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Choice Votes   Percent
From an offline store (e.g. Staples) 116 58.3%   
From the official TI online store 4 2.0%   
From another online store (not eBay) 12 6.0%   
From eBay 11 5.5%   
Over the phone 0 0.0%   
I bought it used from someone 4 2.0%   
I bought it new from someone 0 0.0%   
I got mine as a gift, so I don't know 26 13.1%   
I found it 2 1.0%   
Other 9 4.5%   
I built my own calculator and placed it in a TI case 15 7.5%   

Survey posted 2006-02-14 00:07 by Jon.

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Re: Where did you buy your calculator?
CajunLuke  Account Info
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As lovely as all this is, I find sorrow in my heart for all of you perpetuating Wal-Fart's evilness.

Reply to this comment    15 February 2006, 01:17 GMT

Re: Re: Where did you buy your calculator?
madmattd Account Info

Hear hear!

Reply to this comment    15 February 2006, 01:58 GMT

Re: Re: Where did you buy your calculator?
jesse frey  Account Info

I think I got my calc before my citty got wall Mart.

Reply to this comment    15 February 2006, 06:01 GMT


Re: Re: Where did you buy your calculator?
burntfuse  Account Info
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Agreed! Never seen it referred to as "Wal-Fart" before, though...

Reply to this comment    18 February 2006, 02:35 GMT

Re: Where did you buy your calculator?
thechessmaster88 Account Info

TI83+ My mother bought it from Circuit City a year before I needed one because it only costed $70. (Before the silver edition)

TI83 My friend sold a operational but worn-out 83 for $10. He bought it on eBay for $15

TI89T A group of my dearest friends chipped in for a TI89 Titanium and threw me a surpise birthday party! One of my favourite possessions, second only to my laptop.

Reply to this comment    15 February 2006, 06:50 GMT

Re: Where did you buy your calculator?
Tom Wilson  Account Info

I got my Voyage 200 for a Calculus class... boy was THAT fun. I actually bought it directly from my wholesale distributer; I ended up paying about what you see it for on some of the discount sites.

Overall, while I like the fact that it does integrals and derivitives, I miss the math library that came pre-installed on my HP 48: It had formulas for all kinds of stuff: physics, economics, and more. I suppose I could find most of that if I looked hard enough, but the calc did what it was supposed to do: helped me through my calc class.

Reply to this comment    15 February 2006, 19:23 GMT

Re: Where did you buy your calculator?
lifeiscalc Account Info

TI-82: Bought it for $5 during computer literacy
TI-89: Bought it for $20 from a friend
TI-89T: Bought it at walmart for about $150

Reply to this comment    15 February 2006, 22:33 GMT


Re: Re: Where did you buy your calculator?
leginuoh  Account Info

LOL! Its starting to appear that all of us calculator nerds know how to get good deals on calculators! All these bargains, and trades.

Reply to this comment    16 February 2006, 00:54 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Where did you buy your calculator?
burntfuse  Account Info
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Um, not always. When I was looking for an 83+ on eBay, I saw one where the starting price was ~$8, with a couple hours to go, and I was going to bid on it, but I misread the time and missed the end of the auction (it turned out that no one else had bid on it either). :'-( I then ended up getting a different 83+ for $50, and every time I think about it, I want to kick myself for missing that great deal.

Reply to this comment    18 February 2006, 02:40 GMT

Re: Where did you buy your calculator?
RJ Larimore  Account Info
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i bought my 83+ for $70 at Fry's. I got the tip of my link stuck in it so i bought my 89ti for $130 at Target. i broke it and bought another one. i put the old calculator in the case of the new one and used the new receipt to return it. a good way to get a lifetime warranty for free.

Reply to this comment    16 February 2006, 02:28 GMT


Re: Re: Where did you buy your calculator?
Scooblescott  Account Info

one word not including these: genious

Reply to this comment    17 February 2006, 21:26 GMT

Re: Where did you buy your calculator?
Taricorp  Account Info
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Got it (83+) from my brother, who got it from my sister, who bought it somewhere... How would I know where? So that makes it (counts on fingers) 5 years old! Gee, I want an 84

Reply to this comment    16 February 2006, 02:44 GMT

Re: Where did you buy your calculator?
Zeroko  Account Info
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TI-86: From OfficeMax for $120-ish a long time ago
TI-92+: For Christmas a few years ago, from TI's online store
TI-89 Titanium: My dad gave it to me for some occasion
TI-81s: both from eBay for between $10-$30 (the more expensive one had the original box & manual)
TI-82: eBay again, probably about the same price as the TI-81s (& it included the box & manual, too)
TI-83+: someone thought it was dead & gave it to me
TI-83 Viewscreen: From my high school's math department. It is (still) dead. :(

Reply to this comment    16 February 2006, 15:04 GMT


Re: Re: Where did you buy your calculator?
Chris Hendry  Account Info

Ti83 - Got it from my mom
Ti83Plus SE-Bought it at Staples for $129.99, screwed it up about a month later, sent it to Ti-Cares, they fixed it, sent me a New Ti83Plus SE, and sent me my fixed Ti83Plus SE. Now i have two Ti83Plus SE's!!

Reply to this comment    17 February 2006, 15:32 GMT

Re: Where did you buy your calculator?
W Hibdon  Account Info
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Yeah it was staples. GET OUT OF MY HEAD!!!

-W-

Reply to this comment    16 February 2006, 20:29 GMT

Re: Where did you buy your calculator?
Person Dude  Account Info

Who built their own????

Reply to this comment    17 February 2006, 18:19 GMT


Re: Re: Where did you buy your calculator?
Scooblescott  Account Info

That's obvious if you think about it long enough(besides the lying people)

Reply to this comment    17 February 2006, 21:24 GMT

Re: Where did you buy your calculator?
tiboy88  Account Info

I got my 83+SE on eBay for $100. That was about $20 less than it cost at stores (Office Max, etc.) at the time.

Reply to this comment    19 February 2006, 19:14 GMT


Re: Re: Where did you buy your calculator?
ranaakamarth  Account Info

hahaha i bought my ti 83+from ebay for about $10 it works perfectly

Reply to this comment    22 May 2006, 18:59 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Where did you buy your calculator?
ranaakamarth  Account Info

o yeah it still had the manual (have you noticed that they dont # it correctly cause they dont want you to pass out when you see how long it is) also a link came with it EbAy RuLeS

Reply to this comment    22 May 2006, 19:01 GMT

Re: Where did you buy your calculator?
Vincent Jünemann  Account Info
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I miss the option "Got it frm school", since that where I got mine :)

Reply to this comment    22 February 2006, 14:44 GMT


Re: Re: Where did you buy your calculator?
Shinagami101  Account Info

I bought my TI-89 Titanium off of a friend on eBay.

Nearly Mint Condition too ^_^

Reply to this comment    12 September 2006, 04:27 GMT

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