What did you BUY today?

I recently picked up a matching set of gel wrist-rest items from Fellowes for my main computer in my home theater room. The set includes a long rest for my vintage IBM Model M keyboard, and a mousepad and rest in a hard plastic frame for my Logi MX Master 2S mouse, both in an attractive dark blue color. Now I can type in blissful comfort!

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Since Anime Limited didn't add the early birds that were supposed to go up today & yesterday, I decided to order a couple of games instead.

Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade (PS5)
Scars Above (PS5)
 
Ordered Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - The Hinokami Chronicles (PS5) from The Game Collection as it's only £19.95 currently and that I'm in the Demon Slayer mood atm plus my friend has just got the game as well so will be good to play it with her.
 
Some books and clothes I bought a few weeks ago (the books are all hardcovers) :)
 

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More clothes I bought a few weeks ago :)
 

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Also got The Three Musketeers (the one w Charlie Sheen and the one w Mickey Mouse) plus The Jungle Book 2 on DVD as gifts from my bestie and got Dinosaur on Blu-ray (as in the Disney CG animated film), the clothes are from the previous batch I bought, and the jigsaw puzzles were bought at The Works and put together with my best fren as well, The Last Bear I bought a couple of weeks ago, Myths of Gods and Goddesses in the last week (I've read it before as I gave my dad a copy a year or two ago and it was amazing so I decided to buy my own copy), the Oscar Wilde book and the two 1001/Arabian Nights ones I bought today :)
 

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Naruto Movie Triple Pack (DVD) from eBay - which contains the 3 Part I movies

Naruto: The Lost Story (DVD) from eBay

Naruto Shippuden Complete Movie Collection (Blu-ray) from Sanity.com.au - £37 all-in for all the Shippuden films, including The Last + Boruto movie (had to double dip for the Boruto movie unfortunately as the set seemed a very good price for 8 films and I can't be bothered to wait for a UK blu-ray of The Last to pop up on eBay or CEX). First time ever ordering from Australia directly so hopefully our cousins down under can do me a solid and get it to me in one piece, please and thank you.

With this, I'll be ready to start collecting the AL releases of the Naruto series, if they ever appear...
 
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ayase said:
Nice job Amazon, now I have to go through the hassle of sending it back and I imagine any replacement will likely arrive in similar condition anyway. So very done with Bezos' sweatshop, it's not even cheap for books any more. When a Waterstones card works out at 10% off over time, I'd rather pick a nice copy off a shelf myself for £20 than have one arrive in the same condition I'd expect from a £5 second hand copy for £18.97.
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On the topic of secondhand copies, sites like Wob (World of Books) are somewhat inconsistent but at least it's not terribly hard to get a nice replacement copy from Wob if they send you one that's crap by secondhand standards - I haven't had as many issues with ordering books from Amazon as some people here and I do still buy books from them sometimes but I have gotten way nicer secondhand copies for less than £5 on Wob, than what is being described here (I've also had decent experiences generally buying from Better World Books and We Buy Books, though I think you get more ex-library copies on BWB than some of the other secondhand book sites?) :)

I bought these six fairy tale books w Jan Pienkowski illustrations on Tuesday as well off Ebay :)
 

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RadFemHedonist said:
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I'm afraid I cannot say I have had a positive experience of WorldofBooks. Even if they do return your money easily, the fact their descriptions of the condition of their books were, in my experience, (and there's really no other way of putting this) outright lies put me off ordering from them ever again. Maybe they've changed. I hope they have. But either way my experience with them and ThriftBooks made me never want to buy another second-hand book online ever again unless I can see pictures of the actual copy.
 
I'm not a fan of WOB either. It's a lottery on what the condition of the books will be like.

I ordered a hardback from there relatively recently which was described as being in 'very good' condition - the book was fine for the most part, aside from the fact that the dustjacket had been completely sellotaped down to the book itself and so couldn't be removed without removing the sellotape and ultimately damaging the book!

I've stopped buying from them after that - I much prefer eBay or Vinted for secondhand books where you can at least see pictures of the book you'll be getting.
 
ayase said:
I'm afraid I cannot say I have had a positive experience of WorldofBooks. Even if they do return your money easily, the fact their descriptions of the condition of their books were, in my experience, (and there's really no other way of putting this) outright lies put me off ordering from them ever again. Maybe they've changed. I hope they have. But either way my experience with them and ThriftBooks made me never want to buy another second-hand book online ever again unless I can see pictures of the actual copy.
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I'm not a fan of WOB either. It's a lottery on what the condition of the books will be like.

I ordered a hardback from there relatively recently which was described as being in 'very good' condition - the book was fine for the most part, aside from the fact that the dustjacket had been completely sellotaped down to the book itself and so couldn't be removed without removing the sellotape and ultimately damaging the book!

I've stopped buying from them after that - I much prefer eBay or Vinted for secondhand books where you can at least see pictures of the book you'll be getting.
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Both your comments are fair - I only buy hardcovers from these sites typically and I guess I'm not that picky about condition but I have complained and received much nicer replacement copies when I've not been happy with condition before :)
 
RadFemHedonist said:
Both your comments are fair - I only buy hardcovers from these sites typically and I guess I'm not that picky about condition but I have complained and received much nicer replacement copies when I've not been happy with condition before :)
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If they work for you, then that's great! I've just been burned too many times by them (but it probably doesn't help that I tend to buy a lot of older books so they are more likely to have things wrong with them). Sometimes I just get tempted to try my luck with them in hope of recieving a good copy for cheaper than the going rate as their prices are pretty good,

Their customer service is very good as you say, I've always recieved a refund or been offered a replacement if I've complained.
 
I picked up a very nice, solid wood stereo cabinet from an online seller who happened to live on 2 miles from me. I will be putting this in my bedroom so I can finally use some of my vintage stereo equipment I haven't used in years. I had to sell my previous cabinet and move all of the equipment down into the basement for storage almost 5 years ago, when my elderly parents moved in with me and I had to make room in the living room for their stuff. I've finally freed up some space for a cabinet and two speakers in my bedroom, so I've been on the lookout online for quite some time for a nice cabinet to re-purchase, and ended up with this one.

I needed a cabinet wider than the standard 19" stereo cabinet, because I own a 1974 Marantz 4270 quadraphonic receiver with a wood cover, and a Onkyo Integra receiver from the 1980's with wood side panels, so both of them are extra wide. This cabinet has a 22.5" inside width, so that should work nicely for my equipment.

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Went for a small order with Gundam Mad. Havent used the site in a few years so will see if they are any good

HG Gundam Calibarn
HG Gundam Gundvolva
HG Gundam Aile Strike

Aile Strike being the odd one out as its not a GWFM kit. Havent watched Seed but its a great design and reviews seem to suggest this is a good kit to build.

This is why I should stop watching Anime 😹😹
 
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