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..V..
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How do people afford this
How do people even afford new TVs? Everyone has anHD TV now. How are we going to afford it? I'm sitting here trying to find a way to afford/get a new TV so I can get an Xbox 360 just so I can get GTA V.
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RE: How do people afford this
Google doesn't give me any good information.
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How do people afford this
I have no idea. I intend to not buy a TV at all due to their cost and that I barely like TV. Got my computer for that anyways, so. 
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How do people afford this
I bought half of a 55" 3D TV recently. It's nice for Xbox and watching general stuff.
I think GTA V is going to come out on PC at some point... the Xbox version is slow. At least PC version should be tweakable.
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RE: How do people afford this
Amd I don't have a laptop. I don't play GTA on the laptop unless it's SA-MP.
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How do people afford this
In this society, those who can afford extravagant luxuries will purchase them, and those who can't afford extravagant luxuries will purchase them. Everything's debt-driven.
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That's not even the worst. What happens is, people who have large positions at big companies get all the traffic pointing to them so their kids can have HDTVs and their own Minecraft servers, at the expense of small business owners, whose families have PCs from 2005 and can't afford groceries every week.
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How do people afford this
We saw what happened last time people bought stuff with money they didn't have...
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How do people afford this
Yeah. Big business, quite frankly, sucks. Small businesses are the heart of true capitalism.
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(05-06-2014 09:07 AM)brainiac3397 Wrote: We saw what happened last time people bought stuff with money they didn't have...
You didn't buy a Margaritaville, did you?
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RE: How do people afford this
(05-06-2014 09:07 AM)DoA Wrote: Yeah. Big business, quite frankly, sucks. Small businesses are the heart of true capitalism.
Big Business is self-destructive in my opinion.
Every time small businesses get steam-rolled by one or two big businesses, service plummets, quality sucks, pay is shit, and community-building takes a massive hit(since big businesses generally remain detached simply due to the fact the "higher ups" of the company don't really consider themselves attached to every location they pop up in)
But the fact they can give cheaper goods thanks to their massive logistics and very deep pockets tends to leave many small businesses at a disadvantage. Customer loyalty won't always save your business.
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In my experience, TVs have just gotten cheaper and better over the years. If you're willing to settle for something relatively modest, TVs are EXTREMELY cheap compared to 50 years ago.
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We're still using our 8-10 year old Sony TV, which works quite fine(minus the fact half the 5 option buttons on the TV have fallen out, requiring either remote usage or sticking a thin object in to click)
Personally don't care too much. As long as the TV works, and it's a sufficient size. We mainly use our other electronic devices(tablet, PC, phone) most of the time(hell, we hook up either the PS3 or laptop to TV to watch stuff online from there)
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PaNeM eT cIrCeNsEs
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RE: How do people afford this
Income tax returns.
That's how we got our like 50 (or 55) inch HD smart TV..
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Tax return implies job.
Not to mention it's just whatever you gave as tax given back due to being more than what you actually owe in taxes. It's not like free money or anything.
I'd rather invest my tax refunds...
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RE: How do people afford this
Probably because mid-range consumer goods are actually pretty cheap relative to other typical expenses. Like I wouldn't even be able to keep a car on the road but I could have a TV if I wanted one.
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(05-07-2014 06:40 AM)brainiac3397 Wrote: Tax return implies job.
Not to mention it's just whatever you gave as tax given back due to being more than what you actually owe in taxes. It's not like free money or anything.
I'd rather invest my tax refunds...
Yeah it's not "free" money, but it's money.
Personally I'd rather invest it too. I don't like spending money as it is. I like to say that I'd starve before I spent money on food. I'm a money hoarder.
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In fact I've already invested and intend to grow that invest slowly, while forgetting said money exists.
I'm like the banker of the family, I got money everywhere and even when I "run out" I still actually have something hidden away.
Maybe I should convert to Judaism? 
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