Bargain Shopping Girl (or Boy) Maniac

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Sigh. I have just returned from The Shops. I was at a *special* sale and am now gazing with consumer lust at my new Issey Miyake shoes which cost a mere £15 and are GORGEOUS. I am chuffed to bits with my bargain (marked down from £150). At this price I am a happy little conceptual fashion label whore.

So: what was your best recent bargain score? Go on, make me jealous. Make me drool.

― suzy, Saturday, 8 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I got a Megadeth CD for £5.99! *thumbs up*

I got a leather jacket for £15 once.

― jel, Saturday, 8 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Though, the best bargain I ever got was my Casiotone MT- 400v...£29!...better than any modern day keyboard (well, in my universe). It has detachable speakers, all the classic tones & backing tracks, and waw waw function. It can make train noises! In short I love it.

― jel, Saturday, 8 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I got 5 pairs of GWG jeans for 15 dollars.

― anthony, Saturday, 8 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I got a ver' swanky dressshirt (manufacturer unremembered now) once fer $1.50 down from $150 thanks to a store marking flub. huzzah.

― jess, Saturday, 8 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I bought a red Perry Ellis bag for thirty dollars, marked down one hundred and ten from the original price. I bought a Nine West long sleeved T yesterday for thrity five. I think the orginal price was seventy five or something, and it's so comfortable, so not too bad at all.

― Kim, Saturday, 8 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

A slew of CDs for about three or four bucks each at my fave local store -- no big names, but a bunch of different semi-shoegaze descendents or solo bedroom blissout pop (All Natural Lemon and Lime Flavors, Orange Cake Mix, stuff like that). Can't complain. :-) Oh yeah, and both of Jet Li's Fong Sai Yuk movies on cheap import DVD -- any self- respecting Hong Kong film fan needs 'em. Try HKFlix.com -- that's who I got them from, and the DVDs themselves should play in any Region player, though I suggest double- checking with them directly if you're in Europe.

― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 8 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I got my parents to order my birthday present today, a £600 hi-fi in a sale for £250, at Richer Sounds. That sounds like a bargain to me, plus the fact it was in a sale meant it had to be ordered today! Yay!

― DG, Saturday, 8 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

On my last thrift venture, I got: vintage cotton plaid jumper, bubblegum pink mini, green herringbone twill skirt and two pairs of nearly new shoes. The total was $6, and everything was well-made, with lining, etc. and in really good condition and it all fits beautifully. I don't buy new anymore, except when I duck into Filene's a couple of times a year. Oh, and I got a brilliant pair of sunglasses for 50 cents this week. They're, like, vintage wraparounds and they look so cool when I'm biking.

Yes, I am at a party now and I am in the back room typing on ILE.

― Kerry, Saturday, 8 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I spent about $3 this week on a short plaid skirt and a blue shirt that said "Sydney Opera House" in gold.

― maria, Sunday, 9 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I am reverse bargain shopper where Tower Records Piccadilly is concerned. Stays open till 1 + all-night buses back to Oxford + having been to pub all evening = "I just HAVE to hear [x] + shocking wastes of money. But yesterday I found ISAN's 'Beautronics' in their sale for £2.99 so that was nice.

― Tom, Sunday, 9 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Interesting you should mention Tower, Tom. Let's just say that I would be on the lookout for some clearance sales very soon -- and I mean mega-*clearance* sales. ;-)

― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 9 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

At a boot sale got a 3 CD set with 50 dance hits from about 88-92 (808 State,SL2,Black Box, Soul II Soul etc) for a quid. Hours of nostalgic fun and to think at the time I scoffed at 2 in a room's wiggle it,how wrong I was.

― Billy Dods, Sunday, 9 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I bought a Psycho Cowboy jacket for 30 pounds yesterday. It was 70 the week before and I would have bought it except I forgot my atm card. I'm sure theres a moral here somewhere.

― Ronan, Sunday, 9 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I went to the famous flea market on Columbus today. I've never bought anything there but today I spotted a fur coat I wanted. It's rabbit and black and ostentatious. It was going for $200 (on "special sale", it was "marked down", all in quotes cos that's bullshit), vintage, great condition. So I picked it up and the guy is all, "You know, I'll give you another $30 off, we're discounting everything today". Which made it $170. So I said that was way too much to pay for that thing, and made up some ludicrious thing, insisted I could see a bit of wear on it. So he's like, "Well, why don't we make it $170, ...so that's $140", meaning $170 + $30 discount he already offered. So I replyed, "I guess if it's $140 then it's $110 with the discount". He glares at me, so I said, "Oh, it's too hot to even think about this anyhow, it's like 80 today!" And laughed and put it back. He grabbed me, "Honey, you can have it for $90".

I win.

― Ally, Sunday, 9 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I demand a photo of you wearing this thing. It sounds kewl, and the story makes it better. ;-)

― Ned Raggett, Monday, 10 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Win? I can see him now explaining to his kids that Santa Claus is on vacation this year while his boss is knocking the door down screaming for money.

― Ronan, Monday, 10 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

If you honestly think that, you're a moron and deserve to be taken at flea markets. Do you know what price they *get* these things at? And that's the ones they pay for and don't get under even shadier means...

― Ally, Monday, 10 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I know, I just got a romantic image of what I said above and thought it would be nice to share it.

― Ronan, Monday, 10 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Ally, you could've gotten it much cheaper. Just some umming and aahing about Fur Ethics could've got you below the magic $50 mark (regardless of your actual beliefs).

― suzy, Monday, 10 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

A hundred pound (money not weight, before Nick makes a quip) Nine West handbag for twenty five squid in the sales last month.

My worst best bargain ever was a Workers for Freedom skirt reduced from 190 to 29 in the Liberty Sale about ten years ago. I couldn't pass up the opportunity to own a W4F skirt, even though it is constructed from one layer of very transparent silk chiffon and is completely unwearable. My sister took it along when she went to see Graham Norton and it came third in a British Weak Fashion contest. I think Graham said it was "too shit even to win a shit fashion contest" and everyone laughed. Sniff. Never worn it, still have it in the cupboard because I can't bear to get rid.

― Madchen, Monday, 10 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

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