I completely agree with these comments, and the trap that WE fell into in the UK was "I want it now" mindset. Hense, lots of debt and HP repayments (and I dont mean sauce ). That something that we have been very carefull not to do over here. Our money is our own, and everything we have we have we own. We have become the Trade Me king and Queen. We have had plenty of near new deals, and nothing we have bought has been disappointing. We have just paid $600 for an eight month old $4000 lounge suite. This is after three weeks of looking and sitting on deck chairs :eek Hense waiting for the bargain. How wonderfull to be building a home again, but to know that we have paid for everything we have. Apart from my daughters bed, which we bought new, that $600 is the most we have paid for anything. And I promise we have not bought rubbish.Originally Posted by chips
Computers - We bought a reconditioned computer, with modem cd writer and speakers for $399, that was how DH kept in contact with us while we were in the UK, even using the web cam.
Moorf -
Do you think this is because there are more people on the ground overhere now than when we first joined the forum? I seem to remember lots of people wanting to go, but not many actually over here. Or maybe I have just regressed the memoryI wonder if the exchange rate is what is really affecting us immigrants as I certainly don't remember posts like this when I first joined this forum a year or so ago, and yet I'm one of those posting about how expensive it can be!?