Is this desperate?
- Thread starter Cookeh
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I have one already. But you can't buy from most e-tailers with Paypal, can you?
Besides, who on earth will donate to someone they don't know for something that's not exactly a "worthy cause"?
If anyone does fancy donating, drop me an e-mail in trust xD
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Parents are obtuse and ignorant at times. RE sneaking in, its a bit hard when I'm at school on the days that items are delivered
Arrange for in-person pickup from an underground carpark. Just don't buy from a forum member called Deep_Throat!
Arrange for in-person pickup from an underground carpark. Just don't buy from a forum member called Deep_Throat!
Haha! Good tip, any other members I should avoid?
Id donate some, I think this is more worthy than what most people ask me to donate to. Plus, imagine how big your smile would be if you got a free upgrade from that POS you have. Paypal can be used on a lot of sites, not sure if OCUK accept it, but I know several competitors do. Or you could always paypal it to one of us with a card and we can order it for you 
Start a wanted thread and link it back to this, with the parts you want for either a new system, or a second hand core 2/p35 build and im sure we can sort something out.
Start a wanted thread and link it back to this, with the parts you want for either a new system, or a second hand core 2/p35 build and im sure we can sort something out.
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That is very very true, and applies to all areas of life. Probably the truest statement I ever read on these forums! I've also found that when I have an active hobby (even if it's just a good RPG or something) I'm more motivated to put more effort in my work, in exercise, and all other activities.
Id donate some, I think this is more worthy than what most people ask me to donate to. Plus, imagine how big your smile would be if you got a free upgrade from that POS you have. Paypal can be used on a lot of sites, not sure if OCUK accept it, but I know several competitors do. Or you could always paypal it to one of us with a card and we can order it for you
Start a wanted thread and link it back to this, with the parts you want for either a new system, or a second hand core 2/p35 build and im sure we can sort something out.
Sounds like a fair plan.
Just need to get donations without sounded like a selfish moronic *****
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Haha! Good tip, any other members I should avoid?
That's not a real person, I was just making a Watergate reference
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I think you'd get a lot of donations mate. Go for it. I reckon you'd have a sandy bridge rig within a week
That's not a real person, I was just making a Watergate reference
I know.
I was making a terrible terrible pun.
Thats dishonest, maybe on of us should set it up and then buy him the components?
Honestly.. when it comes up, just tell them you are going to do it and that's it. Don't let there be a discussion. If they don't let you do what you want know, they WILL ALWAYS treat you as a kid. Believe me! My mother told me at around 25 y/o when I had been to uni, had a job etc, and was temporarily living at home "Was I rebelling?!!?" and my Dad threatened to kick me out. Honestly, sort the moly coddling (spl?) out now.
Don't ever use the words similar to "I'm an adult", or "I'm not a child", otherwise they'll turn that round on you. Avoid anything that takes you into that zone. Just you've made your decision.
Also.. if your life is working so your mum/dad is doing the ironing, cleaning of your room etc, and cooking you dinner... consider changing it so they have no option but to let you do it. It's a pain in the arse, but will serve you better long term and your parents will respect you in the longer term.
Whether it's good or bad, your parents should only be offering advice at your age, not trying to force you to do what they want. Make mistakes, that's life.
Don't ever use the words similar to "I'm an adult", or "I'm not a child", otherwise they'll turn that round on you. Avoid anything that takes you into that zone. Just you've made your decision.
Also.. if your life is working so your mum/dad is doing the ironing, cleaning of your room etc, and cooking you dinner... consider changing it so they have no option but to let you do it. It's a pain in the arse, but will serve you better long term and your parents will respect you in the longer term.
Whether it's good or bad, your parents should only be offering advice at your age, not trying to force you to do what they want. Make mistakes, that's life.
Do you really think your parents would kick you out over you buying a computer with your own money!
You will find out by calling their bluff if you are willing to just grab your suitcase and stay at a mates for a few days and just completely blank your parents, they will realise the **** has hit the fan probably by the time you put your hand on the door handle on the way out TBH.
If not just tell them to take a really good look at you before you go as it'll be their last time.
They would be pretty stupid and stubborn if they did let you go and also devastated before long, plus you could always return after a few hours or days and appologise if needed.
I'll make a small donation, BUT only if you try the above first.
I'd be willing to donate a pound, or possibly a fiver. I have been in a very similar situation, pretty much up until last summer (even though I was 18 last april 
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Basically my parents would not let me game, go out, play for my 6th form football team etc until I had finished my A-levels. I had just built a brand new PC, had an Xbox and quite a few mates I liked to go out with, but was constantly banned from the various means of relaxation in my life, and unless I went through their strict revision scheme, I wouldn't be able to do anything they wanted.
However I rebelled, which was probably a bad idea, however it ended up with my male chicken of a stepfather being kicked out after my mum realised how much of a male chicken he was. I still did terrible in my A-levels though (even though I've ended up doing maths at Uni ).
So yeah. Lots of sympathy from this corner
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).Basically my parents would not let me game, go out, play for my 6th form football team etc until I had finished my A-levels. I had just built a brand new PC, had an Xbox and quite a few mates I liked to go out with, but was constantly banned from the various means of relaxation in my life, and unless I went through their strict revision scheme, I wouldn't be able to do anything they wanted.
However I rebelled, which was probably a bad idea, however it ended up with my male chicken of a stepfather being kicked out after my mum realised how much of a male chicken he was. I still did terrible in my A-levels though
(even though I've ended up doing maths at Uni ).So yeah. Lots of sympathy from this corner
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My parents never want me to go buy stuff, when i was 15 or so and got my first debit card and my parents wouldn’t let me buy a mouse i just bought it anyway. It turned up and they were like what’s this, i was like oh yeah thanks my new mouse, they probably didn’t let me have the package until i had cleaned my room /sigh, but they did let me keep it. I just spent 1k on a sandy bridge pc, and i wouldn’t have got it if my mum had her way lol. I tried reasoning but it doesn’t work, i showed the lag of bad company 2 but somehow they still didn’t understand.
If you were going to 'just buy it' i guess you would have done it already, however i don’t see there being any more options. I would happily donate a fiver, i recon if we get a donation going with a trustworthy mod holding the money and buy you a motherboard you could say, 'well i got the motherboard now i need to buy the rest of it' lol. Plus you couldn’t return it if it wasn’t bought in your name Also say you’re going out on the **** take £40 out the cash machine and get a mate to add 40 to the donation fund, make it more likely to get enough then (oh but don’t really go out on the **** just go ur mates or summet).
If you were going to 'just buy it' i guess you would have done it already, however i don’t see there being any more options. I would happily donate a fiver, i recon if we get a donation going with a trustworthy mod holding the money and buy you a motherboard you could say, 'well i got the motherboard now i need to buy the rest of it' lol. Plus you couldn’t return it if it wasn’t bought in your name
Also say you’re going out on the **** take £40 out the cash machine and get a mate to add 40 to the donation fund, make it more likely to get enough then (oh but don’t really go out on the **** just go ur mates or summet).