Best Way to spend £200?

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16-03-2007, 08:54 PM
Rob_B

Best Way to spend £200?

Got my bonus from work & using a small portion for me & my fiance to treat ourselves.

Basically I'm wondering what to get for £200. My PC is fairly decent (ie I see no need to upgrade yet from a 2.7Ghz CPU & a 7900GTO!) so I'm not spending the money there :stop:

I was looking at perhaps a really cheap lappy to tinker with, also seen some lovely airsoft rifles (ie the Dragunov) for £100, nowhere to shoot them but I love them things & money left over! :mrgreen:

Brainstorm away!!! :shocked2:
16-03-2007, 09:17 PM
Clunk

Wall of death lessons.
16-03-2007, 09:19 PM
TeePee

Or lessons in something safer and more fun.

http://www.edinburghflyingclub.co.uk/trial.cfm

:D
16-03-2007, 09:34 PM
g8ina

20 Bodhran lessons :)
16-03-2007, 09:49 PM
Girdag

Send it to me! Alternately, 20000 1p sweets. You know you want to.
16-03-2007, 10:01 PM
Rob_B

hmmm..tempted but think I'd have a sugar rush that would last about 7years so no thanks.
To clarify we are both getting the same amount each, had some people think it was between us & how will a lappy benefit her?! :D
16-03-2007, 11:27 PM
kickstart 1

Red Nose Day .make a donation !!!
16-03-2007, 11:36 PM
Stigggeh

have a weekend away :)
16-03-2007, 11:44 PM
Ruggerbugger

Quote:

Originally Posted by kickstart 1

Red Nose Day .make a donation !!!

seconded :D
16-03-2007, 11:47 PM
vrykyl

charity sum, or you could get an xbox360? or a DS lite and a few games... or get your family together and go out for a really nice meal...
17-03-2007, 01:03 AM
Knoxville

Wii? Download Ticket? Warlock haze? Give it to me?
17-03-2007, 01:21 AM
Miller85

Well, if airsoft appeals then spend the money to get yourself along to a site. The average site tends to charge about £20 for the day's "green fee", and most sites offer rental guns for a further £15-20 or so.

The nearest sites to you are either Section 8 (between Edinburgh and Glasgow) or The Fort (near Kirkcaldy). Section 8 have a strong presence on the airsoft forum I run so if you think it takes your fancy then stop by their section (www.airsofters.co.uk , or the S8 section directly at http://forums.airsofters.co.uk/forumdisplay.php?f=88 ). The owners of the Fort don't frequent the forum but I've skirmished there, they're thoroughly decent guys - very welcoming.

If you get on with it then you should have enough change to just about afford a rifle*, some eye protection and a set of DPMs.

Anyway, that's what I'd suggest - but then I'm an airsofter :p

*For the past few months there've been models entering the market from China that are essentially direct clones of Japanese designed models. They cost about half as much as the Japanese models but reputedly perform identically. It used to be a case of you had to spend £200-£250+ for a decent rifle, now suddenly there are viable options at £140 and below - which is good if you're starting out!
17-03-2007, 02:27 AM
bledd

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stigggeh

have a weekend away :)

do that, the mrs will be :bowdown:
17-03-2007, 12:01 PM
streetster

i'd say either weekend away somewhere nice, or maybe a digital camera if you dont already own one... :)
17-03-2007, 12:22 PM
Rob_B

We already have 2 weekends away booked so thats not really something we'd do. Felt we needed a treat as we've worked our arses off recently with this & that, busy year so far!

Charity donations(s) aready made so this is surplus to that sort of thing :)

Miller85 - you mean the LPHPs from airsoftscotland I assume! ;-) already been tempted by the G36 or dragunov. Used to have a P90 & a g-spec but never had the chance to skirmish even though I knew about the fort being there :(

Digi camera is prob an idea as I'd already thought about that for baby pics! any suggestions for say a max of £150?
17-03-2007, 12:56 PM
arbitor

have your car serviced :)
17-03-2007, 01:01 PM
Hans Voralberg

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rob_B

Digi camera is prob an idea as I'd already thought about that for baby pics! any suggestions for say a max of £150?

Canon IXUS 60 £157.73 Free shipping
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Canon-IXUS-D...4132534&sr=1-1

Casio EX-Z70SR £129.99 Free shipping
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Casio-EX-Z70...132610&sr=1-29
17-03-2007, 01:13 PM
Rob_B

hmm.. i like that casio :D
18-03-2007, 02:43 PM
redflyingpig

Invest it in the stock...
18-03-2007, 03:22 PM
Smokey21

Hooker.:mrgreen:
18-03-2007, 05:21 PM
Rob_B

Sorted, only spent £165, PSP + extras :)

rest stays in t'bank!
18-03-2007, 07:56 PM
xolotl

Get a Wii!!!!!

Also, don't get a cheap soft from AirsoftWorld. Stick with established makes such as TM, ICS and CA.
18-03-2007, 08:45 PM
htid

Quote:

Originally Posted by xolotl

Get a Wii!!!!!

Also, don't get a cheap soft from AirsoftWorld. Stick with established makes such as TM, ICS and CA.

He's already spent it..:P
18-03-2007, 08:56 PM
TeePee

Quote:

Originally Posted by xolotl

Get a Wii!!!!!

Also, don't get a cheap soft from AirsoftWorld. Stick with established makes such as TM, ICS and CA.

I remember when people were saying 'Don't get a cheap soft from ICS or CA. Stick with TM'...

That was back in the days of Alex Goodey and the screaming about how we should have 328fps limits. Good thing that never lasted, eh?
18-03-2007, 11:07 PM
xolotl

Quote:

Originally Posted by TeePee

I remember when people were saying 'Don't get a cheap soft from ICS or CA. Stick with TM'...

That was back in the days of Alex Goodey and the screaming about how we should have 328fps limits. Good thing that never lasted, eh?

However CA's and ICS's latest guns are so much better than their older ones. Now they have got their reliability issues out they're awesome.

The cheapsoft ones are a relatively unknown commodity, being clones of TM they should be reasonably good but quality control and long term reliability are unknown.