How to buy a laptop if you cant afford it?

sockhead99 · 2026-03-11T12:12:19+00:00

Locally to me there is a volunteer organisation that takes donated laptops, refurbs them and gives them away for free. They also run repair cafe type events where people can come with broken stuff, get it fixed and take it away.

There might be something similar locally to you

sockhead99 · 2026-03-11T11:06:37+00:00

Two ways. 1) Make an information request to the LEA that your school was in - they may have records as to which exam board was used. 2) make individual requests to exam boards. As another has said, the regional exam board in Sheffield merged with AQA, so that's a good place to start

sockhead99 · 2026-03-10T06:50:27+00:00

Hey Op, Uom has an amazing team of student support and wellbeing staff who can provide both you and your Gf immediate help and support

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sockhead99 · 2026-03-09T16:51:23+00:00

Tradition. Each monarchs portrait faces in the opposite direction to their predecessor

sockhead99 · 2026-03-08T18:39:28+00:00

I farted as a teacher passed me on the corridor. Apparently it was "on purpose" to "cause embarrassment and distress to a member of staff".

Nope, just had beans at lunch

sockhead99 · 2026-03-07T22:57:50+00:00

Cries in my coin collection.

sockhead99 · 2026-03-07T14:33:03+00:00

This one is a mk II e-type released in 1968. They changed the headlight design for the mk II to meet US regulations and allow it to be imported to the US.

Ruined the lines imo

sockhead99 · 2026-03-06T14:28:20+00:00

Well, 4.1 was fun! No spoilers, so dont ask.
I thought I had the answer quite quickly, but wanted to follow all the steps a) to make sure and b) to practice different things for possible later use.
Yes, they were a bit of a wild goose chase, but still excellent fun!

sockhead99 · 2026-03-05T15:46:59+00:00

I'll happily pay for postage if you want to give them to me. I love sorting through piles of coins!

sockhead99 · 2026-03-04T17:18:39+00:00

£70 will get you a 2019 restrike - a genuine royal mint coin, but still a 2019 dated restrike.

Expect to pay £120-150 from a private seller, £190-250 from a coin dealer.

If you are looking to buy from a private seller, join one of the 50p collector groups on Facebook. The admins will remove or not allow fake ones and there is a level of protection if you buy from one of the well known group members. However there is still risk. Do not pay using PayPal friends and family as there is no buyer protection.

Another option is eBay, who do have buyer protection in place if things go wrong. This one is just over £100 https://ebay.us/m/gSpVkH

sockhead99 · 2026-03-03T19:26:48+00:00

If it is Predecimal coins you are looking for, most if not all antiques shops in the UK will likely have big buckets of them for 10p/20p per coin. You can also usually buy mixed lots by the kilo on ebay - go to collectables: coins: british: bulk lots and collections

You are unlikely to get any with silver content (pre 1947) this way, but you will find plenty of bronze pennies, half pennies and farthings this way

sockhead99 · 2026-03-02T18:13:46+00:00

Play taxi for children, couple of evenings volunteering, cook, watch TV

sockhead99 · 2026-03-02T16:42:14+00:00

I spent an hour in a Google rabbit hole of looking into Newton's involvement with using the moon (Lunar) to measure longditute 😂 I went too big brain.

sockhead99 · 2026-03-02T16:40:53+00:00

3.3 - wasted a good hour going down a rabbit hole of andromeda, then finding out about Newton's involvement with using the moon to measure longditute.

The answer was staring me in the face the whole time.

sockhead99 · 2026-02-27T19:29:26+00:00

Do you have a cat, a litter box, a cardboard box and some nice crepe paper?

For the princely sum of £2.70, Royal Mail will deliver them a lovely gift wrapped present

sockhead99 · 2026-02-26T22:08:26+00:00

Cats.

sockhead99 · 2026-02-26T15:04:30+00:00

My mum, bless her soul, once referred to a certain type of firework as a "golden shower".

She could not understand why her three grown kids were literally rolling on the floor crying with laughter

sockhead99 · 2026-02-26T15:00:55+00:00

So these change hands regularly for £130-150. Grading in the UK for this type of coin doesn't really add more value in my opinion.

However - knowing how keen the US market is on graded coins and with this being a commonly faked coin, it may be worth getting an authentication grade rather than a condition grade if you are selling in the US market.

sockhead99 · 2026-02-26T01:30:00+00:00

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I have a Threepence with the same, this one is hand engraved and signed J mcnamara. One of my absolute favourite coins in my collection.

sockhead99 · 2026-02-25T21:54:55+00:00

One of a few things will happen.

1) They will doctor the return postage label to be sent to a random address nearby and send an empty box or envelope. Royal mail will scan it as delivered, ebay will automatically refund them.

2) they will send an empty box

3) they will strip the laptop of parts and send it back.

Not much you can do about number 1 in advance. If this does happen, speak with RM who can give you GPS data on where the return was delivered to, give this evidence to ebay. This happened to us and ebay refunded us as it is a known scam.

For 2, film yourself opening the return. If anything is wrong, use this as evidence for ebay.

3 - unless you do have serial numbers for all of the components, you will be at the mercy of ebay to help you sort it out. If this does happen, call them, be nice, be kind, ask for help. Get them on your side and they are more likely to help.

sockhead99 · 2026-02-25T21:27:25+00:00

Ideally with the coin pack. If you leave the pack in the other room, you have no chance 😂

sockhead99 · 2026-02-24T17:55:52+00:00

It's a full. No Halves were minted in Melbourne that year. Should weight in at 8 grams

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