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LOL........ Its amazing when people dont use Google. Anyone who already knows they are"new at this stuff" should use Google first...before acting... this makes me wannna pull my hair out lol

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Everyone from Battlelog forums are either from EAUK forums or EAUS forums, which is full of trolls. So I would assume this person is just trolling and is sucsessful at it.

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The topic title makes me question if it was a serious post or not.

Wow.

My second thought is how the hell do people have the money to just splash on something like that.

Those laptops are only $1100 a piece. Not really all that expensive.

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The topic title makes me question if it was a serious post or not.

Those laptops are only $1100 a piece. Not really all that expensive.

I'm pretty sure you posted that just to sound snobby.

Can anyone find the actual thread? I tried googling it but couldn't find it.

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I'm pretty sure you posted that just to sound snobby.

Can anyone find the actual thread? I tried googling it but couldn't find it.

$1100 is not very much money. It what, a months paycheck for most Americans? Considering everyone wastes a good portion of their income on things they want and not things they need, $1100 is not much money at all. Nothing to do with being snobby. Someone on welfare can afford that laptop.

And no, couldn't find it either. Would love to see the trolls have fun there.

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Those laptops are only $1100 a piece. Not really all that expensive.

That works out at about ?690 atm. That is still about half a months wage for me (And I'm rather well paid for my area). After you take out rent and bills I sure as hell wouldn't be blowing a couple of months savings just like that.

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That works out at about ?690 atm. That is still about half a months wage for me (And I'm rather well paid for my area). After you take out rent and bills I sure as hell wouldn't be blowing a couple of months savings just like that.

Heh its less than that for me, but after all the bills have gone out and I can afford to eat I could probably afford one laptop by the time I'm dead, so as long as I get reincarnated 3 times in to a human I could buy two of these and live to enjoy using them, by which time they would be so out of date technology wise its not worth it :D

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Heh its less than that for me, but after all the bills have gone out and I can afford to eat I could probably afford one laptop by the time I'm dead, so as long as I get reincarnated 3 times in to a human I could buy two of these and live to enjoy using them, by which time they would be so out of date technology wise its not worth it :D

:D This leads me to the conclusion that Americans earn too damn much. Or us Brits are way too underpaid / overtaxed / overworked / etc etc. lol

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:D This leads me to the conclusion that Americans earn too damn much. Or us Brits are way too underpaid / overtaxed / overworked / etc etc. lol

I moved to Switzerland from the UK - definitely underpaid / overtaxed / overworked. The minimum people earn over here works out at about ?12 per hour! The average is much, much, much higher. My gf's Dad must be on at least 15,000 CHF per month.

Sure, some stuff is more expensive here, but not in the same proportion as the UK. The only thing that's disproportinally expensive here is meat.

One person living on 3300 CHF per month can rent a 2.5 - 3 room apartment, run a car, pay health insurance (you have to have it here), food for 2 people and save some money per month.

The money situation in the UK is utterly dire.

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$1100 is not very much money. It what, a months paycheck for most Americans? Considering everyone wastes a good portion of their income on things they want and not things they need, $1100 is not much money at all. Nothing to do with being snobby. Someone on welfare can afford that laptop.

And no, couldn't find it either. Would love to see the trolls have fun there.

I live with my mum so have plenty of disposable income, but I still couldn't buy that in one month after the cost of bills, petrol, etc etc. There's no way in hell somebody on benefits could afford that :p

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I live with my mum so have plenty of disposable income, but I still couldn't buy that in one month after the cost of bills, petrol, etc etc. There's no way in hell somebody on benefits could afford that :p

You live in England so your circumstances would be different over there. Depending on where you live in the United States, a single mother with one child making about $1360 a month, which is only about $8.50 an hour, makes more than enough money to survive on her own. A 2 bedroom apartment here (Oklahoma) costs around $400-$600 a month to rent depending on what utilities are included. In most cases, add another $100 in utilities. A brand new Dodge Neon can be bought for $200 a month, insurance would only be around $80 a month, and a simple cellphone plan would be around $50-$60 a month. That leaves, in the worst case scenario, $400 a month to spend and food and other things. Even if she spend $200 a month on food, which is more than most do when on a budget even with a child, and gas for a Neon around here would be about $60 a month. She would still have $140 extra. We would all agree she should probably save that money, but lets assume shes not and decides to buy an "expensive" laptop. If she chooses to take a credit route, it would cost her about $20-$30 a month depending on her credit.

BTW, those numbers are from a good friend of mine that is in that exact situation. She could actually afford that laptop if she wanted but shes smart and saves her money where she can.

In the United States, most people buy what they want, when they want. I know my family in Germany have a different mindset than what is found here. In Germany, you can afford what you want when you can pay cash for it. In the United States, you can afford what you want when you can pay the monthly credit card bill. I know I am generalizing, but it is to different cultural mindsets when it comes to getting things you WANT vs what you NEED. I am pretty sure England has the same mindset as my family in Germany based on how you guys complain about having to pay $9,000 for a Uni education when most Americans "pay" (read borrow money) $40,000k for one.

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That's because in England by the time you've paid for everything that is essential (food, council tax, rent / mortgage, petrol, car insurance (if monthly) etc etc) a great many people will literally have ?10 left over from their monthly pay.

The cost of living in the UK has become absurdly out of proportion with the lower end of wage scale. Most of this is to do with petrol / car insurance and the ridiculous cost of renting + council tax.

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That's because in England by the time you've paid for everything that is essential (food, council tax, rent / mortgage, petrol, car insurance (if monthly) etc etc) a great many people will literally have ?10 left over from their monthly pay.

The cost of living in the UK has become absurdly out of proportion with the lower end of wage scale. Most of this is to do with petrol / car insurance and the ridiculous cost of renting + council tax.

Same reason I have turned down offers in Germany that pay more than what I make now. After all the taxes, it would actually be less than what I make now and would end up with less and not even better health care to boot.

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you can afford what you want when you can pay cash for it. In the United States, you can afford what you want when you can pay the monthly credit card bill.

That's probably about right. However that mentality is certainly starting to show through over in the UK now. I still work to the "If you can't pay for it outright, you can't afford it" rule. Unfortunately most of my friends just grab a Credit Card and go mad.

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That's probably about right. However that mentality is certainly starting to show through over in the UK now. I still work to the "If you can't pay for it outright, you can't afford it" rule. Unfortunately most of my friends just grab a Credit Card and go mad.

Only reason I have a credit card is to build up credit for buying a house. I have a rule to where my credit card bill will never be more than 1/8 of what I put into savings each month. I also only use them if I can get financing offers like not paying any interest if payed off by a certain date. That's why I love my Newegg preferred account. No interest for 6 months on purchases of over $250.

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