So I kind of impulsively bought a Steam Deck OLED this weekend, I hadn’t really done much research and I haven’t really played any games in about 15 years.
Now I have to wait for it to be delivered and, I’m worried this is something I’ll use a few times and forget about it.
What’s something you impulsively bought and fell in love with?
A $1 grand piano off of eBay. I had been looking around on stuff like FB Marketplace for a “real” piano after learning with a really basic keyboard for a while, and happened across a gorgeous 6’1" grand piano on eBay. It was reasonably close, the ad said it was in good working order, and they took very detailed pictures of basically every single flaw in the case. I called up a piano mover, and had them pick it up from the church, sight unseen. I was so worried that I’d made a mistake, given that the moving was still about $400, but I got insanely lucky, with a beautiful looking and sounding piano worth about $5k for basically just the cost of moving it.
Even $5k is extremely cheap for a good 6’1" grand piano in good condition.
I went on the low side since it’s not in perfect shape and is an older (1985) Young-Chang built Wurlitzer. It was a church piano so it has some bushing wear in the keys, but still very playable, and had a broken string on D2 that was an easy $50 fix. I think after moving, tuning, the string, and eventually rebushing it in the next year or so, I’ll have about $900-1000 into it all said and done. Still definitely a pretty inexpensive piano overall, but understandable why they might not have wanted to put money into something that was probably a donation to begin with.
Haunted piano?
So far, no ghosts yet! Only haunted by the vague odor of the church it was in before, so it kind of smells like an old lady’s house, but it’s going away pretty quickly.
What an amazing story! Its always amazing the stuff you can find second hand 😁
Spent a few hundred on a nice butterfly knife. I love the thing, it’s my favorite knife.
Meta Quest 3. I had been saving for a Valve Index but I was getting impatient. Turns out it was an amazing buy and (for me personally) having an untethered headset was more important than I realized. My computer room is small but my living room has plenty of space. Plus the Steam Link app works so well nowadays I can still play Steam VR games but wirelessly anywhere in my house. Pretty awesome deal for something that costed half the price.
An old RTS game called Darwinia, that caught my eye because of its box artwork, and wasn’t very expensive.
Turned out to be loads of fun. I really need to get that installed on my PC again actually, been a while.
On the same note, I bought into the breach because it’s from the same studio as FTL. I played a few games and forgot about it.
I recently picked it up and I’m having loads of fun.
Ooh that also reminds me of an RTS I impulse bought once and ended up absolutely falling in love with for a long time.
It was called Rise of Nations: Rise of Legends. What I most enjoyed was it’s unique factions: a clockwork/steampunk faction, an Arabian Nights inspired faction, and a Chariot of the God’s inspired Mayan/alien faction.
Remember seeing this in Linux format magazine as it was one of the first early Linux native games
Chefman counter-top water heater. It’s not the worst crime I perpetuate while making tea.
*kettle, honestly forget it’s not a global thing. How much does one set you back? We can get one for like £5 in the uk?
I can’t call this chefman thing a kettle, but that word is used here. It’s more a boil-and-hold urn like you’d see on a meeting-room sideboard with some bakery treats. Like I said, it doesn’t make a great cuppa, but I’m already a heathen before this point anyway. I’ll boil some proper water if the Yorkshire comes out, though.
Amazon basics, stainless steel 1liter, $21
I “splurged” on a cool looking glass one that lights up when in use for $30, during Covid. I was concerned I’d never use it and I really don’t, but one of my teens drinks tea and the other is always up for hot chocolate so it’s gotten plenty of use
the steam deck is the first pc gaming console. Steam deck, 3ds, and original PSP slim were my 3 big impulse buys that went well. The PSP only because it rules when you install homebrew on it.
I remember a ton of amazing LUA-scripted games running on it after that PNG-based jailbreak. There was these crazy Smash Bros and Dance Dance Revolution clones running on my PSP in 2005 and it blew my mind haha
Right as Covid quarantimes hit, I found a deal on an old decommissioned Bird electric scooter for like $250. Snapped it up immediately. I have gotten SO MUCH use out of that thing just running out to grab takeout to save on delivery fees. I’ll also use it to commute to work nowadays when I’m too lazy to walk (I am lucky enough to live only a couple miles from my office) and don’t feel like biking. It’s probably paid for itself several times over at this point.
Literally the same, what a great impulse purchase.
You’ll love it!
I plan on replacing my laptop with it as well
I did exactly that, albeit with a 3rd of your hiatus. I want to play it every moment I get - I don’t think you’ll be disappointed.
My HP ProLiant DL380 Gen8 (awesome name, ik)
Was randomly scrolling through a local 2nd hand marketplace and saw it for an absolutely killer price and just bought it.
Thing’s been great as a homelab/VM server/ Local dev server/NAS.
I went from DL380g6 to DL380g9 they are quite powerful for what you get. Also very noisy though. I have installed two p40s. I love it.
Well, I wouldn’t call it a strictly impulse purchase, but I did get a steam deck because I was missing gaming and I’m glad I did. I haven’t played in maybe a week or so, but I’ve put a good number of hours into BG3 so far. You’ll enjoy it. I’m glad I got it.
I impulse bought a Steam Deck around a year ago, mainly for emulation, and haven’t regretted it once.
Steam deck.
A bed, and now I’m having gooood sleep
Now get a thick memory foam mattress topper and never want to leave bed again!
Never underestimate the importance of having a good sleep! ❤️
Same bestie. Steam Deck OLED is genuinely an awesome gadget. I don’t really buy things much, especially not something so expensive and new, but the steam deck is just so worth it.
