Amazon purchases - RMD help-me-do

GazChap · **Posted:** Tue Mar 22, 2011 15:51

A colleague at work (not extreme BeEx Lurker Zeppo) has acquired £450 of Amazon vouchers through a 'scam' similar to the one that :attitude:

was running on his forum.

He really wants an iPad 2 on launch day.

He's prepared to sell me those vouchers for £400 to give him cash monies to use for purchasing said iPad.

Only problem is, I'm not convinced. If I go for it, I'd want to spend the vouchers pretty much straight away so as to avoid loss of interest and because I'm terrible with money.

So, BeEx HiveMind, give me ideas on things to buy please!

LaceSensor · **Joined:** 2nd Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 3137

an ipad2 from amazon?!

Alarm · **Posted:** Tue Mar 22, 2011 15:59

LaceSensor wrote:

an ipad2 from amazon?!

Pre-loaded with Amazon as the home page.

nickachu · **Posted:** Tue Mar 22, 2011 16:00

£400 worth of porn.

Kern · **Posted:** Tue Mar 22, 2011 16:01

200 classic books

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38722

A PSP2

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49252

Do you have a Kindle? If not, buy a Kindle.

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14527

GazChap wrote:

A colleague at work (not extreme BeEx Lurker Zeppo) has acquired £450 of Amazon vouchers through a 'scam' similar to the one that :attitude:

was running on his forum.

He really wants an iPad 2 on launch day.

He's prepared to sell me those vouchers for £400 to give him cash monies to use for purchasing said iPad.

Only problem is, I'm not convinced. If I go for it, I'd want to spend the vouchers pretty much straight away so as to avoid loss of interest and because I'm terrible with money.

So, BeEx HiveMind, give me ideas on things to buy please!

This only really works if you had something you wanted to buy on Amazon at around £400.

If not then its not a good deal for you - so dont do it.

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38722

Craster wrote:

Do you have a Kindle? If not, buy a Kindle.

In fact buy 2.

And send me one. Ta.

WTB · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 14497

Sell the vouchers to me for £350.

Alarm · **Posted:** Tue Mar 22, 2011 16:17

WTB wrote:

Sell the vouchers to me for £350.

I'll buy them off you for £250.

Zardoz · **Posted:** Tue Mar 22, 2011 16:18

A Rega Turntable.

And beer.

WTB · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 14497

Well this just got interesting. £240 and we have a deal. And beer.

kalmar · **Posted:** Tue Mar 22, 2011 16:23

£10, and I'm doing you a favour.

WTB · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 14497

Fine. Just waiting on GazChap now.

Curiosity · **Posted:** Tue Mar 22, 2011 16:36

I'll give you 40 quid, for 50 quid of vouchers.

throughsilver · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 6197

Kern wrote:

200 classic books

I bought some £2 (oo-er!) classic books last week. Going to try to read them, as the smugness of merely owning them is beginning to wane.

WTB · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 14497

throughsilver wrote:

Kern wrote:

200 classic books

I bought some £2 (oo-er!) classic books last week. Going to try to read them, as the smugness of merely owning them is beginning to wane.

You're doing it wrong! Buy more!

Mr Russell · **Joined:** 6th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 12359

WTB wrote:

throughsilver wrote:

Kern wrote:

200 classic books

I bought some £2 (oo-er!) classic books last week. Going to try to read them, as the smugness of merely owning them is beginning to wane.

You're doing it wrong! Buy more!

I've got loads of those Penguin classics that they used to sell for a pound in my attic.

devilman · **Posted:** Tue Mar 22, 2011 19:30

Mr Russell wrote:

WTB wrote:

throughsilver wrote:

Kern wrote:

200 classic books

I bought some £2 (oo-er!) classic books last week. Going to try to read them, as the smugness of merely owning them is beginning to wane.

You're doing it wrong! Buy more!

I've got loads of those Penguin classics that they used to sell for a pound in my attic.

They can't have sold many up there.

ApplePieOfDestiny · **Joined:** 17th Dec, 2008 **Posts:** 8293

I'll give you £25, and the Alienware that John Coffey owes me, and you're robbing me blind.

sinister agent · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 7046

nickachu wrote:

£400 worth of porn.

Kern wrote:

200 classic books

MECHA-COMBINE!

Mr Russell · **Joined:** 6th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 12359

devilman wrote:

Mr Russell wrote:

I've got loads of those Penguin classics that they used to sell for a pound in my attic.

They can't have sold many up there.

sdg · **Posted:** Tue Mar 22, 2011 23:47

Curiosity wrote:

I'll give you 40 quid, for 50 quid of vouchers.

Chad Hogan!

Grim... · **Posted:** Tue Mar 22, 2011 23:48

I want "in" on the "scam".

Alarm · **Posted:** Wed Mar 23, 2011 11:06

Grim... wrote:

I want "in" on the "scam".

The initial outlay is £500 of Amazon vouchers.

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 26313

Do they not sell iPads on Amazon?

Malabelm · **Posted:** Wed Mar 23, 2011 11:29

Mimi wrote:

Do they not sell iPads on Amazon?

After a brief search yesterday, they do. I don't know how quickly after launch they were available through Amazon, mind, which may be the issue. I kind of figure Apple only sell them through their own stores for a while, especially when stock is limited and they can generate long, headline-grabbing lines.

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38722

Malabelm wrote:

Mimi wrote:

Do they not sell iPads on Amazon?

After a brief search yesterday, they do. I don't know how quickly after launch they were available through Amazon, mind, which may be the issue. I kind of figure Apple only sell them through their own stores for a while, especially when stock is limited and they can generate long, headline-grabbing lines.

... of idiots

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 26313

Oh, OK. Gazchap's mate wants one on release, I didn't realise there was a delay in getting them to other retailers.

GazChap · **Posted:** Wed Mar 23, 2011 12:01

Unfortunately the affected parties have gotten wise to it now so it doesn't work any more, but collectively in our office we've nabbed about £1,000 worth of free Amazon vouchers

Alarm · **Posted:** Wed Mar 23, 2011 12:05

GazChap wrote:

Unfortunately the affected parties have gotten wise to it now so it doesn't work any more, but collectively in our office we've nabbed about £1,000 worth of free Amazon vouchers

I'll give you a £19.99 post-dated cheque for all of them. And a satsuma.

WTB · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 14497

Alarm wrote:

Grim... wrote:

I want "in" on the "scam".

The initial outlay is £500 of Amazon vouchers.

Just snorted tea out of my nose. Well played, sir, well played.

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