What have you bought recently?

David later version said:
Seabreeze,
I have owned a Shark NV341 Navigator for the last 12 years and it still works perfectly. It was purchased at Amazon. I am an avid Amazon buyer. In fact, I am having to stay away from the site as my finances suck right now! I have ordered dress shirts, winter coats, a couple pair of shoes, two fedoras, underwear and t-shirts through Amazon and every item fits perfectly and seem to be competently made. Brick & Mortar for groceries only. I recently bought a Full Bed Frame, a 3" latex foam topper, some tapestries and kibble. Now, I have to stop spending until next month. It's always the way it goes for me.

-David-
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Hi David, I still have my vacuum cleaner and have no complaints. I purchase things from Amazon several times a week, more than ever now that I can no longer drive due to vision loss, and my husband recently passing away, so he can't drive me to certain stores anymore to buy things for the house or yard.

Just in the past couple of days, I bought and received an inexpensive small fan for the den/computer room, a lightweight quilt for my bed, the one I'm using now is wonderful, but it's down. When my husband passed, I donated the window air conditioner, so now it's much warmer in that room at night, but the ceiling fan is enough for me and the pup.

I've ordered from Amazon sheets vitamins and supplements, dog treats, harnesses, collars, coats, etc. I've bought flannel shirts for my husband, and pocket tee shirts for me. My husband signed up years back for Amazon Prime, because it was needed to watch a particular NFL game on our Comcast cable service. I just kept it going, makes things much easier.

The bills do add up fast using Amazon, but at this point in time, I don't care. I don't buy anything too expensive, and live a simple lifestyle, always have. But you are wise to keep a check on that, good to be aware and stay on top of your finances and debts. Hope all is well with you, take care. :)
 

David later version said:
Seabreeze,
I have owned a Shark NV341 Navigator for the last 12 years and it still works perfectly. It was purchased at Amazon. I am an avid Amazon buyer. In fact, I am having to stay away from the site as my finances suck right now! I have ordered dress shirts, winter coats, a couple pair of shoes, two fedoras, underwear and t-shirts through Amazon and every item fits perfectly and seem to be competently made. Brick & Mortar for groceries only. I recently bought a Full Bed Frame, a 3" latex foam topper, some tapestries and kibble. Now, I have to stop spending until next month. It's always the way it goes for me.

-David-
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Have you discovered Haul?
 
I just bought a USB rechargeable table lamp... Electricity prices here are through the roof, and I spend long evenings in this office room with lights on.. and so I thought , to save a little bit of money I would try a USB recharageable table lamp.. see if that saves much money ...


I also bought 2 pairs of capri pants one Plain colour, the other ditsy print.
 
Another big computer equipment buy today after the HP Omen 35L yesterday ($1509 total incl tax). Amazon ordered a few minutes ago for $630 incl tax that will arrive in a week plus:

ASUS ProArt Display 32” 4K HDR Monitor (PA329CV) - UHD (3840 x 2160), IPS, 100% sRGB/Rec.709, ΔE < 2, Calman Verified

This is a 2021 released professional image editing monitor and considered mediocre for gaming as it is not optimized for video gaming. Out of box factory calibrated color to a list of different switchable standards with much control over operation. I already have a high end Dell UHD 24 inch 4k but this offers me a lot more. To this point was only interested and following monitor features for upcoming 8k products but after perusing features for monitors, decided last night to buy this first. I can find plenty of use for the Dell especially if I can get the Dell laptop working.

A most important feature for me is the monitor C-Clamp table top stand that allows rare for monitors rotation from normal landscape orientation to portrait. Back in 2016, I paid $1.2k for the Dell so this Asus is half the cost with much more functionality given technical progress. Its bad enough that all my images have to be significantly downsized to fit full images on even 4k displays but vertical orientation images have to be mutilated even more to fit due to the wide 16:9 aspect ratio. By being able to rotate so, that will reduce that by half.

Also ordered one of these Bluetooth Keyboard Mouse combos for $40. Spent a couple hours awake during wee hours a few nights ago looking at a bunch of these products. No keyboard or mouse on the HP I'm receiving though I have a couple of dusty older ones. Came in different colors and had solid reviews. Would be a perfect gift for our @RadishRose . :)

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SeaBreeze said:
Hi David, I still have my vacuum cleaner and have no complaints. I purchase things from Amazon several times a week, more than ever now that I can no longer drive due to vision loss, and my husband recently passing away, so he can't drive me to certain stores anymore to buy things for the house or yard.

Just in the past couple of days, I bought and received an inexpensive small fan for the den/computer room, a lightweight quilt for my bed, the one I'm using now is wonderful, but it's down. When my husband passed, I donated the window air conditioner, so now it's much warmer in that room at night, but the ceiling fan is enough for me and the pup.

I've ordered from Amazon sheets vitamins and supplements, dog treats, harnesses, collars, coats, etc. I've bought flannel shirts for my husband, and pocket tee shirts for me. My husband signed up years back for Amazon Prime, because it was needed to watch a particular NFL game on our Comcast cable service. I just kept it going, makes things much easier.

The bills do add up fast using Amazon, but at this point in time, I don't care. I don't buy anything too expensive, and live a simple lifestyle, always have. But you are wise to keep a check on that, good to be aware and stay on top of your finances and debts. Hope all is well with you, take care. :)
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Seabreeze,

Since my SS payments auto-deposit on the 3rd of the month, that equates to me having disposable income in the first half of each month only. Based on my financial situation, I have allowed myself an absolute maximum of $200 of disposable each month. Based on other factors, that figure can be lower but never higher. I mostly buy things I (or Emma) needs, but sometimes when the stars align, I will buy myself something frivolous or a gadget that caught my eye.

Every windows AC and every oil-based space heater I own came from Amazon, not to mention all of the Echo home automation devices (3 Dots, 3 Echo Shows, 1 Echo Pop, & 1 EchoFlex.) Also from Amazon is a bunch of Wyze security cameras - 7 at last count, and a selection of smart bulbs and smart plugs. I jumped head-first into home automation as you can tell. For a senior, it is absolutely a wonderful thing, except when the internet goes down (not often) or when I lose electricity (mostly seasonal - Hurricanes, etc.) A lot of this was bought a while back when I had more money.

Now, like you, I live a fairly simple lifestyle, with only an occasional splurge.

-David-
 
David777 said:
Another big computer equipment buy today after the HP Omen 35L yesterday ($1509 total incl tax). Amazon ordered a few minutes ago for $630 incl tax that will arrive in a week plus:

ASUS ProArt Display 32” 4K HDR Monitor (PA329CV) - UHD (3840 x 2160), IPS, 100% sRGB/Rec.709, ΔE < 2, Calman Verified

This is a 2021 released professional image editing monitor and considered mediocre for gaming as it is not optimized for video gaming. Out of box factory calibrated color to a list of different switchable standards with much control over operation. I already have a high end Dell UHD 24 inch 4k but this offers me a lot more. To this point was only interested and following monitor features for upcoming 8k products but after perusing features for monitors, decided last night to buy this first. I can find plenty of use for the Dell especially if I can get the Dell laptop working.

A most important feature for me is the monitor C-Clamp table top stand that allows rare for monitors rotation from normal landscape orientation to portrait. Back in 2016, I paid $1.2k for the Dell so this Asus is half the cost with much more functionality given technical progress. Its bad enough that all my images have to be significantly downsized to fit full images on even 4k displays but vertical orientation images have to be mutilated even more to fit due to the wide 16:9 aspect ratio. By being able to rotate so, that will reduce that by half.

Also ordered one of these Bluetooth Keyboard Mouse combos for $40. Spent a couple hours awake during wee hours a few nights ago looking at a bunch of these products. No keyboard or mouse on the HP I'm receiving though I have a couple of dusty older ones. Came in different colors and had solid reviews. Would be a perfect gift for our @RadishRose . :)

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That's a beautiful keyboard combo. Personally, not being a gamer but I write a lot, I prefer Tactile or clicky/mechanical switches. That said, I am not really bothered by my laptop switches. I did recently purchase a Bluetooth keyboard to use with my large smart TV browser.

I take it you are a digital artist? Subject matter?

-David-
 
Renewed Dell 'All in One' for streaming with headphones Includes Mouse & Keyboard
Ordered this AM, Delivery the 17th. There was a $23 gift card attached so it was $268 rather than $290+.

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Reported on another thread.
Since going to Linux OS & having resorted to online streaming with headphones to enable better hearing I decided to look into buying a renewed 'All in One' rather than use either my 15.6 16GB inch laptop or my 17 inch HP 8GB laptop & replace them with a 21.5 'All in One' 16 GB, 1 TB HD. to have better viewing. All for under $300. Maintaining all the bells & whistles I'm used too.
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Now just have to convince the wife it was something I really needed.
 
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David later version said:
Seabreeze,

Since my SS payments auto-deposit on the 3rd of the month, that equates to me having disposable income in the first half of each month only. Based on my financial situation, I have allowed myself an absolute maximum of $200 of disposable each month. Based on other factors, that figure can be lower but never higher. I mostly buy things I (or Emma) needs, but sometimes when the stars align, I will buy myself something frivolous or a gadget that caught my eye.

Every windows AC and every oil-based space heater I own came from Amazon, not to mention all of the Echo home automation devices (3 Dots, 3 Echo Shows, 1 Echo Pop, & 1 EchoFlex.) Also from Amazon is a bunch of Wyze security cameras - 7 at last count, and a selection of smart bulbs and smart plugs. I jumped head-first into home automation as you can tell. For a senior, it is absolutely a wonderful thing, except when the internet goes down (not often) or when I lose electricity (mostly seasonal - Hurricanes, etc.) A lot of this was bought a while back when I had more money.

Now, like you, I live a fairly simple lifestyle, with only an occasional splurge.

-David-
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I don't have any smart gadgets around the house, never embraced technology or trusted it that much. But I can see the convenience, many folks have them. We have never denied ourselves anything we really wanted, just a splurge item. We all deserve a treat at times, one of the things that makes life good. :)

But, for decades now we have never made any payments on our credit cards. If we can't afford to pay the credit card balance in full when the bill comes, we don't buy that item until we can. We never let any debt build up.
 
SeaBreeze said:
I don't have any smart gadgets around the house, never embraced technology or trusted it that much. But I can see the convenience, many folks have them. We have never denied ourselves anything we really wanted, just a splurge item. We all deserve a treat at times, one of the things that makes life good. :)

But, for decades now we have never made any payments on our credit cards. If we can't afford to pay the credit card balance in full when the bill comes, we don't buy that item until we can. We never let any debt build up.
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I don't use credit cards, period!
 
David later version said:
That's a beautiful keyboard combo. Personally, not being a gamer but I write a lot, I prefer Tactile or clicky/mechanical switches. That said, I am not really bothered by my laptop switches. I did recently purchase a Bluetooth keyboard to use with my large smart TV browser. I take it you are a digital artist? Subject matter? -David-
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Landscape and nature photography. I began using Photoshop from its earliest CS3 era.

Forgot to add the Amazon link for the keyboard on that post. Review section is a good read on a well rated typing product. I like soft, low actuation force chiclet style keyboards most. Because of some arthritis in some of my fingers, I can no longer type rapidly in a more conventional style like I could up to about age 50.

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The one thing which I have been most pleased to buy was a pair of boots, exactly like the ones I currently have. I l-o-v-e those boots! "MUDS" brand, up to the knee, warm in winter, water proof and great for wading in the creek or snow, good tread and not slippery on ice/snow/mud, rubber so easily hosed off, easy-on-easy-off. Very comfortable. Have I said I l-o-v-e these boots? Anyway, they are made in China and I was concerned that when these wear out they may not be replaceable. So now I have a second pair. These are definitely work boots, not fashionable. But I am tempted to just wear them everywhere and to hell with fashion.
 
David777 said:
Landscape and nature photography. I began using Photoshop from its earliest CS3 era.

Forgot to add the Amazon link for the keyboard on that post. Review section is a good read on a well rated typing product. I like soft, low actuation force chiclet style keyboards most. Because of some arthritis in some of my fingers, I can no longer type rapidly in a more conventional style like I could up to about age 50.

Amazon.com
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Me too.... despite having a Mac desktop I don't like Mac keyboards... and prefer this wireless bluetooth one I have now ....

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Logitech Pebble Keys 2 K380s, Multi-Device Bluetooth Wireless Keyboard, Slim and Portable - Graphite |​

 
GoodEnuff said:
The one thing which I have been most pleased to buy was a pair of boots, exactly like the ones I currently have. I l-o-v-e those boots! "MUDS" brand, up to the knee, warm in winter, water proof and great for wading in the creek or snow, good tread and not slippery on ice/snow/mud, rubber so easily hosed off, easy-on-easy-off. Very comfortable. Have I said I l-o-v-e these boots? Anyway, they are made in China and I was concerned that when these wear out they may not be replaceable. So now I have a second pair. These are definitely work boots, not fashionable. But I am tempted to just wear them everywhere and to hell with fashion.
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What keeps you from wearing them with a short skirt. Show off those boots! Lime green leggins please!
 
hollydolly said:
Me too.... despite having a Mac desktop I don't like Mac keyboards... and prefer this wireless bluetooth one I have now ....

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Logitech Pebble Keys 2 K380s, Multi-Device Bluetooth Wireless Keyboard, Slim and Portable - Graphite |​

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Interesting, Amazon has the KB @ the same price, My new/renewed All in One comes Saturday 17th & uses a wireless KB. Something I've really never had good luck with, but that could be my OS choice (Linux). I'm going to wait on your review before I order one. So let me know if it works flawlessly. I like the look of it. I may just keep & use the included one but this is an attractive sub.
 
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gilead said:
Interesting, Amazon has the KB @ the same price, My new/renewed All in One comes Saturday 17th & uses a wireless KB. Something I've really never had good luck with, but that could be my OS choice (Linux). I'm going to wait on your review before I order one. So let me know if it works flawlessly. I like the look of it. I may just keep & use the included one but this is an attractive sub.
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well I've had it now for about a month or more, and it works perfectly fine, very simple to set up..... it's smaller than the average keyboard but I like that because it takes up less space on the desktop , and now with some OA in my fingers, predominately my right hand I find it more comfortable to have my hands in the 'home postion'' on the keyboard without fingers having to strecth too far..
 
Bought some interesting products today I'll share on this thread. One can spend a lot more for other similar products. Because of medical issue with my spleen after an injury at age 21, I can aggravate my spleen if laying prone on my back for long periods. Thus have always slept somewhat sitting in various ways I change during the night. A couple decades ago bought some foam pieces from an upholstery supply to deal with that.

And because after surgery on May 1, I was mostly confined to bed to heal my incision, I also used those foam pieces but have decided to replace them since the foam has been disintegrating. Though I've never used my Dell laptop in bed, after the Dell recently broke, began using a small Windows 11 laptop, so needed a better solution for positioning a laptop while semi-sitting up. To be clear, I've never owned a bed at home but rather counterculture style use a king sized mattress on the floor that is also sort of like sleeping on the ground outdoors I do a lot of.

Further, I normally sleep with an elevated head and expect it reduces the chances of brain strokes because of lower cranial fluid pressures. My family though little cancers, has some history of strokes. After looking at a surprising number of wedge pillow products I never knew existed, just purchased this normally $40 product for $25. Has some nice video reviews. There are 2 basic angle orientations

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A related product category I also was not aware existed are laptop pillows used for sitting in chairs or beds. So looked at a bunch of those products and bought the below product that was also just $25. Noticed most such product dimensions that are usually not adjustable are rather large raised about a foot high for larger adult legs, while this one is for we smaller folk, like petite women. With the foam pieces I already have, my laptop is raised about 8 inches so normal sized products that are usually about a foot high read too large. This product is 8 inches near one's body.

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