Archive for the ‘Buying and Selling’ Category
Paul’s Advice on Share Dealing
This is an extract from an e-mail conversation that I had with a friend today. I was giving some info/advice on shares. Others might find it useful…? Warning, it is a bit disjointed
Hi,
I started trading in shares late 2007. Last year I cashed in about £5.5k (I gained about 7k and lost about £1.5k). I [...]
Present ideas (for me!)?
It’s my birthday on Tuesday (31) and I can’t think of anything I want for a present. Any ideas?
Backup plan is a Herman Miller Mirra chair.
My first Triathlon is Looming – Sooner than I Thought!
Last Tuesday (9th June) I got an e-mail in my inbox telling me that I had won a prize in a competition…
Me: Fantastic!
Reading on: The prize is free entry into a Triathlon
Me: That’s good I want to enter a Triathlon
Reading on: It’s a Sprint Triathlon – 750m swimming (in a lake), 20km cycling, 5km running)
Me: [...]
I’ve Bought a Road Bike! (Trek Madone 4.7)
I bought a new mountain bike in January and just 5 months on I’ve bought a road bike!
Over the past 18 months I have competed in several Adventure Races which are great fun, but there is always an element of luck in them because competitors can choose multiple routes. So I would like to try a [...]
Going Tubeless!
In my last Adventure Race, I got 2 punctures. The time it took me to fix them resulted in Steve and I ending up in 17th place when we should have been in around 8th place.
I think the punctures were just a result of bad luck as I was using good wheels, tyres and inner [...]
Films and Console Games – Cheaper to Rent than to Buy
I’ve done some sums and figured out that from what I have bought in the past, it will actually be cheaper for me to rent and buy videos (Blu-Ray DVD) and console games (you can’t currently rent PC games).
Plus I have bought some console games that I didn’t like, so I’ve only played a few [...]
Items on ebay
Tonight I have posted a 75-300mm Canon camera lense and a Polar F6 watch with heart rate monitor onto ebay.
The reasons I’m selling them are:
I’ve bought myself a 75-300mm image stabilised version of the same lens
I bought a Garmin Forerunner 50 to replace the Polar F6. Mainly because the interface between the F6 and the [...]
New Camera – Canon 40D!
A few months ago I heard that the Canon 450D was coming out, so I sold my Canon 350D on ebay and eagerly awaited its release.
Then once the 450D came out I did a little research (here and on other websites and magazines) and found out that the 40D (which had been out for a [...]