The 2010 list of Thrifty People

PostRe: The 2010 list of Thrifty People by **rinks** » Sun Dec 12, 2010 7:55 pm

Heheh, I kind of have already. I haven't played GT5 since I got NFS:HP, and Enslaved is going to be put away until Christmas, assuming Zavvi ever deliver it. And GT5 was originally going to be a Christmas game, only I got too impatient, but you're right, so it's going away in the Christmas cupboard for a fortnight too.

PostRe: The 2010 list of Thrifty People by **HSH28** » Sun Dec 12, 2010 9:34 pm

Kinect + Dance Central - £129.95
Donkey Kong Country Returns - £29.99
2 x 2100 Xbox Live Points - £29.40
2100 Xbox Live Points - £6.99
The Sly Collection - £24.99
Fate of the World - £9.99
Super Meat Boy - £7.99
BlazBlue: Continuum Shift - £16.59
Super Mario All-Stars 25th Anniversary Edition - £16.14

Total for December - £272.03

Total for November - £206.32
Total for October - £385.86
Total for September - £360.93
Total for August - £79.40
Total for July - £232.44
Total for June - £89.18
Total for May - 217.57
Total for April - £292.39
Total for March - £307.61
Total for February - £179
Total for January - £162.27
Total for Year - £2785

Total left for year - -£985

PostRe: The 2010 list of Thrifty People by **Avon** » Sun Dec 12, 2010 11:10 pm

Serious question Hugo.

Have you ever considered renting games (swapgame/lovefilm deal).

Potentially you could save a lot if money over the course of the year.

Or do you like to "collect" games?

Balance = £240.51
Traded MAG in at asda £18 atore credit

New balance £258.51

Avon wrote:Serious question Hugo.

Have you ever considered renting games (swapgame/lovefilm deal).

Potentially you could save a lot if money over the course of the year.

Or do you like to "collect" games?

I like to have a choice of lots of different games to play, I never know what I'm going to feel like playing.

I do have a Lovefilm sub with games. At the moment I've got Blood Stone and MoH, the problem is that I end up keeping them for ages.

PostRe: The 2010 list of Thrifty People by **Avon** » Mon Dec 13, 2010 9:06 pm

HSH28 wrote:
Avon wrote:Serious question Hugo.

Have you ever considered renting games (swapgame/lovefilm deal).

Potentially you could save a lot if money over the course of the year.

Or do you like to "collect" games?

I like to have a choice of lots of different games to play, I never know what I'm going to feel like playing.

I do have a Lovefilm sub with games. At the moment I've got Blood Stone and MoH, the problem is that I end up keeping them for ages.

Each to their own, I guess I'm the opposite and prefer a small collection of games I can focus on and survive on 1 rental subscription, a few purchases on release and stocking up at Xmas with sub £20 bargains to last me a while.

It also depends on your disposable income. I would probably buy a few more games if I didn't have to pay the mortgage etc.

Opening balance: -£77.97

Bought - Xbox live subscription - £32

Sold - Vanquish - £15

Closing balance: -£94.97

was KingK = Budget £300 (Spent £322.99) Balance = -£22.99

Bought:
360: Fallout NV £19.99, Mafia 2 £19.99, 2100 MS Points £17.50,
PS3: Valkyria Chronicles £9.99 (Suzz - this had better be good - I remember you raving about this back in the day!)

Xmas: Getting NFS:HP too courtesy of my mum so won't include that thank goodness!

now KingK = budget £300 (Spent £418.40) Balance = -£118.40 (39% overbudget! :fp:

)

Embrassing to say, but how do I calculate % for spent? I want to do that once this year is up, for full reference.

Percentage of what? Do you mean the percentage of your original budget you went over by?

PostRe: The 2010 list of Thrifty People by **Seven** » Tue Dec 14, 2010 1:07 pm

Rogue Mistletoemato wrote:Percentage of what? Do you mean the percentage of your original budget you went over by?

Sorry, yeah I mean that. I've forgotten how to do it (again) :oops:

You find the amount (in money) you've gone over budget by then you divide it by your budget. You then multiply by 100.

Seven...

Here it is.

PostRe: The 2010 list of Thrifty People by **Rik** » Wed Dec 15, 2010 9:07 pm

Rik = £1750 (Spent £2863) Balance = -£1113.00

Playstation Navigation Controller £18
Sly Trilogy £25
Donkey Kong Country Returns £30
Forza 3 Ultimate Edition £18
Dance Central £33
Sonic Colours Wii £18
Goldeneye £30
Kinect £130
2100 XBLA Point £3.85 (loyalty Points used)
Golden Sun £26
Golden Sun Strategy Guide £11
Epic Mickey £27
Call Of Duty Black Ops £35
Gran Turismo 5 £37
Mafia II CE 360 £18
Need For Speed HP 360 £33
Kinect Sports £34
Kinectimals £34
Modnation Racers £18
Blazblue CS CE 360 £18
Viva Pinata PC 75p
Age Of Empires III 10p
Blacklight Tango Down PC 75p
Xbox Live Points £4.25

Rik = £1750 (Spent £3465.70) Balance = -£1715.70

I've done better than last year but that is still £2000 too much

Rubix78 wrote:Sold
Project Gotham Racing 4 (Xbox 360) - £4.20
A Boy And His Blob for the Nintendo Wii - £20.50
BioShock 2 (Xbox 360) - £8.01

Bought
Mario Collection (Wii) - £15.25

Before = (Spent £336.09) Balance = £166.10[
New Total Rubix78 = (Spent £318.63) Balance = £183.56
PSW = £6.27, Xbox Points = 1300, Wii Points = 700

JAN Bought: PSW £10, Vagrant Story™ (PSW), Bayonetta [X360] £FREE, Mass Effect 2 [X360]£29.99 Sold: Grand Theft Auto (GTA) Vice City Stories [PSP] £9.00, Wipeout Pure [PSP] £8.50, Gran Turismo 5: Prologue [PS3] £10.50
FEB Bought: Broken Sword [iPhone] £3.99, Final Fantasy VIII £7.99 (PSW), Heavy Rain [PS3] £27.99, Marval Vs Capcon (800 Points), Miles Edgeworth Ace Attorney [DS] £15.99
MAR Bought: Angry Birds [iPhone] £0.59, Final Fantasy XIII [PS3] £34.95, PSW £5, Singstar £5.48 (PSW), God of War Collection [PS3] £23.46, God of War III [PS3] £FREE, PSW £10, Final Fantasy [iPhone] £5.49 Sold: Zoo Keeper [DS] £6.70
APR Bought: Final Fantasy II [iPhone] £5.49, Dragon Age [X360] £13.93, PSW £10.00 Sold: Halo ODST [X360] £9.53, Grand Theft Auto Chinatown Wars [DS] £9.53, Lost Odyssey [X360] £5.20
MAY Bought: 13 month xbox Live £31.99, Red Dead Redemption [X360] (£39.99 -£25.00 Game Voucher, - £7.50 Game points) £7.49, Final Fantasy IX (PSW) £7.99 Sold: GT [PSP] £12.46, 42 All-Time Classics [DS] £7.70, The Orange Box [X360] £9.00, Resident Evil 5 [X360] £10.52
JUN Bought: Super Mario Galaxy 2 [Wii] £29.99 WEP pack 3 - Lego Batman, Pure and Wireless Controller [Xbox 360] £16.99
JUL Bought: Bioshock 2 [Xbox 360] £7.99 Alan Wake - Collectors Ed. [Xbox 360] £19.99
AUG Bought: Starcraft 2 [PC] £FREE 500 "Xbox Live Points £4.95 1,200 Used Limbo" 2100 Xbox Live Points £16.99, Used 1200 on Lara Croft
SEP Bought: Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep [PSP] £16.14, Halo Reach [X360] £27
OCT Bought: Fifa 11 [PS3] £10 Sold: Fifa 10 [Xbox360] & Far Cry 2 [Xbox360] £12
NOV Bought: Gran Turismo 5 - £33
DEC Bought: Mario Collection - £15.25 Sold: Project Gotham Racing 4 (Xbox 360) - £4.20, A Boy And His Blob for the Nintendo Wii - £20.50, BioShock 2 (Xbox 360) - £8.01

Yay I end the year in credit

End Balance = £183.56 8-)

Original Balance = £500
Balance Left = £200.75

Sold
Quantum of Solace & Fable II for £10.

Brought
Cut The Rope (iPhone) - 59p
Football Manager 2011 (iPhone) - £6.99
Halo Reach Limited Edition (360) - £24.99

Total Spent £32.57

Balance Left = £178.18

PostRe: The 2010 list of Thrifty People by **Avon** » Sun Dec 19, 2010 10:27 pm

Old Balance = £70.12

Bought Smackdown vs Raw 2011 £17.91 (360)
Bought BABC2 (iPhone) 59p
Bought LPS (iPhone) 59p
Bought NFS : HP (iPhone) 59p
Bought TW (iPhone) 59p

Final Balance = £49.85

That's me done for the year.

PostRe: The 2010 list of Thrifty People by **Rik** » Tue Dec 21, 2010 3:46 pm

Rik = £1750 (Spent £3465.70) Balance = -£1715.70

Final Fantasy Four Heroes Strategy Guide £8
8400 XBL Points £53
Red Dead Redemption Undead 360 £17

Rik = £1750 (Spent £3543.70) Balance = -£1793.70

PostRe: The 2010 list of Thrifty People by **False** » Tue Dec 21, 2010 4:44 pm

Properly blown my budget now.

Opening = £200 (Spent £254.50) Balance = -£54.50

Bought

WoW Subscription - £8.99
Chime - £1.00
Dragon Age: Ultimate Edition - £24.99
Bad Company 2 - £6.79

Closing = £200 (Spent £296.27) Balance = -£96.27

Ill do my final update after the Steam sale, when my bank account is thoroughly raped.

Opening balance: £-105.46 (spent £905.46)

Bought:
NC-Pro PS3 headset, Darksiders (PS3), Resident Evil 5 Gold (PS3 Move Edition), GTA: Complete Collection, £20 PSN card = £90

New balance: £-195.46 (spent £995.46)

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