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    <title>topic Re: How can you afford it? in Community Spirit</title>
    <link>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/How-can-you-afford-it/m-p/739601#M215469</link>
    <description>&lt;BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;HR /&gt;@am*3 wrote:&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;HR /&gt;&lt;a href="https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/686574"&gt;@ten*teeny*tiny*toes&lt;/a&gt; wrote:&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;P&gt;I dont want to argue with anyone but 12 years ago my daughter had a laptop for school.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Her whole class did, and it was carted back and forth each day and used at home.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I think the choices were Toshiba and Acer. We went the Acer and it cost over $4000 at the time.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;HR /&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;P&gt;Thanks. That &amp;nbsp;is ultra expensive? The average family would be more likely to have a desktop computer which would be 1/2 that price then.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;HR /&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;P&gt;Am it was ultra expensive, But it was bought through the school and preloaded with lots of programs, encyclopedia Japanese keyboard etc. No doubt paid more than neccessary. That was a private school in Melbourne and a lifetime ago. I forgot to quote but thanks for picking up that it was in answer to your question &lt;img id="smileyhappy" class="emoticon emoticon-smileyhappy" src="https://community.ebay.com.au/i/smilies/16x16_smiley-happy.png" alt="Smiley Happy" title="Smiley Happy" /&gt;&amp;nbsp;There were laptops in use at homes 10-12 years ago&lt;/P&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 09 Oct 2013 08:48:11 GMT</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>ten*teeny*tiny*toes</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2013-10-09T08:48:11Z</dc:date>
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      <title>How can you afford it?</title>
      <link>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/How-can-you-afford-it/m-p/734529#M214270</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;After being away several months, I notice many of the same faces are still spending all day posting, despite their assurances that they work. One even spent a whole day waiting until 5.30 pm before posting just to prove she is employed!!! (only people unemployed or on benefits for years would assume the average work day is still from Nine-to-Five LOL!)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;My question is, how do you afford to&amp;nbsp;be here so much? Do you live off savings, an inheritance, divorce settlement, or do you simply chat from a library or a second hand notebook on limited internet usage?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;To get a decent computer costs at least $2000 and without good internet connection, chatting on a forum isn't even worth it, so are these regulars going into debt over the boards? Would a bank even loan or credit them enough to supplement their activites and time usage here?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;It's all very puzzling...&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 07 Oct 2013 09:49:10 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/How-can-you-afford-it/m-p/734529#M214270</guid>
      <dc:creator>how.about.another.slice</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2013-10-07T09:49:10Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: How can you afford it?</title>
      <link>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/How-can-you-afford-it/m-p/734549#M214276</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Oh dear &lt;span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":slightly_smiling_face:"&gt;🙂&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Some one is bored&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;TABLE&gt;&lt;TBODY&gt;&lt;TR&gt;&lt;TD&gt;Date Registered&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;3 minutes ago &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;&lt;TR&gt;&lt;TD&gt;Date Last Visited&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;3 minutes ago &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;&lt;TR&gt;&lt;TD&gt;Total Messages Posted&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD&gt;1&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;&lt;/TBODY&gt;&lt;/TABLE&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 07 Oct 2013 09:55:04 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/How-can-you-afford-it/m-p/734549#M214276</guid>
      <dc:creator>poddster</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2013-10-07T09:55:04Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: How can you afford it?</title>
      <link>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/How-can-you-afford-it/m-p/734559#M214278</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;I have a rich husband.&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 07 Oct 2013 09:56:54 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/How-can-you-afford-it/m-p/734559#M214278</guid>
      <dc:creator>crystal**flake</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2013-10-07T09:56:54Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: How can you afford it?</title>
      <link>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/How-can-you-afford-it/m-p/734565#M214280</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Unusual hobby you have (bothering to note that much detail about other posters) &amp;nbsp;a bit creepy and obsessive really.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I have a laptop, netbook, smart phone, that I can post from. None of those cost anywhere near $2000...what decade are you living in?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I pretend to work, but live on Govt benefits.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Way to go Crystal!!! I don't think the OP factored that into her/his choices...that is any sort of partner that has paid work out side the home and one that doesn't&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 07 Oct 2013 10:01:49 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/How-can-you-afford-it/m-p/734565#M214280</guid>
      <dc:creator>cherry*135</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2013-10-07T10:01:49Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: How can you afford it?</title>
      <link>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/How-can-you-afford-it/m-p/734567#M214281</link>
      <description>Lol, me too</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 07 Oct 2013 09:59:41 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/How-can-you-afford-it/m-p/734567#M214281</guid>
      <dc:creator>debra9275</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2013-10-07T09:59:41Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: How can you afford it?</title>
      <link>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/How-can-you-afford-it/m-p/734573#M214283</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;And some of us with high I.Q.s come to see how the other 90% interact with their peers &lt;span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":slightly_smiling_face:"&gt;🙂&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 07 Oct 2013 10:00:17 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/How-can-you-afford-it/m-p/734573#M214283</guid>
      <dc:creator>poddster</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2013-10-07T10:00:17Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: How can you afford it?</title>
      <link>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/How-can-you-afford-it/m-p/734577#M214284</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;I only come here when the adds are on tele&amp;nbsp;&lt;img id="smileylol" class="emoticon emoticon-smileylol" src="https://community.ebay.com.au/i/smilies/16x16_smiley-lol.png" alt="Smiley LOL" title="Smiley LOL" /&gt;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 07 Oct 2013 10:01:14 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/How-can-you-afford-it/m-p/734577#M214284</guid>
      <dc:creator>trustmee-2013</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2013-10-07T10:01:14Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: How can you afford it?</title>
      <link>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/How-can-you-afford-it/m-p/734581#M214285</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;I am not rich, but this is Cheap entertainment hahaha&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 07 Oct 2013 10:02:16 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/How-can-you-afford-it/m-p/734581#M214285</guid>
      <dc:creator>lionrose.7</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2013-10-07T10:02:16Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: How can you afford it?</title>
      <link>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/How-can-you-afford-it/m-p/734583#M214286</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;Debra,I read your post as replying to Am3 at first&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 07 Oct 2013 10:02:33 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/How-can-you-afford-it/m-p/734583#M214286</guid>
      <dc:creator>trustmee-2013</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2013-10-07T10:02:33Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: How can you afford it?</title>
      <link>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/How-can-you-afford-it/m-p/734593#M214290</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;$10 p.w. for internet connection.. do you have to be rich to afford that? Cheaper than a pack of cigarettes I guess?&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 07 Oct 2013 10:04:14 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/How-can-you-afford-it/m-p/734593#M214290</guid>
      <dc:creator>cherry*135</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2013-10-07T10:04:14Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: How can you afford it?</title>
      <link>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/How-can-you-afford-it/m-p/734597#M214292</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Should have asked&amp;nbsp;&lt;A target="_self" href="https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/Are-we-getting-more-stupid/m-p/732787#U732787"&gt;here&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 07 Oct 2013 10:05:21 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/How-can-you-afford-it/m-p/734597#M214292</guid>
      <dc:creator>freakiness</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2013-10-07T10:05:21Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: How can you afford it?</title>
      <link>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/How-can-you-afford-it/m-p/734605#M214294</link>
      <description>Eeek! I just posted a similar theory to poddy's on the smart thread. I think I am spending too much time here.&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;I've been on LSL. &lt;span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":slightly_smiling_face:"&gt;🙂&lt;/span&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 07 Oct 2013 10:07:05 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/How-can-you-afford-it/m-p/734605#M214294</guid>
      <dc:creator>*elizabeths-mum*</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2013-10-07T10:07:05Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: How can you afford it?</title>
      <link>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/How-can-you-afford-it/m-p/734607#M214295</link>
      <description>&lt;BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;HR /&gt;@am*3 wrote:&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I pretend to work, but live on Govt benefits.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;HR /&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;Thought so.&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 07 Oct 2013 10:07:09 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/How-can-you-afford-it/m-p/734607#M214295</guid>
      <dc:creator>how.about.another.slice</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2013-10-07T10:07:09Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: How can you afford it?</title>
      <link>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/How-can-you-afford-it/m-p/734613#M214297</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Well, I work from home but really, my husband keeps me in the manner I have become accustomed to.............my pc is in my sewing room................ I do sometimes use my mobile device but rarely................&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;what about you, OP?&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 07 Oct 2013 10:08:43 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/How-can-you-afford-it/m-p/734613#M214297</guid>
      <dc:creator>azureline**</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2013-10-07T10:08:43Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: How can you afford it?</title>
      <link>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/How-can-you-afford-it/m-p/734617#M214299</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;I also have a comfy feux leather computer chair I love to sit on&amp;nbsp;&lt;img id="smileylol" class="emoticon emoticon-smileylol" src="https://community.ebay.com.au/i/smilies/16x16_smiley-lol.png" alt="Smiley LOL" title="Smiley LOL" /&gt;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 07 Oct 2013 10:09:11 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/How-can-you-afford-it/m-p/734617#M214299</guid>
      <dc:creator>trustmee-2013</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2013-10-07T10:09:11Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: How can you afford it?</title>
      <link>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/How-can-you-afford-it/m-p/734633#M214412</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Sometimes we have to search into things to unearth lies.&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 07 Oct 2013 10:13:52 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/How-can-you-afford-it/m-p/734633#M214412</guid>
      <dc:creator>cherry*135</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2013-10-07T10:13:52Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: How can you afford it?</title>
      <link>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/How-can-you-afford-it/m-p/734639#M214413</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Why would anyone need a $2000 computer to post on a forum? LOL LOL LOL.&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 07 Oct 2013 10:14:50 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/How-can-you-afford-it/m-p/734639#M214413</guid>
      <dc:creator>cherry*135</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2013-10-07T10:14:50Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: How can you afford it?</title>
      <link>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/How-can-you-afford-it/m-p/734641#M214414</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;&lt;EM&gt;LOL, you must be easily pleased if you think less than&amp;nbsp;$2000 buys you a great computer!&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;EM&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;EM&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;tell us about your set up?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;mine (quad core) cost me a grand and the specs are big everything&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 07 Oct 2013 10:14:52 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/How-can-you-afford-it/m-p/734641#M214414</guid>
      <dc:creator>joz*garage</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2013-10-07T10:14:52Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: How can you afford it?</title>
      <link>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/How-can-you-afford-it/m-p/734651#M214415</link>
      <description>&lt;BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;HR /&gt;&lt;a href="https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/161335"&gt;@joz*garage&lt;/a&gt; wrote:&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;EM&gt;LOL, you must be easily pleased if you think less than&amp;nbsp;$2000 buys you a great computer!&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;EM&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;EM&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;tell us about your set up?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;mine (quad core) cost me a grand and the specs are big everything&lt;/P&gt;&lt;HR /&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;P&gt;They are living in the early 2000's I think.. not many people pay $2000 for computer/laptop these days.&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 07 Oct 2013 10:16:28 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/How-can-you-afford-it/m-p/734651#M214415</guid>
      <dc:creator>cherry*135</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2013-10-07T10:16:28Z</dc:date>
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      <link>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/How-can-you-afford-it/m-p/734653#M214312</link>
      <description>&lt;BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;HR /&gt;&lt;a href="https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/437353"&gt;@poddster&lt;/a&gt; wrote:&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;P&gt;Oh dear &lt;span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":slightly_smiling_face:"&gt;🙂&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Some one is bored&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;TABLE&gt;&lt;TBODY&gt;&lt;TR&gt;&lt;TD&gt;Date Registered&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;3 minutes ago &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;&lt;TR&gt;&lt;TD&gt;Date Last Visited&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;3 minutes ago &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;&lt;TR&gt;&lt;TD&gt;Total Messages Posted&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD&gt;1&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;&lt;/TBODY&gt;&lt;/TABLE&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;HR /&gt;They must have got bored with their quiche id. And their toowoomba tart id, and their baby.jane.begins id, and the curse of pretoria id, and the id's that are too vulgar to repeat.&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;IMG align="middle" border="0" title="troll" alt="troll" src="https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/9259iD6BAA1D2D7411EA6/image-size/small?v=mpbl-1&amp;amp;px=-1" /&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 07 Oct 2013 10:16:35 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>the*scarlet*pimpernel</dc:creator>
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