly to the register where you can pay for it. No walking around the store to do any more browsing allowed. It was that way this evening when I picked up Braveheart and the same way when I bought Killzone 2 a few months ago.  |  IP: Logged Andy Bajew Expert Film Handler Posts: 136 From: Bellaire, Texas Registered: Jun 2009 posted 09-01-2009 10:53 PM                     I forgot you mentioned Sam's Club in your post. They seem to generally be more competent when it comes to how they handle business. I used to be a bookkeeper for Kroger, a local grocery store, and was always amazed and how well all of the supervisors at Sam's handled drawer audits and switches.  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 09-01-2009 11:33 PM                        Yes, I have 3.0. It provides nothing new except some twinkly stars. Yay. I guess people who steal movies and games only steal them from places like Sams Club and not Best Buy. I always hated buying games at Circuit City for that reason. I hated trying to find the asshole with the keys (who is usually very busy). This is definitely not in the best interest of anyone.  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 09-02-2009 01:30 AM                        We use the old lock'n'key system for our CDs and DVDs. We used to have CDs in an open rack but shoplifting was rampant. People who gripe about the glass doors have their own generation to blame, sorry about that.  |  IP: Logged Damien Taylor Master Film Handler Posts: 493 From: Perth, Western Australia Registered: Apr 2007 posted 09-02-2009 08:56 AM                     40, yes forty Seeburg '1000' background music records, for no reason whatsoever other than that I just found out they exist, so I MUST have them! I find out about tiny niche collector markets and then involve myself totally until I am the absolute master of the hobby. By this time I usually find out about another micro-hobby and move on. This process continues ad infinitum, and as such I am 23 with a room so full of psuedo-collectables I cant walk from one side to the other without tripping over a stack of jingle tapes or drive-in speakers or 8-tracks etc... etc... and no spare time. But yeah 9" of 16⅔ instumental no-name band goodness programmed to make you work harder, eat faster, and shop more aggressively. Big brother exists people, and he's basically Lawrence Welk.  |  IP: Logged Michael Hossen Expert Film Handler Posts: 136 From: Perth, Australia Registered: Apr 2007 posted 09-02-2009 11:11 AM                        Bought a bottle of FilmGuard today to try out.  |  IP: Logged Bobby Henderson "Ask me about Trajan." Posts: 10973 From: Lawton, OK, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 09-02-2009 12:04 PM                     How does it taste?  |  IP: Logged Robert John Jeromson Master Film Handler Posts: 264 From: Auckland, New Zealand Registered: Jul 2004 posted 09-02-2009 04:15 PM                     Car: $2200 Service: $160 Heater Core: $250 Tow from the CBD $100 Transmission Coolant Lines: $100 Transmission Fluid: $120 New Radiator: $250 Handbrake Service: $250 Wheel Balance: $80 The nauseating feeling that comes with the realisation that your $2200 car has now cost you $3510, f**king priceless  |  IP: Logged

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