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It was the best 40in TV I could find for the bedroom and couldn't go any bigger in size, but it's QLED and will only be used for streaming services like BeeTV, Amazon Prime, arrives tomorrow, wish me luck!

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Out of the box the TV was so light it felt like a cheap toy but actually looks good and after spending sometime messing with the picture settings as everything seemed too bright the picture and sound seem pretty good compared to my old 20 year old 32in Samsung, so over all it's exceeded my expectations for such a cheap bedroom TV.

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What are you hiding doggy? Care to share the brand and model :)

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Daveeb already guessed the brand correctly, it's Hisense 40A5NQTUK and a brand I would never consider buying for the living room but at £209 for a QLED it seems great in the bedroom, I also got 3 months Apple TV with it because I bought it from Currys which I have just managed to eventually redeem after it complained I'd had too many free trials so had to make a new account. Ultimately I couldn't be happier with how this bottom of the barrel brand looks and performs.

Downstairs I've got an expensive top of the range Mini Led so I wanted something better than a 20 year old 32in in the bedroom.

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Well it's not dated it has a c port very nice. Personally I'd feel horrible without 4k. I did however purchase two Asus FHD monitors some weeks ago for an office setup. I guess what you're connecting takes priority.

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40in TV in the bedroom is the max size I was happy to go to, so 1080p on this is perfectly acceptable for it's usage which will only be streaming apps so that'll be paid Amazon Prime, trials of Apple TV once in a blue moon and then my dodgy BeeTV app which is awesome as it gives me any movie or TV show in great quality and seems to be very reliable, I have no interest in live TV broadcasts, so all this is via an Amazon 4K firestick so don't even have to visit the naff TV interface but from my short tests even that seems ok with the built in apps.

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2 * eau du parfum (men’s aftershave but it’s called eau du oarfum for some reason)
Oh and the watch bug hit again
Adoption fee & pledge to neuter fee and insurance for our new rescue pupper

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Otex Express Ear Drops £4.15 in superdrug
https://www.otexear.com/products/ote...ess-ear-drops/

On Saturday I got out the shower to blockage in my right ear. I know I shouldn't but I had to do something so I stuck an ear bud in to clear or move ear wax around which did relieve and clear the blockage. Now I'm on these ear drops for 3-4 days. I'll be treating both ears so 6-8 days one at a time.

Clear hearing is scary :LOL: I got frightened by the sound of my shorts brushing :shocked:

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Skirt steaks from Morrisons to make jerky for the lad.

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One inch thick ribeye steak, cut from the joint by the Morrisons’ butcher, for my Wednesday dinner (SWMBO & our daughter going to Manchester to see Moulin Rouge).

So, steak dinner, bottle of Shiraz, and catch up on Foundation series 2 episodes 6-10.

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Lou Llobel :romance:

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had to google that as no idea and confused me as 'bought'

I now see it's an answer that refers to the Hugh post about Foundation.

learn something every day on here :D

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wa wa wiewa I like :naughty:

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I must admit, I watch Foundation, but have little idea of any of the actors or actresses names.

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I brought this

https://www.asus.com/uk/accessories/...ming-m5-mouse/

on vinted new for £4.74, Delivery cost more than the actual device :LOL: £1 product + 75p buyer fee + £2.99 Delivery.

I've just set it up looking for a fault but I've found nothing but a working mouse :shocked: Crate and creator has the RGB and buttons customized.

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nice find. You done well off there recently

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Yes those two monitors I messaged you about are going strong. I've found vinted to be incredibly reasonably priced with additional 40% discount with offers. That platform just seems a place people just want to get rid of things. I don't know what eBay have become :shrug:

https://www.asus.com/uk/displays-des...ming-vg249q3a/

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yeah cracking deals bud

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Made to measure chair. Ordered 2 months ago , delivery Monday. Spent weeks going around showrooms. Seat too short,or long arm rest to high or even low , reckon goldilocks was lucky.

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Put some wheels on it :LOL: I'll push you down the hill :D

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New mouse bought last week : https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00GC4Q1GA

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A new book - The Branch Exposition (Old Testament) by Michael Eaton.

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Renewed my SurfShark subscription.

They wanted £58 for 12 months (unlimited devices), and I said "no, thanks, too expensive", so they then offered me 24 months for just under £43 - I'm happy with that...

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good deal that

I just renewed my Drunken Slug subscription and have 31 invites if anyone knows what it is and wants one drop me a PM hahaha

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NZB.... Brings back memories when I used to download stuff,now I either stream legitimately or use BeeTV I don't need anything else currently.

Did you give up with KODI? BeeTV stopped me messing with that as it seems so dated.

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I have not given up on it per se . I am currently looking at jellyfin as media server and kodi works as a client as well as many other options so I dunno where I will go next. I am no longer theming Kodi but I must say for a while I made a fortune selling custom branded kodi builds do device sellers in the US

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Which version did you go for out of interest as they have offers on now?, I don't need it as I have Nordvpn on the mega cheap via Topcashback.

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Why did you stop if you made a fortune?

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I was going to mention Nord and ask what you have SnoopZ. I'd like to know too Hugh :)

I've turned auto-renewal off in my Nord account. When my subscription expires the offers on Nord itself show up not needing the silly renewal price. Basic Nord £65 27 months.

Nord rocks this world the best VPN I've had my hands on.

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You should resubscribe to Nord via Topcashback you get it for peanuts very often, currently it's only 34% off but if you check weekly it spikes to 80% plus if I remember.

Edit

They gave 100% cashback on Quidco 3 weeks ago.

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I got it through Quidco only paying the VAT after cashback. I prefer Quidco but both match each others rates so not much lost. I'm intrigued of your Tesco gift card so may give topcashback a go. Do I need the premium topcashback account type or does it apply to basic accounts?

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I still think just choosing 1 server and the unlimited offer with Windscribe is hard to beat $2 a month paid monthly so you do not notice it coming out the bank

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No you just need basic Topcashback and then wait for the offers by visiting HotUKDeals alot like I do.

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[I have hukd app installed for better awareness thank you.

Re: Nord. The offers on tcb and Quidco are for new subscribers. Will you be taking up the offers on Nord when renewing?

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Primarily I needed Nord for Formula 1 TV Pro to watch the races live and I knew this VPN worked as alot don't is why I went for it.

If I am honest I didn't really notice it coming out my bank but I know everyones circumstances are different. I've got until June 2026 before my Nord expires to look at alternatives that give me the servers I would need like Nigeria, Argentina, Columbia etc.

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What are you a sniffer dog :LOL:

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Very likely because it works with everything I've used it for without issue.

Technically a New subscriber is likely someone's existing sub that's expired, if that doesn't work I'd use the same Gmail email and place period somewhere in it as that email is then seen as a new email.

P.S Quidco currently do 95% off Nord.

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Lol I used to live in Argentina for a Tidal subscription, then they stopped that because the payment method had to originate there, then I moved to Columbia and the sub costs me around £2.50 a month, Nigeria is cheap but can't be arsed to change.

I highly recommend a Revolut account, these virtual debit cards get around alot of payment issues.

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I wouldn't risk it. Nords too good of a product you want a ban from for violating terms. £65 is a bargain for 2 years 3 months. £30 a year.

Do you have flac on tidal?

I need to sort out my ID to get Revolut going.

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https://support.tidal.com/hc/en-us/a...Res-FLAC-audio

Also for got a use Albania with a VPN, this gets rid of the ads on YouTube and my BeeTV app.

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I need further treatment :banghead: Eustachian Tube Dysfunction

https://www.beconasespray.co.uk/products/beconase
£4.49 in savers. My local pharmacy wanted £11.99 lol

If it doesn't clear after 2 weeks I need a GP appointment. I can't wait to frantically obtain an appointment at 8:30am :(

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Beconase - good stuff, I used it for many years for hay Fever, before better tablets came along.
I still use it occasionally, and used it for my own (E) tubes the other year.

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Book one now, then cancel if not needed ?

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Thanks. Do you have a spraying technique?

My GP won't allow that. It's strictly 8:30am or nothing. It's not a follow up neither so no chance of a doctor giving a callback :(

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Just got a price to amend our Will. Cost a fortune

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Not really, just point & squeeze.

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I misread this as baconnaise

Distraught

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45 bottles of zero alcohol Becks Blue for the lad, on offer at Aldi.

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This month's offer is £2 cashback on £5 spend, so it's a no brainer for me to buy a £5 Tesco gift card and spending it on my shopping tomorrow, I just add it to Google Wallet.

You have to click and activate it then buy by midnight tonight. (26th September).


https://www.topcashback.co.uk/bonus/...91a61a0f36c158

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Thanks doggy nice work

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Monthly free cash is always good.

It took 5mins to track but I've already sent it to my bank.

I'm starting to think maybe I should buy a £50 Tesco Gift card every week and pay part of my shopping with it because it would payout £1.25 cashback at 2.5% every week, surely that's a no brainer move?

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Funnily Quidco just sent a push notification of £10 bonus when making a purchase through Quidco, no minimum spend, offers end new year.

Talk about two buses :LOL:

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I do that with Asda.

I get 4.5% (atm) through BlueLight, so I just auto top-up my gift card each week and use it for payment (Asda giftcards can be used online).

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I have the tesco top up clubcard debit card pays something I do not us them anymore as they changed the delivery saver to not cover christmas unless you pay the 7 day a week one

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I always pay my bill at the local Halfords with gift cards from top cashback, and often used gift cards for other retailers when buying online so I get double cashback if you see what I mean.

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Take both buses.

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I got a £10 gift card from https://www.lifestylegiftcards.co.uk/

Happy days :D

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But did you do the Topcashback too?

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You're soo excited :LOL: yes I saw your treat and took up the offer only I opted for a B&M voucher, better cashback on it 5.5% whereas Tesco 2.5%

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Bigscreen Beyond 2e

To be honest, I actually bought it in April on preorder, but it turned up today. Incredible little thing!

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The only reason I go for Tesco is it will get spent every week without me tempted to spend extra money on things I was not planning on buying lol.

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I get motion sickness just googling that thing! Never again for me PSVR was enough and that novelty only lasted a week before I boxed it up.

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B&M still do offers that we may of seen before Russia blockade unlike everyone else who reckon an extra 25p on top of the already inflated price won't be noticed :dunce: like a share bag of Cadbury buttons, £1 it used to be everywhere then they upped the sale price to £1.35 now it's £1.65 or something stupid. Anywho I buy wisdom 2 pack toothbrushes from B&M, £1 for a 2 pack, bargain. Savers also have that deal. I'll buy 10 packs if I can't find anything in store.

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20 toothbrushes! Do you eat them or willing to admit you have a toothbrush fetish? :Yikes:

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Horrible bosses :rofl:

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I ended up buying a £50 Tesco Gift Card to pay for alot of my shopping this morning, it's only 2.5% but that'll be £65 a year and any cashback is payable instantly so my plan is to do this every week now or just buy more than £50.

I will check other places to see if I can easily get a better percentage without too much faffing about.

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Quidco have £7.50 bonus on £15 spend on AliExpress so I've ordered 2 ugreen usb extension cables, one type c and one 3.0 usb a. £16.84 - £7.50 = £9.34 - a possible 15% cashback = £7.93. Not bad.

Hmm.. it's tracked and says £1.97 cashback. I'm not sure whether £7.50 will pay out because they don't calculate VAT. In my activity purchase amounts £3.64 and £9.50 which isn't £15 :confused:

:(

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JamDoughnut are doing Tesco at 3% atm, but only useful if you use the app regularly to pass the payout thresold (they do a lot of different vouchers).

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Checkout Everup it seems legit and it pays 5.1% on Tesco Gift Cards, just bought a £10 gift card to test it and that has now been added to Google Wallet and I now have 51p cashback in the app, can't cash out until it gets to £1 so I will do the same again tomorrow, but from reviews it all seems legit, so if this works I will do this for gift cards in future.

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Not heard of them, but they look ok. :D

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It came up on HotUKDeals yesterday, it connected directly to my bank so no bank card needed, not sure if that's a good or bad thing but it was super easy.

Asda pays 4.8% there, Morrisons 6%, Waitrose 5.5%, Sainsbury's 5% etc.

Tesco still pays points when spending Gift Cards so that's on top of the 5.1% from Everup.

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Tested them with Deliveroo (for later ordering) and it worked fine.

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If anyone wants a referral code for Everup give me a shout, for 2 referrals I get £5 and 5m coins to play on their spin games(the spin games don't take real money to play), not sure if the other person gets a benefit though.

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Cash out from Everup options, so the best option is to redeem by buying more gift cards.

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A continuous spinning wheel? Are you turning into a hamster :shocked:

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No, just a weekly gift card addict with a good % return. Lol

So if I buy £100,000 of Tesco Gift Cards I save £5,100. :D

All I need now is to actually have £100,000 to spend so my plan is scuppered already!

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Find yourself a rich bitch ;)

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£100,000 would cover our food shopping for about 25 years ......

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1,000 Zloty for my trip to Krakow next month

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£2.55 cashback received on the £10 B&M card :woot:

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You can expect that bonus every month around 25th.

The Everup app I posted is paying 8.1% discount at B&M, you should check it out if you haven't already, it's a doddle to use.

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Does everup required in date id?

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A thing off Temu to stop leaves from the huge street trees clogging up the scuttle on my Dacia.

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Sorry I honestly can't remember even though I did it last week, it was likely address information and then I verified my mobile number. Paul also did it so maybe he remembers.

I would suggest trying and see what happens, because this is a game changer app for discounts that really works, you don't buy with a credit card it connects to your bank app but don't let that scare you.

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I really hate parking under trees, it's either tree sap that pisses me off or leaves but luckily I can avoid it and just need to avoid the tree in works car park.

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I cant make sense of your question, but you just register with an email & password.

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Our drive is overshadowed by a council street tree, a Hornbeam, that is host to bl**dy billions of aphids for the majority of the year unless weather kills them off. Their honeydew coats any car that is close to the tree. Even the leaves on my plants get drenched.

So I tend to use a cheap car cover during the worst periods.

But autumn sees tons (and I mean TONS), of leaves dropping into our garden, just as the council used to stop collecting garden waste. I was warned not to make leaf mould with any of it as the leaves will be coated in "toxic residue from car exhausts". What the council collects all goes to landfill.

Loads of leaves collect in the car's scuttle, and if that gets blocked, all manner of faults can occur.

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Ah this is why I love Quidco. It sorted itself out. £16.84 - £7.50 - £1.42 - £0.55 = £7.37 for both usb extension cables.

£10 bonus on any spend through Quidco, that's a free gift card of £10 + £0.40 cashback which might change, it's still processing.

:woot:

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Basically the same as Topcashback then.

Are you going to try Everup? it's a no brainer to save alot more on giftcards in my opinion.

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Just renewed my Buildings and Contents insurance for £135, £2 cheaper than last year, I was trying to do it through Go Compare through Topcashback to get the £40 cashback but the quotes not as good as the renewal surprisingly so didn't.

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topcashback wasn't £10 cashback :confused:

I've downloaded the everup app but I'm yet to sign up.

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I meant it general Topcashback does the same thing, I often check both when buying things.

Go and buy another 100 toothbrushes via Everup B&M giftcards at 8% discount. Lol

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:tu:

:D I want to get a few Sharwood kits if theres any left

https://sharwoods.com/products/?_sft...ies=curry-kits

£2 each.

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Nice to get at a discount then if B&M have them in stock.

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my first xmas gift a kids makeup set for my eldest granddaughter, she's 7 her and her friends have makeup party sleepovers :)

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Spice Tailor kits are so much better. And they're on offer at the mo for around £2.75. (Asda & Morrisons).

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I'll get back to you :cool:

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Car insurance, £230, this year, was £490 a couple of years ago, nothings changed. I must now be seen as very boring ;)

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Another £7.50 bonus on Quidco £15 spend + 11.2% cashback on AliExpress. I brought disposable air fryer liners, wristbands, a Pixel 6 Pro case and these laundry washing balls that apparently work in the washing machine :shrug: we'll see I guess.

£20.23 - £7.50 - £1.10 - £0.17 - £0.21 - £0.34 = £10.91 bargain :D

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I'm stocked up on an Amazon Fire stick Max,even though I don't need it this version of hardware allows me to side load my BeeTV app and it's on offer at £40 from Amazon.

From 14th October future versions of Fire sticks won't allow side loading because they will use a different Operating System.

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Not bad, would you have normally bought all that stuff though?

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Yes :Yes:

I brought a 4k Max 6E 2nd generation yesterday with a pro remote. My aunty has my 4K max 1st generation stick which she rarely uses but I'm happy even if she uses in once in a blue moon. I'm thinking of giving the 6E to my dad. I have a Nvidia shield so allowing family to use my devices is kind of like safe keeping :tu:

I wonder what stock levels are like of the remaining android based 4k max sticks.

Many were concerned Amazon would push vega os to all its models :confused:

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Bad time to buy Prime Day next week unless it was an early deal ?

I do not think Vega will be backwards compatible tbh but even if it is someone will code apps for it unless they lock it down tight. If they do sales will plummet and people will just use cheap android boxes . Just need to find a brand thats been tested for malware

TBH a couple of weeks ago I bought a refurb mini PC for very little outlay which would be an option then also . Who know Kodi might get popular again if something like this happens and I can go back to being a Dev hahahaa

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I've dodged that bullet ever since joining Amazon, the prime nonsense. I should have said sorry I purchased the 4k max 6e 2nd generation on vinted. With the pro remote £15 + postage £3.15. the seller couldn't get his head around the fire stick so gave up. Good as new I think.

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another bargain

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I thought Amazon knowingly plugged the gap in the market. It's funny what pressure does to people. I heard livenettv got blocked.

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There are things to do that stops Amazons blacklisting. I have not done anything with mine except use it to test Plex and watch its normal apps but downloader is still available so any other APK can be installed as long as blacklisting is disabled. All addons like livenet beetv cinemahd and so on are scraper apps so basically all the do is hunt known hosting sites for links and plays them so they are all pretty much the same as long as kept up to date.

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Their loss.
People will just start using android TV boxes instead.
As far as I can see, the only advantage firesticks ever had was their size.
I dumped them for android boxes many years ago.