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    Default What'd you get for...... Boxing Day!

    Christmas is so 24 hours ago So, what Boxing Day deals did you scam?

    Myself I went on a Anime shopping spree. My best deal was picking the three Slayers boxsets for $30 Canadian a pop (they have $120US MSRPs)
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    I know when it is, I knew what it was, but I obviously seem to have forgotten, someone please tell me what is boxing day?

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    When they sell things for dirt cheap is my guess.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dingy
    I know when it is, I knew what it was, but I obviously seem to have forgotten, someone please tell me what is boxing day?
    It is the day we all beat the crap out of Ragnar, because he gets 2 days of presents

    And we smack Polobunny for good measure...

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    Nothing for me except a vcr. Needed one badly so I could start recording stuff.
    Last edited by Isostealer; 27th-December-2004 at 05:39. Reason: Accidentally put vhs instead of vcr. :P

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    ^seconded, he kept nudging me on msn. bloody wabbits

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    When they sell things for dirt cheap is my guess.

    It is the day we all beat the crap out of Ragnar, because he gets 2 days of presents

    And we smack Polobunny for good measure...
    Definitely my favourite day of the year. Especially if we get to smack Polobunny

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    Hmm, boxing, yes it should be allowable to beat up people

    /me goes fight club on himself

    No idea what it's actually for, it's a stat holiday up here in Canada so it has to have some real purpose. Most stores around here use it to blow out leftover Christmas overstock, you can find killer deals like $200 DVD players for $20 (well, that was a couple years ago, DVD players aren't $200 no more). Great deals sell out very fast naturally.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ragnar
    No idea what it's actually for, it's a stat holiday up here in Canada so it has to have some real purpose. Most stores around here use it to blow out leftover Christmas overstock, you can find killer deals like $200 DVD players for $20 (well, that was a couple years ago, DVD players aren't $200 no more). Great deals sell out very fast naturally.
    Boxing Day is also a holiday here in Scotland, though most all of the shops are still shut then, so we don't see any such bargain hunting. I've just always used it as a day to sort of uh...wind down after Christmas, it's during January here that we have the aptly named 'January sales', giving shops a chance to blow off old Christmas stock and such.

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    It's supposed to be a day of generosity and charity for the "less fortunate" (Read: Poor people), from what I've heard...I don't think many pay real attention to it, though. Either you're going to give them charity anyways in the Christmas spirit, or you won't, regardless of a national holiday for it.

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    they do it in canada because they like to copy the english
    just kiddin

    its just an excuse for a bank holiday(national holiday) and theres nothing we english love more than a bank holiday.

    i heard its because back in the day after xmas they used to have to hire double the rubbish men to deal with all the boxes chucked out from xmas

    but hey im a friggin loon dont listen to me

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    Nothin the Boxing day Test was on Cricket rules all

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    Quote Originally Posted by Elin
    ...blow off old Christmas stock...
    That line just seems so wrong, for some reason.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sprung
    And we smack Polobunny for good measure...
    Bleh.
    Bought a few things. GBA SP, some tv to dvd recorder, a video card, a few other things like movies and some pc games.
    I couldn't buy my flash cart, i need to get some us money. They ship worldwide, they are located in canada, more precisly quebec/montreal (30 minutes in car from me), i'm making a mail order but i still have to pay in us money, kinda sucks.
    I'm gonna e-mail them to complain and ask a few questions while at it.

    I have yet to test the tv to dvd recorder thing, and buy a macrovision filter.

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    Quote Originally Posted by The Watcher
    Nothin the Boxing day Test was on Cricket rules all

    tis true
    tis the game of the gods

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