Images of items I have purchased (except trainers [no feet pics])

2StepSteve · 2 Mar 2017 at 23:42

We all have our things that we spend too much money on, but yeah..

acemastr · 2 Mar 2017 at 23:50

I'd be concerned someone would see it on my desk and think I'm some kind of pervert (not wrong but you know)

Mark A · 3 Mar 2017 at 00:37

Ahh it wouldn't be ocuk without these type of responses

. I bought it because I love the game, the character, can afford it and just wanted some gaming stuff for my desk. The way i see it is I don't smoke and hardly ever drink, so I don't mind blowing a bit of cash on geeky things every now and again. Meh.

Raymond Lin · 3 Mar 2017 at 00:40

Mark A said:
A rather expensive 1/6 scale MGSV Quiet model from Japan, for my desk. The level of detail is immense, whoever painted it has some serious skill. I don't think i'd have bought it if i'd known quite how much I was going to get stung by HMRC and Parcel Force though .

£300 figure so....£75 HMRC tax and duty?

Mark A · 3 Mar 2017 at 00:44

It was £190 ish, but got stung for £70 by HMRC and Parcelforce. My brother spends more than that in 6 months on his vices, so the price doesn't concern me. Just hate the import tax and added fees as they are a ripoff.

Raymond Lin · 3 Mar 2017 at 00:47

Mark A said:
It was £190 ish, but got stung for £70 by HMRC and Parcelforce. My brother spends more than that in 6 months on his vices, so the price doesn't concern me. Just hate the import tax and added fees as they are a ripoff.

£75 on a £190 item seems a bit much.

Mark A · 3 Mar 2017 at 00:50

I thought that as well, there was a £13+ charge for import duty and another £13+ charge from Parcel force and the tax itself was higher than I worked it out as. This is the first time I have ever been stung, so it was a surprise when I got the letter.

Raymond Lin · 3 Mar 2017 at 00:53

Mark A said:
I thought that as well, there was a £13+ charge for import duty and another £13+ charge from Parcel force and the tax itself was higher than I worked it out as. This is the first time I have ever been stung, so it was a surprise when I got the letter.

I've been hit a few times, more now than before for sure and the larger the item, the higher the chances.

I bought two guitars and a lens from the states a couple of years ago...that was a lot of money for HMRC.

Adam · 3 Mar 2017 at 08:59

It's just a very strange thing to buy, it's some creepy fetish model. Look at the ripped tights and she is wearing a thong. That's not an accurate model of the game or film.

Hyburnate · 3 Mar 2017 at 09:02

Raymond Lin said:
I've been hit a few times, more now than before for sure and the larger the item, the higher the chances.

I bought two guitars and a lens from the states a couple of years ago...that was a lot of money for HMRC.

I'm hoping my new keycaps seem to filter through unnoticed :eek:

kthula666 · 3 Mar 2017 at 09:48

Maverick2332 said:
AvE is excellent.

Yeah his stuff on CNC plasma cutting at the moment is great. Anyway I meant to post these a couple months back but never got around to it.
Seems I'm more a fan than I thought

Last month I was on my bike choochin down a hill that was icy and I came off and my gloves are no longer skookum.

hughtrimble · 3 Mar 2017 at 09:52

kthula666 said:
Last month I was on my bike choochin down a hill that was icy and I came off and my gloves are no longer skookum.

You gone come off your bicycular and the grit done dechooched your choochy hand covers.

Mobius 1 · 3 Mar 2017 at 10:07

digitalx said:

Top gear 2 ! What a fantastic game that was ! Nostalgia of an awesome soundtrack.

Also HZD is incredible too.

Concrete · 3 Mar 2017 at 10:31

Feek said:
Pi Zero W

Common, turn it over so we can see your soldering skillz

kefan77 · 3 Mar 2017 at 11:12

some terabytes for the N54L

Radox-0 · 3 Mar 2017 at 11:44

4k Deadpool Blu-ray and a massive lounging beanbag for people to chill on when people come around and relaxing on console's or what not. Annoyingly slightly darker then I was hoping for however

Feek · 3 Mar 2017 at 12:02

Concrete said:
Common, turn it over so we can see your soldering skillz

With pleasure

Just the headers are mine, not the surface mount stuff.

Deo_volente · 3 Mar 2017 at 12:03

Raymond Lin said:
£300 figure so....£75 HMRC tax and duty?

Have you got a switch yet? Ive got that Zelda LTD Edition sitting here next to me but i don't think i'm going to get a switch until maybe Black friday or Christmas sales (too much backlog anyway on other consoles and pc)

Concrete · 3 Mar 2017 at 12:13

Feek said:
With pleasure

Just the headers are mine, not the surface mount stuff.

Good job, just had to put headers on several of them and some motor driver boards for a project. Did the first one without a set of helping hands and then went out and bought one, makes the job so much easier!

Feek · 3 Mar 2017 at 12:16

Concrete said:
Good job, just had to put headers on several of them and some motor driver boards for a project. Did the first one without a set of helping hands and then went out and bought one, makes the job so much easier!

It does but I find for a board like that, just a blob of blu-tac on the bottom to hold it in place is better than a set of helping hands as it's more stable against the desk. Showing off your soldering at all?