Thread: Show us your impulse buy

Originally Posted by panama hat

Some of the things about Apple products which make them stand out are that attention to detail, visual impact and quality . . . and this includes the packaging

Not to worry, sybill . . . you'll understand what that means - subtle isn't your mode, neither is taste . . . speaking of which, how's your long distance relationship with Abdul going?

Originally Posted by Buckaroo Banzai

I would get a pair, if I was not blowing all of my discretionary budget on those damn fish LOL

You know what they say - one man's fish is another . . . hmmm . . .

Originally Posted by Buckaroo Banzai

where did you order them from? or do you think I would be better of waiting until I went back to the US.

Apple NZ, but they were shipped from Vietnam. Took just a few days. I ordered three phones with accessories yesterday and the tracker says they've been shipped already.

Apple being Apple, the price should be very similar irrespective of where you buy them, I'd think

Ipad Mini 2021 5G - I've always had the flagship Samsung phones for a long time so I wanted to see how the other side lives... had a Macbook Pro years ago and my Apple account seems to still be there... nice

iPhone 13 — Love everything about it, especially the internet speed with AIS.

Originally Posted by Buckaroo Banzai

A Fish feeder because feeding the fish every day was hard work that challenged my intellectual capacity.
Every day at 7am , 12 pm, and 5 pm it dispenses food for the fish.
7 am, 12 pm and 5 pm are the highlights of my day. I just sit there and watch it do it's thing. as i descend into madness.
Very entertaining!!
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It appears your fish feeder is pretty good at spreading fish food pellets all over the patio, which will end up attracting rodents and then more snakes to your pond area.

It even appears to be dispensing pellets behind itself.

Originally Posted by cyrille

It even appears to be dispensing pellets behind itself.

Don't you?

I also has a manual feed function, as I was setting the preferences I accidentally pressed the manual feed button and dispensed a portion on the floor , I will clean it up.
eventually.

Originally Posted by panama hat

Apple NZ, but they were shipped from Vietnam. Took just a few days. I ordered three phones with accessories yesterday and the tracker says they've been shipped already.

Three days . . . three iPhones from Australia to here. Three days, over the week-end even. I ordered something from Nelson (tip of the south island) over a week ago and it hasn't arrived yet.

The fourth iPhone to Brisbane also arrived today. Impressive.


My youngest one's - free shipping as well and in her favourite colour which isn't available here

Why the 12 instead of the 13?

Was there a big cost difference or just availability?

Originally Posted by Saint Willy

Why the 12 instead of the 13?

The 12 is for our youngest, her sister and me, simply because the difference isn't all too great. A 13 Pro Max for my wife, better for her eyes. She also likes the idea of a TB storage.

Originally Posted by Saint Willy

Was there a big cost difference or just availability?

The rub is that availability in NZ is low, and only black, white and a few blue. Talking to the shops that sell them, it's because those three are cheaper for them to buy but sell at the same list price.

So, may as well buy the colours that we (the girls) prefer . . . (well, they don't know that they're getting them) . . . and the second Christmas without out eldest, which is sad.

Add two MacBook Air this year already and I should have bought shares.

The Festive season approacheth, so here are some impulse buys from Wish.com-

Originally Posted by Mendip

A 'bolster' pillow I think they call them.

The wife's got one in our bed at home. She either cuddles it or uses it as a barrier. Either way I'm not too keen on them.

Funnily enough, my Mrs is jealous of my bosie pillow too.

Originally Posted by Samuel

iPhone 13 — Love everything about it, especially the internet speed with AIS.

What speeds are you getting? I'm thinking of buy a cheap 5G phone here to use as hotspot for my laptop when I visit BKK.

Originally Posted by Topper

What speeds are you getting? I'm thinking of buy a cheap 5G phone here to use as hotspot for my laptop when I visit BKK.

At home, I have an AIS broadband 500/500 Mbps package for 399 baht/month.

Since getting the new iPhone I've tested the speeds a few times, out of curiosity.


My laptop can only go as high as around 250 Mbps for downloading — though my iPhone 13 regularly goes above 500 Mbps and even above 600 Mbps during non-peak hours.

It must be the equatorial distance . . .

I'm getting 16.7mpbs, but I pay through the teeth for it.

Still . . . compare your 16.7 and my 13.1 to Samuel's 600+ . . .

About 35 on my True WiFi. Which fared pretty well with 3 of us using it during WFH

Don't know much about these things. Is this good? from some of the other posts it seems like it is.

ergo sum . . . NZ and the UK (aka the First World) . . . suck at connection speeds. (And we probably pay much more for it)

But . . . hello.



Just tried it again and the difference is massive.

Weird

Originally Posted by Joe 90

I'm getting 16.7mpbs, but I pay through the teeth for it.

Originally Posted by panama hat

NZ and the UK (aka the First World) . . . suck at connection speeds. (And we probably pay much more for it)

Yep, my AIS broadband 500/500 Mbps package for 399 baht/month is a great deal.

It's actually 599/month — though, they discount 200/month, if you sign up for 2 years with automatic payments.

And, with the AIS app — one can actually increase the download or upload speeds to 700-800 mbps anytime you want. Though, don't really have a need for that as movies download fast enough already.

There is a lot of competition between the companies which is great for customers with many of them already offerering fibre optic which is a small cable they connect from the street directly to your home/room — compared to ADSL that goes over the phone line and has a lower maximum speed.




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Hasn’t just about everyone in Thailand had fibre optic for a couple of years, except maybe those right out in the boonies?

Flipping between higher download or upload might come in handy, though.

Originally Posted by cyrille

Hasn’t just about everyone in Thailand had fibre optic for a couple of years, except maybe those right out in the boonies?

Yes, from what I've read fibre-optic has spread across the country the last few years with around 10 million broadband subscribers. AIS fibre has something like 1.5 million customers.

Thailand is doing quite well on that front.



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