Bargains Thread
 

Cheapskates of the world unite!!!


Credit crunch sucks my arse, I walked down Charing Cross Road and found......................*drums roll* for a quid Peter Wild's ''The Empty Page - Fiction |Inspired by Sonic Youth''. Beat that, paesants!

slickdeals

Baller on a budget

You can't get bargains anywhere outside London, surely ? The rest of the world is just open fields, if I'm not mistaken?

I picked up some filet mignon for 22$ a pound at Kroger
Usually goes for 25$-26$ a pound

Discounts are not bargains, though. C'mon crypto, get a bargain perspective from the real poor folks.

a guy in MD about a year ago sold his Smashing Pumpkin Rocket CD single for about $5, so i jumped on it (incidentally it's actual value is near $200, and considered about as rare as the Pennyroyal Tea CD Single which i paid $200 for about 7 years ago)

in the last 2 weeks got two more items from my holy grails list, Half Japanese's 1/2 Gentlemen, Not Beasts for $88 (i am thinking a bargain, cause i expected it go upwards of 50% higher, and only one who bid on it)

the real Half Jap steal though was find a copy of Charmed Life for $40, and most people are asking $80 and upwards

I just bought 2 hits of acid for $5. Bargain?

metal machne music original vinyl for £2.50, also one extra half dozen eggs when i buy a dozen at safeway.

i went to some place today and got free tea.

beat that, paesano!

I remember scoring the "Pennyroyal Tea" single for under $10 like ten years ago. Who knows what happened to it.

i got flipper generic for $3 when it was out of print (or is it still?) and sold it for $40 or so on amazon.

i bought a raincoats cd for $3 at a pawn shop, i sold it to a friend for $15.

hmph.

I got a very dusty boombox for £1 the other day. The radio is fucked so you can get amazing static sounds out of it, it's like a theremin with a mind of it's own.

Found a pound of fairly good coffee for under 5 bucks the other day. Spent 9 bucks on a 4-pak of Flying Dog Double Dog pale ale, though (sounds expensive, but at 11.5 ABV and loads of flavor, this really may be a bargain after all).

But then also picked up a loaf of 100% whole grain bread for under 1.50.

The other day I stumbled into a second-hand record shop down my road (usually this shop doesn't seem to sell anything other than crap) and picked up three 7" Big Black singles for a fiver. Stoked!

Recent ones:

An old dictaphone (with new batteries) sand three little cassettes for £3:00

An 1980's adhesive bus sign saying "Please State Your Destination" for 10p

Two paintings of Atlantean Buses, £10 each (you probably have to like buses a lot to think that's a bargain)

A painted wooden sign from a MAnchester bus depot saying "NO UNATHORISED PERSONS ALLOWED ON THESE PREMISES". The red and gold paint suggests it was to do with the North Western Bus company. That was £5

Some old postcards of St John Baptist Church in Chester, between 50p and £1:50 each

An old, compact adjustable tripod for the camera. Lovely it is, really, and in the original case. Free, a gift from Tom who runs the ace house clearance shop at the top of the road.

I was at the record store looking through some boxes that had yet to be priced and I found this, on gatefold, vinyl, near mint condition, and when I asked the guy how much he wanted for it, he said $3.00
Cheap! I have been loking for a good copy of this forever.

TRES HOMBRES - ZZ Top
(their 3rd album, released the year I was born)
Side A

1. "Waitin' for the Bus" (Gibbons, Hill) – 2:59
2. "Jesus Just Left Chicago" – 3:30
3. "Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers" – 3:23
   • Lead vocals: Gibbons, Hill
4. "Master of Sparks" (Gibbons) – 3:33
5. "Hot, Blue and Righteous" (Gibbons) – 3:14

[edit] Side B

1. "Move Me on down the Line" (Gibbons, Hill) – 2:32
2. "Precious and Grace" – 3:09
3. "La Grange" – 3:52
4. "Shiek" (Gibbons, Hill) – 4:05
5. "Have You Heard?" (Gibbons, Hill) – 3:15

Hit To Death In The Future Head for £3 from a CD fair. Distant Voices, Still Lives on DVD for £4 (usually goes for a lot more than that).

A haircut, three kippers and an exotic-looking plant, all for under £10 (Leeds Market).

BARGAIN!:D

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all the original pressing 10" vinyls. no reissues, all new. for 80 euro!
what a fuckin bargain!