Mustafa II
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Whether it's 50p or £50k, what is the best purchase you have EVER made?
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[Misc] What is the greatest purchase you've EVER made
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My late dad bought a Rolex in Aden in 1960. Serviced it all the time, kept it in pristine condition and now my brother has it. I have no idea how he managed to bag it.I have a 2007 that I bought for £2.5k in 2017. I love it.
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CAPTAIN GREALISH
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- Jan 6, 2010
- 2,626
Mixing paddle eBay £40
15years and still going
15years and still going
Fignon's Ponytail
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Mine are simply a couple of books.
In 1991 at school I read My Family and other Animals by Gerald Durrell. Great memories of sitting by the window in class with the sun streaming in.....
It kind of went forgotten about for 20yrs as I went through life, but I bought a copy about 10 years ago when I got back into reading - and have read it at least half a dozen times. Its rough round the edges, the pages are going yellow, but its just a simply glorious, perfect summer read. No monetary value at all - but it puts me in a good mood every time I pick it up. I also have the full Corfu Trilogy to get through now too.
The other book (a history of baseball, produced for an exhibition by the Smithsonian) is purely about value though. Recently found it on eBay and paid about £5 for it. When I got it in the post I found it had been signed by Ozzie Smith - a Hall of Fame inductee that actually played for my favourite MLB team in the '70s. Researched other books signed by him and they go for around £400. bargain!
In 1991 at school I read My Family and other Animals by Gerald Durrell. Great memories of sitting by the window in class with the sun streaming in.....
It kind of went forgotten about for 20yrs as I went through life, but I bought a copy about 10 years ago when I got back into reading - and have read it at least half a dozen times. Its rough round the edges, the pages are going yellow, but its just a simply glorious, perfect summer read. No monetary value at all - but it puts me in a good mood every time I pick it up. I also have the full Corfu Trilogy to get through now too.
The other book (a history of baseball, produced for an exhibition by the Smithsonian) is purely about value though. Recently found it on eBay and paid about £5 for it. When I got it in the post I found it had been signed by Ozzie Smith - a Hall of Fame inductee that actually played for my favourite MLB team in the '70s. Researched other books signed by him and they go for around £400. bargain!
I recently bought 3 different attractive “crystal” champagne flutes from a charity shop at £3 each..
As 2of them had those little gold labels on I googled them.
One retailed at £30, which was nice. Another (which is much heavier than the others) retailed at £300, which was a bit of a shock.
I have since donated additional monies to said charity shop, and enjoy using the glasses whenever appropriate.
Probably not my greatest purchase (that’ll be my first house which cost me £6170 - 3 beds, part central heating in 1974), but a nice one nevertheless.
As 2of them had those little gold labels on I googled them.
One retailed at £30, which was nice. Another (which is much heavier than the others) retailed at £300, which was a bit of a shock.
I have since donated additional monies to said charity shop, and enjoy using the glasses whenever appropriate.
Probably not my greatest purchase (that’ll be my first house which cost me £6170 - 3 beds, part central heating in 1974), but a nice one nevertheless.
Tom Hark Preston Park
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- Jul 6, 2003
- 72,359
Probably my unlikeliest purchase was a couple of tickets for Led Zeppelin at the O2. Would normally assume that any email in my junk folder with a title beginning 'You have been selected ...' would go straight in the recycle bin as a scam. But I did dimly recall applying for the ballot, same as just about everybody else in the Western world. And following a midweek match at Withdean, possibly with drink having been taken, I was powerless to avoid following the dodgy link in the email. Which against all odds turned out to be a genuine link 
Change at Barnham
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A bit of a weird one, in that I didn't buy it but I did possess it.......
A Virgin One off-set current bank account.
It was the most brilliant, flexible financial tool ever invented in my opinion.
We got the account in about 1999 and it was linked to the equity in our house.
A Virgin One off-set current bank account.
It was the most brilliant, flexible financial tool ever invented in my opinion.
We got the account in about 1999 and it was linked to the equity in our house.
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Baldseagull
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A pair of Steel Blue workboots, comfiest footwear I own.
Easy 10
Brain dead MUG SHEEP
Easy 10
Brain dead MUG SHEEP
My favourite toy.
Knocky's Nose
Mon nez est retiré.
XRP at about 32p per token. Not the best purchase I ever made.... yet, but it will be.
B-right-on
Living the dream
A pizza from a Pizzeria in Ship St (sadly no longer there).
By far THE most expensive pizza I've ever bought if I add up the tens of thousands it's cost me over the years.
Still, no complaints. 2 kids, 2 grandkids and over 28 years of marriage and still going strong, since that first date.
By far THE most expensive pizza I've ever bought if I add up the tens of thousands it's cost me over the years.
Still, no complaints. 2 kids, 2 grandkids and over 28 years of marriage and still going strong, since that first date.
Justice
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My dog, loyal loving and would defend me with her life.
Super Steve Earle
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My sister bought me a Penguin paperback edition of My Family And Other Animals sometime in the 1960's prompting me to collect all Gerald Durrell's books that had then been published including the wonderful Bafut Beagles and a couple of subsequent hardbacks I had for Christmas. The little collection of 11 books were the only books from my peak teen reading years to make it through life to our current home in 2013. But my battered little much loved paperback that triggered it all was not to survive. Mrs Earle decided as it was my favourite book, it should be replaced by a new edition for my birthday and had already thrown away my treasured copy by the time I received my gift. I've never opened the new one. It stares balefully at me from it's place in alphabetical order amongst the other older Durrell's, still wondering if it will ever fulfil it's purpose.
Super Steve Earle
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My Bush Arena Hi-fi with Bush branded Wharfedale speakers. Saw me through my peak vinyl years from 1973 to my first CD player in the 90's. Never let me down.
Braggfan
In the beginning there was nothing, which exploded
- May 12, 2014
- 1,987
Did you know you can now buy the retro amiga mini, with a ton of games on a memroy stick.
https://www.game.co.uk/en/the-a500-...qBrScsN_0Qk2QglZyJib9cyFAxn81LThoCyNMQAvD_BwE