Random Student Loan Purchases Thread.

Deleted member 77746 · 21 Apr 2012 at 13:44

Shayper said:
Course fees are paid straight into the uni from student finance

oh so whatever is left can be used on anything the student desires? Never used it myself.

quickshot89 · 21 Apr 2012 at 13:59

This terms student finance is being saved for next years MSc

Naffa · 21 Apr 2012 at 13:59

Wow, not bad. Almost all my student loan (along with my savings of about £2,000) has gone on living... In all fairness, I do have a pretty decent standard of living, I can go out a lot, or go out for dinner if I want to, and it's nice. But I can't decide to take a small holiday, or build a new computer, or anything.

Maybe it's because the cost of living is higher in the south of France.

Number_25 · 21 Apr 2012 at 14:05

Not so much the loan, but my scholarship will be spent on a brand spanking new PC.

Dunks · 21 Apr 2012 at 14:07

peterattheboro said:
What's wrong with the other purchases thread?

You don't want to discuss loans so you just want people to post pictures, which is exactly the same as the other thread?

This.

Veiled troll attempt!

Naffa · 21 Apr 2012 at 14:07

Moses said:
Try Helsinki .

There or Stockholm, I'm undecided.

G-MAN2004 · 21 Apr 2012 at 14:10

mrbell1984 said:
oh so whatever is left can be used on anything the student desires? Never used it myself.

Well it can be, yes, but if you want a roof over your head then you'll have to put some (or in my case, all of it) of it towards rent.

dirtychinchilla · 21 Apr 2012 at 14:15

I had to shell out £20 for this little gear, grr!

It's for my final project, and I lost the one I had before which the uni paid half the price for...I couldn't deal with telling my supervisor though, so I just bought one.

rogan · 21 Apr 2012 at 14:41

I have loads of money for this term as i start my industrial experience placement straight after exams, so i have a spare £750 or so, will be spent on moving costs down to london/possibly a bike if i dont get bike2work scheme

HangTime · 21 Apr 2012 at 14:55

Kenai said:
Putting it all into an ISA is fair enough (even if none of the people I know who started out doing that actually finished uni still doing so ) but just spending it on toys seems frivolous IMO.

For many students it is the only/cheapest way they can afford toys - if they are going to splash out, better to use Student Loan rather than credit cards etc. Most of mine went on living expenses and into an ISA though. Be interesting to see how much is left on it when the statement comes as I graduated 11 years ago :eek:

Shayper · 21 Apr 2012 at 16:26

Dunks said:
This.

Veiled troll attempt!

Hardly

as I said it was not just for purchases from this round of loan, it was for whatever random stuff you've purchased using any student loan

HangTime said:
For many students it is the only/cheapest way they can afford toys - if they are going to splash out, better to use Student Loan rather than credit cards etc. Most of mine went on living expenses and into an ISA though. Be interesting to see how much is left on it when the statement comes as I graduated 11 years ago

Exactly.