Category: Shopping

The Sony dealer in Kuwait has started selling the Sony PSP. The value pack with 1 game is selling for KD99 while a value pack with 2 games for KD113.

Lacoste in Salhiya Complex have a 40% discount starting today and ending on the 30th.

All the bundles below are for $799:

Xbox 360 Core Bundle – Teen 1
Xbox 360 Core Bundle – Teen 2
Xbox 360 Core Bundle – Mature 1
Xbox 360 Core Bundle – Mature 2

Was at Souk Sharq for lunch and I passed by the Sony store. They just released the Sony E507 MP3 player here and I played with it a bit and it looks pretty cool. Its 1GB and is selling for KD79.

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Saw the N90 today, its A LOT bigger then I imagined and extremely over priced. The shop I was in was selling it for KD350. I played with it for like 2 minutes and I personally think it looks cool when closed but cheap when opened. The keypads design is the biggest culprit, I think thats what hurts its looks the most.

Wooohoo!! Finally you can preorder the GameBoy Micro from Amazon.com!! It will get released on September 19th, and I will be getting the Black one since silver is so yesterday. [Silver] [Black]

Ipod mini Lanyard prices:

Amazon.com’s Price: KD5.250 ($17.98)
Solize Store in Muthana Price: KD4.500
Mac & More in Galleria 2000 Price: KD12.750

How to blow a fortune and make the FBI’s Most Wanted List. [Link]

I went to Aramex yesterday to pick up my Nintendo DS and Apple Keyboard I had ordered from Amazon. When I saw the two packages I received I thought for sure there was a mistake. The boxes were absolutely huge! All I had ordered was a tiny Nintendo DS and a keyboard and they arrive in 2 over sized boxes. Good thing I was in the wrangler cuz they wouldn’t have fit in the Beemers trunk.

EBgames has two very cool XBOX 360 bundles for pre-ordering. I am going to get the Ultimate Bundle since that has the most goodies. So Nat, if you are reading this, thank you in advance for this very thoughtful birthday gift! [Link]

Was just checking out Amazon and I realized now is the best time to buy a camera.

Nikon D70
Body Only $500
Body with Lens $600

Canon 20D
Body Only $750
Body with Lens $1000

And this is only a week after I got my brother a D70 without a lens for $750! Sometimes Amazon really sucks.

Update: Seems it must have been a mistake by Amazon, the prices are back to normal. Should have taken a screenshot, now people will think I imagined it all!

Q8car.com has redesigned their website. It now works better on Macs plus they added a Classic Cars section which is pretty cool. The only problem I faced was trying to find the search button, it isn’t highlighted enough. Turns out after you select your car specs click on “Cars Search” link. Thats the search button.. [Link]

I am going to order an iBook this week and was planning on using my old Waterfield Design Vertigo bag of mine which Nataly is currently using. But I was talking to Nibaq earlier and we were discussing bags and I remembered how fun it was to shop for my last bag iBook bag. This is why I decided my new iBook would deserve a new bag. Nibaq and I both have different requirements when it comes to bags. As he puts it he is “technical” when it comes to bags. Meaning, they must be big, ugly and fit his laptop, 20 cameras, 2 desks, his favorite blankey, half his wardrobe and 2 book shelves. Me on the other hand, I like bags that look good, are compact, simple and barely fit my stuff.

Its like the difference between a 60GB iPod and a 4GB iPod mini. One allows you to carry all your songs with you, while with the other you only carry the songs you need. So basically, I like to be choosy when it comes to deciding what I need to carry with me since this will be more of my everyday bag and not my “I will travel the world and need to take all my stuff with me” bag.

I just started my quest for the ultimate bag today but already I have a qualifier. I first checked the award winning Cargo bag at Waterfield Designs but I found it looking too much like a regular boring laptop bag and it was also overly priced. My second stop was at the Crumpler shop. I previously purchased the Budgie Smuggler for my Nikon D70 but got mixed results. The bag looked really good and was of excellent build quality, one of the best I have ever seen, but, it was a bit too bulky for my needs. I guess this comes with the territory of purchasing stuff online, you can’t try the stuff before you order them. But, the Crumpler bags are great and the companies personality is really down to earth. This is why I now have my eye on The Breakfast Buffet. I am thinking of getting the blue one and its priced nicely at $95. Its small, enough to fit a 12inch iBook and still has enough room to throw in my PSP, iPod, PDA and notebook. So, until I find something better, it seems this will be the bag I will be getting.

I had some time to kill last night so me and Nat decided to pass by The Video Club in Salmiya. I used to go there a lot when I was in highschool and buy atleast 1 music tape a week. It used to be the best music shop, they used to get all the cool alternative bands and all the tapes were original. So I passed by yesterday to show Nataly my old favorite music shop but the place at the moment is just a sad story, I don’t know how they fucked up (don’t blame Virgin). On the bright side for us consumers, they have a huge selection of KD1 CDs. I found Pearl Jam’s No Code album (one of my favs) for only KD1 and I found a large collection of Sound Garden’s Down in the upside album also for KD1. Ofcourse there is a lot of crap like Captain Hollywood or Mr President but thats to be expected. I wasn’t able to browse through all the CDs since I didn’t have that much time to kill but I probably will pass by tonight to continue the search.