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To have spent £180 on a diary

243 replies

MissRabbitsOtherJob · 20/12/2013 21:50

Early finish and drinks after work (Pitcher and Piano on Cornhill in London if it makes any difference).

Stumbled out of there well oiled, spotted Smythsons over the road at Royal Exchange and remembered I'd been asked by the missus for a diary for Xmas.

I went to pay and they wanted £180. That's £2 per day!

It's a nice diary but the price is still a bit toppy.

Just hope she like it

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Kafri · 20/12/2013 22:20

Im a bit of a paper geek. I love lists and calendars and diaries so as a present it would absolutely make my day.
That being said. There is no way on gods earth I'm in a position to spend that kind of money on any gift.

It doesn't bother me in the slightest that people can afford stiff like that while I can't - if it's a thought out gift and you have the cash then why the hell not!!

Hope she likes it OP, if not, grateful home here!!

Earningsthread · 20/12/2013 22:21

Dear God the man has taken leave of his senses. Who in this electronic age actually uses a paper diary? I know no-one who uses a paper diary. Is your wife is living in the 1950's? Why not buy her a nice modern first edition.

TheMuppetsSingChristmas · 20/12/2013 22:22

£180? Cheapskate. This is the one you want, and you'll need to buy the actual diary insert separately too...

Mabelandrose · 20/12/2013 22:23

Good work - she will love it. Christmas is for those things you can't normally justify.

ouryve · 20/12/2013 22:23

And hell, with what they charge for simple things, you'd hope they could afford a website that takes less than 3 minutes to load a single page for us plebs out in the country.

leftkidney · 20/12/2013 22:27

To be fair it's stunning in the detail

It includes weekends as well as weekdays?

CrabbyChristmasBottom · 20/12/2013 22:28

Sorry, I mixed up your thread title with the one below which said
"What do you think..."

To which the answer would be that someone who would vomit such an absurd amount of money at a diary must be a bit of a twat with more money than sense.

HTH. Merry Christmas. Smile

Egusta · 20/12/2013 22:28

Oh, DH and I have a blanket ban on buying things when pissed.

Ever since buying a baby grand piano from ebay for £1,000.

Neither of us play the piano.

Let that be a lesson. [waggles finger]

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MissRabbitsOtherJob · 20/12/2013 22:29

Ouryve, it's a class thing to stop people in the provinces wasting their bandwidth when they can't afford to but anything from there. A bit like the security guards at shops on Sloane Street. Wink

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Cabrinha · 20/12/2013 22:29

I think YABU to post a snippy later comment - though the solid gold Daily Mail did make me laugh!
You can't post on AIBU, inviting comment, about what you say yourself is a v expensive present, and then get arsy when people ask if you're showing off. You may not be, but it's a fair question.

Personally I'd think it was a waste of money, and would not like to receive it.

Unimpressed by "not the sort of place you ask the price". What nonsense. They're happy enough to tell you the price when they ring it up in the till. Just ask the bloody price!

lougle · 20/12/2013 22:29

You didn't need to ask how much it was! When they say "that will be £180, sir" you say "oh I'm frightfully sorry, old bean! I envisaged this being a quaint little stocking filler. I'll leave it for now thank you."

Then you walk away!

Egusta · 20/12/2013 22:29

.. nor do we have room for a piano. still at vendor's house 6 years on.

LEMoncehadacatcalledSANTA · 20/12/2013 22:30

I bought my DP an A4 filofax for xmas four years ago - i paid about £100 for it - its still going strong and he luffs it

Egusta · 20/12/2013 22:31

I never really got the filo fax thing. You buy a holder. Then the inserts. Right? Is that all there is? Dh loves his too, it escapes me.

Wittsend13 · 20/12/2013 22:31

So glad I'm not the only one to have thought the thread was DAIRY and not diary lol

usualsuspect · 20/12/2013 22:32

Do people still have filo faxes?

Is it a London thing?

HyvaPaiva · 20/12/2013 22:33

Ah, the accidental drunken shopping spree. My friend and I had many cocktails early one summer's evening and walked through John Lewis on the way home. In our tipsy logic we figured we each needed the £140 Sodastream. So we picked up one each and queued, happily. Somehow, a very loud tannoy announcement saying 'this store closes in 5 minutes' startled us into sober behaviour. We looked at each other, jaws dropped, and put them back. Thank god! Although it's ridiculously expensive, at least a diary is something she wants or needs. £140 almost spent on a sodastream.

Blush
CrabbyChristmasBottom · 20/12/2013 22:33

Ah I'd managed to read only the first and last pages, and missed your post on page 2. That did make me laugh. Especially the solid gold DM. Grin

I can excuse people many things if they have a good sense of humour. Still absurd to spend so much on a diary, however.

LEMoncehadacatcalledSANTA · 20/12/2013 22:35

I have this vision of the OP looking like Mark Darcy, popping out to get his woman a new diary - swoons

Your wife is a lucky girl :)

Says the woman who bought her DP a powerdrill for xmas this year

usualsuspect · 20/12/2013 22:35

I'd rather have a soda stream tbh.

LEMoncehadacatcalledSANTA · 20/12/2013 22:36

usual - my DP is a builder Grin and no, we don't live in london either

stubbs0412 · 20/12/2013 22:38

I believe the correct term is "moasting".
People who moan in a boastful fashion about spending an unethical amount of money on a diary.
Hope it is well received :/)

MacaYoniandCheese · 20/12/2013 22:38

It's a lovely diary but I've got one just like it that cost about 1/8 that. You are paying for the label and should have shopped around.

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MissRabbitsOtherJob · 20/12/2013 22:39

Crabby, this was never going to go well when I made such a balls up of the maths to begin with.

We've been married for years so I'm hardly trying to show off for having a bit of money, I just hadn't realised a diary would cost so much. I'm sure she'll love it though, and that's what matters

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DropYourSword · 20/12/2013 22:41

I'd prefer the power drill!

I think it's lovely you bought her something she wanted,but iI honestly can't get my head around why ANYONE would pay so much for a diary...pieces of paper that will be out of date in a year.

I would never have thought a diary would cost more than about 20 quid, so this would be totally lost on me! I can't really see what makes it worth the money?