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[tominabox1]

got 2 Late 2008 unibody MacBooks for ....wait for it....

$200.

Thats right folks. 200 buckaroos. Here's how:

My wife spilled coke on her MBP about 2 years ago, messed up the keyboard but everything else worked fine, so she used it. Traded it for a 12" maxed out PowerBook (1.5 GHz 1.25 Gig ram). Went to Omaha to see my brother over the 4th and picked up a white MacBook (2.1 GHz, 1 Gig ram) and one of the late 2008 Macbooks for $700, (yeah huge steal right there, guy rebuilds busted ones I guess) found out he had another unibody machine which I wanted more than the white one so we went back Monday and got another unibody one for $300. Came back home, now we have 4 laptops:

12" PowerBook G4 (trade for old MBP)
2x 13" MacBook unibodies (with the white macbook = $1000 total)
13" white MacBook

We sold the white MacBook and the PowerBook to my in-laws for $800 total which leaves us with, yessir, $200 out of pocket!!!

 

[peapody]

got 2 Late 2008 unibody MacBooks for ....wait for it....

$200.

Thats right folks. 200 buckaroos. Here's how:

My wife spilled coke on her MBP about 2 years ago, messed up the keyboard but everything else worked fine, so she used it. Traded it for a 12" maxed out PowerBook (1.5 GHz 1.25 Gig ram). Went to Omaha to see my brother over the 4th and picked up a white MacBook (2.1 GHz, 1 Gig ram) and one of the late 2008 Macbooks for $700, (yeah huge steal right there, guy rebuilds busted ones I guess) found out he had another unibody machine which I wanted more than the white one so we went back Monday and got another unibody one for $300. Came back home, now we have 4 laptops:

12" PowerBook G4 (trade for old MBP)
2x 13" MacBook unibodies (with the white macbook = $1000 total)
13" white MacBook

We sold the white MacBook and the PowerBook to my in-laws for $800 total which leaves us with, yessir, $200 out of pocket!!!

Haha you mean $200 on top of the MBP you originally bought. That would seem more correct. Basically you put down $200 and the broken MBP for the unibody. Good deal nonetheless.

 

[tominabox1]

Haha you mean $200 on top of the MBP you originally bought. That would seem more correct. Basically you put down $200 and the broken MBP for the unibody. Good deal nonetheless.

Eh I dont count that since it was like 3 years old, and I didnt pay for it But yeah, still only comes out to about $500 if you count the value of the busted MBP

 

[NEvolution]

Superdry Brad Jacket


Won't be able to wear it till the temps drop waaaay lower than it is now LOL (It's blazing hot in Toronto)

 

[peapody]

Eh I dont count that since it was like 3 years old, and I didnt pay for it But yeah, still only comes out to about $500 if you count the value of the busted MBP

That's like how I sold off my classic mbp for 1k to put down $300 for a core i5 unibody. I still have to count the classic mbp.

 

[RITZFit]

Need to stiffen up the teggy...Ingals camber kit in the mail. can't wait to install!

 

[Mistershark]

Yum...

 

[TheOnlyJon]

Big delivery today at work

Five pallets, and 36 boxes later...

Sorry for the tiny images - 1.3MP cellphone camera

 

[Jason Beck]

I'm not trying to plug Acer or anything but that 23" h233h I have had for the past 6 months is awesome. I seriously would consider buying another and I just might. I moved the Acer to my new studio for my design work and I miss it when I am at home! For budget monitors, they perform like premium. I didn't get a dead pixel or anything. Bought it at Best Buy 6 months ago for like 180$.

 

[ProwlingTiger]

new shades:

 

[No1451]

Gonna have some serious work to do

 

[Ben Dixon]

Superdry Brad Jacket


Won't be able to wear it till the temps drop waaaay lower than it is now LOL (It's blazing hot in Toronto)

I would love one of these jackets, but funds are tight at the moment. I know the guy who owns the company too. Couldn't meet a more humble person. Considering they have just floated the company on the stock exchange, he seems very level headed.

 

[steviem]

I felt really let down by them when I found out they aren't Japanese...

 

[azboricua]

oh yeah! cant wait till it gets here. oh and some Bing Cashback!

 

[peapody]

oh yeah! cant wait till it gets here. oh and some Bing Cashback!

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That is a pretty good range.

On the edge of making a purchase myself for an 18-200mm nikon.

 

[azboricua]

That is a pretty good range.

On the edge of making a purchase myself for an 18-200mm nikon.

I owned an 18-200mm before I went Canon. Great lens!

 

[NEvolution]

I felt really let down by them when I found out they aren't Japanese...

I was surprised when I found that out too. Nevertheless I still like their stuff.

 

[Xavier]

Yum...

Nice! I hope sometime this fall, I will be able to afford myself an 003

 

[sikkinixx]

Big delivery today at work

Five pallets, and 36 boxes later...



Sorry for the tiny images - 1.3MP cellphone camera

Mind shipping me a spare?

 

[AlmostJosh]

PS3

God of War I & II Collection

COD: Modern Warfare

A red controller

 

[DewGuy1999]

I'm not trying to plug Acer or anything but that 23" h233h I have had for the past 6 months is awesome. I seriously would consider buying another and I just might. I moved the Acer to my new studio for my design work and I miss it when I am at home! For budget monitors, they perform like premium. I didn't get a dead pixel or anything. Bought it at Best Buy 6 months ago for like 180$.

I saw your earlier message mentioning your satisfaction with your Acer monitor that's why I didn't quote you in my earlier message, but thanks for reiterating your position on Acer. I guess I need to add Acer to my list of monitor manufacturers to consider.

 

[backsidetailsli]

Woo, 15" Hi-Res Matte MBP i7!
saved $400 through the refurb store!

not my pic


cant waittttttttt

 

[125037]

 

[Jason Beck]

I saw your earlier message mentioning your satisfaction with your Acer monitor that's why I didn't quote you in my earlier message, but thanks for reiterating your position on Acer. I guess I need to add Acer to my list of monitor manufacturers to consider.

I never really had them in my list either. I think that they used to have crappy ones but they got their act together or something. I recall friends back in the day being pissed at their Acer stuff. I really also heard that the 23" Samsung monitors are good too. Saw one at Best Buy and it looked level with the Acer I bought, albeit maybe a bit more vivid.

 

[peapody]

I never really had them in my list either. I think that they used to have crappy ones but they got their act together or something. I recall friends back in the day being pissed at their Acer stuff. I really also heard that the 23" Samsung monitors are good too. Saw one at Best Buy and it looked level with the Acer I bought, albeit maybe a bit more vivid.

I have always heard that samsung is one of the top monitors to get - and the prices match that I suppose. Acer used to have a bad reputation being like one of those best buy brands...but recently I have seen more and more people turn to acer monitors. That is a good thing, that means that the competition out there is getting tighter. That is good for us the consumers!