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What's the cheapest thing you had bought that by the end of its usefulness made you say "wow, this was worth a lot more than what I've paid for!" (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by Kimdracula@sh.itjust.works to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Mine... My Xbox 360 slim only costed 129 euro back in 2012 and to this day still work like brand new, you would think that the disc drive would stop working but no. Never had the need of open it or clean it's insides. Still great, I just don't use it anymore since I feel it's outdated and loading speeds are better nowadays.

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[–] Vej@lemm.ee 94 points 4 months ago (16 children)

Victorinox Swiss Army Knife. It's still kicking. The amount of times I've used it, it saves so much time than looking for the proper dedicated tool.

A metal wallet. Definitely worth it if you don't carry a lot. Mine is maybe 10 years old now or more.

3+ year old used Lenovo Thinkpads, these things are great if you need a budget laptop that's not for gaming. A lot of companies lease them. When the lease expires you can get them very cheap because they flood the market.

General Military Surplus. We have a shop a few kilometers a way that sells surplus. They get in brand new stuff all the time. Still in packaging. It's built well. Keep in mind military surplus isn't just in the field stuff. Laptop bags, shirts, blankets, hats.

A pet. Worth every penny. Got my cat from a shelter, he's been there for me through thick and thin. Gives great hugs.

[–] 7U5K3N@lemmy.dbzer0.com 21 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

My wife did a cert class for data analytics and needed a work horse laptop. I bought her a used i7 Thinkpad from eBay.

It's so damn fast.. m2 drive 32 GB of ram it's literally only limited in speed by the user input.

Just an amazing deal for $450

Edit it was a t14 gen 2.

[–] jws_shadotak@sh.itjust.works 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I just got mine a few weeks ago and it's so impressive. I bought it used for $150 and I can tell I'll be using this for years.

[–] 7U5K3N@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 4 months ago

I juuuust retired a t420s recently.. off lease computers are absolutely the way to go for buying new to you laptops.

Toss in a SSD and a Linux distro.. and you're good for 6-8 years imho

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