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Amortised across 5 years, that's less than £10/wk (2 laptops, a 360, a Wii, a bunch of games and a phone with credit can be had for considerably less than £2600
by halo 14y ago
Amortised across 5 years, that's less than £10/wk (2 laptops, a 360, a Wii, a bunch of games and a phone with credit can be had for considerably less than £2600).
Technology is a very cost-effective form of entertainment. Much better value than going on holiday, going to restaurants or going to the cinema.
- jerf 14y agoI find it vastly preferable to go the other direction, converting weekly or monthly expenses into annualized sums. £10/week doesn't sound like much... but £520/year is 2.6% of the post-tax annual median income in the UK [1]. I'm not saying that's necessarily a bad way to spend that money, just that you're better off thinking of it is as 2.6% of annual income. It's too easy to £10/week this, £10/week that your way into overspending, but add up 4 of them and see it as 10% of your income and you start to take notice. [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Income_in_the_United_Kingdom#Post_tax_household_income http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Income_in_the_United_Kingdom#Po... , with 20K at the 50th percentile
- enko 14y ago> Much better value than going on holiday It might be cheaper, sure, but whether it's better value is questionable, especially when you define value as being the best return on your use of time, ultimately the most precious resource you have.