£50 on Amazon

[defblade]

Imagine, like me, you have an Amazon gift voucher for £50 as this year's Christmas bonus (Wooo! Yeah! Go hard economic trading conditions!) and there's nothing in particular you want/need... and you'd rather not wait until you need something boring: my last voucher (a research reward/payment, not a bonus) went on two new shaver heads - exciting stuff


Lets have your best ideas of how to blow it: tech, toys, tools, terrific tomes... even stuff that doesn't begin with "t" might be the winner!

[Spare tyre]

Batteries and stamps

I’m wild me

[White-Noise]

Some inflatable palm trees for the office. Fight the January blues.

Or do what any self respecting brit would do re wrap it and give it to someone else as a present

[InitialDave]

These Leatherman-clone multitools are good. The "file" attachment is a T-slot fitting that will take universal jigsaw blades in wood/metal flavour also.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CLDMYG4G

[Silvanus]

How about this and a nice glass to go with it.



Tidal Spiced Rum - Infused with Rare British Red Dulse | Unique Dark Chocolate, Sea Salt and Pepper Flavour | Award Winning Distillery | Taste of the Tide, 70cl (40% ABV) https://amzn.eu/d/cmz33py

[defblade]

Spare tyre said:

Batteries and stamps

I’m wild me

Don't tempt me!

White-Noise said:

Some inflatable palm trees for the office. Fight the January blues.

Not a terrible idea (silly, but not terrible!), but no space.

InitialDave said:

These Leatherman-clone multitools are good.

I've got a Leatherman. And a couple of clones. And a mini-Leatherman. And a couple of clone mini-Leathermen

Silvanus said:

How about this and a nice glass to go with it.

Tidal Spiced Rum - Infused with Rare British Red Dulse | Unique Dark Chocolate, Sea Salt and Pepper Flavour | Award Winning Distillery | Taste of the Tide, 70cl (40% ABV) https://amzn.eu/d/cmz33py

Looks lovely, but it'd be wasted on me, I rarely drink (still got 2/3rds of a half bottle of Jura I was given 3.5 years ago in the cupboard...)

[Silvanus]

defblade said:

Spare tyre said:

Batteries and stamps

I’m wild me

Don't tempt me!

White-Noise said:

Some inflatable palm trees for the office. Fight the January blues.

Not a terrible idea (silly, but not terrible!), but no space.

InitialDave said:

These Leatherman-clone multitools are good.

I've got a Leatherman. And a couple of clones. And a mini-Leatherman. And a couple of clone mini-Leathermen

Silvanus said:

How about this and a nice glass to go with it.

Tidal Spiced Rum - Infused with Rare British Red Dulse | Unique Dark Chocolate, Sea Salt and Pepper Flavour | Award Winning Distillery | Taste of the Tide, 70cl (40% ABV) https://amzn.eu/d/cmz33py

Looks lovely, but it'd be wasted on me, I rarely drink (still got 2/3rds of a half bottle of Jura I was given 3.5 years ago in the cupboard...)

Night vision, get night vision

[Tango13]

https://www.amazon.co.uk/At-Edge-Space-Flight-Prog...

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1910505706/?coliid=ICH...

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Can-Am-50th-Anniversary-A...

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0760362211/?coliid=I2B...

I've read the first three and the fourth should be good judging by the authors

[Ambleton]

NC headphones?

Sony 720N are hard to beat unless you have a £250+ budget and are within spitting distance of your voucher. Great for aeroplanes or to focus in the office.

[Chicken_Satay]

How about buying one of those tape cassette players that can record directly onto a micro SD card in MP3 format? Then, buy some toothbrush heads or leather conditioner with the remaining balance.

[Lo-Fi]

Fiona Cooper DVDs. Go old skool.

[Pebbles167]

Casio MDV 106 "Duro". An excellent and well built watch for the price. Always handy to have a smart waterproof quartz watch ready to go, and can make a great gift.

[soad]

Adidas trainers etc?

[fooman]

Amazon sell other stores gift vouchers, Argos. Netflix, Next, restaurants etc if it lets you buy one of these.

[Monkeylegend]

I would keep it to pay for the postage on the next item you buy.

[DorsetSparky]

defblade said:

Imagine, like me, you have an Amazon gift voucher for £50 as this year's Christmas bonus (Wooo! Yeah! Go hard economic trading conditions!) and there's nothing in particular you want/need... and you'd rather not wait until you need something boring: my last voucher (a research reward/payment, not a bonus) went on two new shaver heads - exciting stuff


Lets have your best ideas of how to blow it: tech, toys, tools, terrific tomes... even stuff that doesn't begin with "t" might be the winner!

Cheer up...spare a thought for those whose employers are tight enough to not give them anything. That's £50 more than I got given by mine!

[davek_964]

Chicken_Satay said:

How about buying one of those tape cassette players that can record directly onto a micro SD card in MP3 format? Then, buy some toothbrush heads or leather conditioner with the remaining balance.

I didn't know that was a thing.

I have absolutely no use for one of those but it still sounds cool enough that I'm tempted to buy one!

[croyde]

You got a bonus!

[BrownEaredDog]

£47.99 RC mini rock crawler

[Sporky]

Lego!