bargains

I just bought 3 pairs of shoes. Yes, three. Admittedly they're all the same style of shoe; they're just different colours. They're Onitsuka Tigers (Mexico 66 Baja), and they look like this:

Well actually one is a Navy (Navy/Orange stripe) and the other two are Leaf (Green/White stripe). Why? Cos the Platypus store in Melbourne Central were having a sale on them for 80% off recommended retail price. Basically it's 50 bux a pair! That works out to be $250RRP. The RRP is a bit hard to swallow, though. But I did buy a pair about three years ago on special for $170. Which I thought was a great price then, but this just takes the cake, the cookie, and whole-danged pantry! One of them (the 2nd of the Leaf Tigers) is going to my brother. So, now I have two new, cheap, very-nice looking shoes. :)

Since I'm talking about bargains: About 2 weeks ago, I picked up a brand new XFX Radeon 4850 512MB from my friend who runs a computer store:

It cost me around ~$140; or, the price of a 9600GT 1GB. At current prices, normally these babies retail for more than $185. A month ago, and they were $225. AMD must be brewing up something if they're slashing prices, but I'm stoked to get such a great mid-range card for so little money. Playing Companies of Heroes has never been smoother, and Rainbow Six Vegas and Vegas 2 are just so much nicer to play now.