How to convince the wife? Any tips?

[duaplex]

I remember when my wife questioned "what the point was spending so much" Then after 1 year we went over to a friends house who had a standard all in one system (£150) setup and she innocently asked "is something wrong with your TV!" >)

Control your woman!

But mor pratcically, tell her no holiday unless you buy it, switch it around on her lol

 

[Vizzage]

My system is very simple. Find out something she wants - last time I wanted to get a double-neck guitar and I knew she was thinking about a new piano. So i went to the piano shop, there was a piano there for 9K. I asked him to put the price up to 11.5K, then took the wife there, haggled him down to 9.5K, and with the saving of 2K, I halved it and spent 1K on my doubleneck.

 

[Pete68]

I suppose one way to go about this is to bring up that you want to spend a grand on a pair of speakers. Of course she will say 'no' but the final compromise may be that you get the £400 pair of speakers that you wanted in the first place.

Simples.

 

[mcjwalters]

Advice, just grow a pair.....

 

[CnoEvil]

Advice, just grow a pair.....

............to relace the ones you used to have!

 

[The_Lhc]

My system is very simple. Find out something she wants - last time I wanted to get a double-neck guitar and I knew she was thinking about a new piano. So i went to the piano shop, there was a piano there for 9K. I asked him to put the price up to 11.5K, then took the wife there, haggled him down to 9.5K, and with the saving of 2K, I halved it and spent 1K on my doubleneck.

So, you paid 500 quid MORE than the pianoman actually wanted for the piano? Or to look at it another way, it cost you 1500 quid to buy a 1k guitar?

 

[chebby]

Your wife or girlfriend is a battle re-enacter, she has 6000 painstakingly made model soldiers and wants to install an authentic 3D scale model of the Battle of Austerlitz in the living room.

It will cost £1000 and will need to be a static fixture. (Just like the battle of Thermopylae in the garage and Agincourt in the loft.)

Probably no less intrusive than a full-blown 7.1 system with projector and screen and humungous AV receiver and 8 speaker cabinets (plus cabling and stands and racks).

Are you going to "control your wife" or "grow a pair" or just delight in the fact that your partner isn't some vacuous bimbo whose only interests are shoes, gossip mags, reality show celebs and X Factor?

 

[pioneer7]

The Jamo.D-500 system is a fantastic set up, finish is top notch in gloss black and they are wall mounted as well, not over powering looks wise and sound superb, but the best thing is they are wife/partner freindly, so you could try to convince her that not having floor standers any more would make the room look bigger and not so clutered, But then you have to work on the idea of having speakers on the wall, but as stated before take her with you when you dem.

 

[MajorFubar]

I asked him to put the price up to 11.5K, then took the wife there, haggled him down to 9.5K, and with the saving of 2K, I halved it and spent 1K on my doubleneck.

I can't make my mind up whether that's one of the most devious, deceitful, scum-dog ruses I have ever seen anyone pull on their loved one short of infidelity, or the work of an absolute genius. I'll go with the latter. Consider my cap very much doffed to you.

 

[Vizzage]

My system is very simple. Find out something she wants - last time I wanted to get a double-neck guitar and I knew she was thinking about a new piano. So i went to the piano shop, there was a piano there for 9K. I asked him to put the price up to 11.5K, then took the wife there, haggled him down to 9.5K, and with the saving of 2K, I halved it and spent 1K on my doubleneck.

So, you paid 500 quid MORE than the pianoman actually wanted for the piano? Or to look at it another way, it cost you 1500 quid to buy a 1k guitar?

Well I actually paid 12.5K for a 1K guitar:

1K to the guitar maker

9K's worth of free piano that I didn't want

500 for the piano seller to keep his mouth shut

The extra 1K from the 'haggle' which went to the wife as a good-will gesture for her to buy other stuff (sheet music etc)

 

[hammill]

Your wife or girlfriend is a battle re-enacter, she has 6000 painstakingly made model soldiers and wants to install an authentic 3D scale model of the Battle of Austerlitz in the living room.

It will cost £1000 and will need to be a static fixture. (Just like the battle of Thermopylae in the garage and Agincourt in the loft.)

Probably no less intrusive than a full-blown 7.1 system with projector and screen and humungous AV receiver and 8 speaker cabinets (plus cabling and stands and racks).

Are you going to "control your wife" or "grow a pair" or just delight in the fact that your partner isn't some vacuous bimbo whose only interests are shoes, gossip mags, reality show celebs and X Factor?

Very funny. My wife has never complained about the AV system, but if she did I would point our her indulgence takes up much more of the house and is considerably more expensive - but that's children for you.

 

[CnoEvil]

Your wife or girlfriend is a battle re-enacter

She is.......and only one soldier needed! :shifty:

 

[The_Lhc]

My system is very simple. Find out something she wants - last time I wanted to get a double-neck guitar and I knew she was thinking about a new piano. So i went to the piano shop, there was a piano there for 9K. I asked him to put the price up to 11.5K, then took the wife there, haggled him down to 9.5K, and with the saving of 2K, I halved it and spent 1K on my doubleneck.

So, you paid 500 quid MORE than the pianoman actually wanted for the piano? Or to look at it another way, it cost you 1500 quid to buy a 1k guitar?

Well I actually paid 12.5K for a 1K guitar:

1K to the guitar maker

9K's worth of free piano that I didn't want

500 for the piano seller to keep his mouth shut

The extra 1K from the 'haggle' which went to the wife as a good-will gesture for her to buy other stuff (sheet music etc)

I still don't see how you've "won", if you'd just bought her the piano for the original asking price as a surprise you'd only have spent 10k in total once you'd bought your guitar?

 

[Hi-FiOutlaw]

Sex Strik!!! :rofl:

 

[BIGBERNARDBRESSLAW]

My wife and I have our own money, no joint bank accounts. Her money is hers, mine is mine (and hers).

She understands that I work hard for my money, so she doesn't begrudge me spending money on av stuff. And of course, she gets to enjoy it too, and it doesn't cost her anything.

 

[Vizzage]

My system is very simple. Find out something she wants - last time I wanted to get a double-neck guitar and I knew she was thinking about a new piano. So i went to the piano shop, there was a piano there for 9K. I asked him to put the price up to 11.5K, then took the wife there, haggled him down to 9.5K, and with the saving of 2K, I halved it and spent 1K on my doubleneck.

So, you paid 500 quid MORE than the pianoman actually wanted for the piano? Or to look at it another way, it cost you 1500 quid to buy a 1k guitar?

Well I actually paid 12.5K for a 1K guitar:

1K to the guitar maker

9K's worth of free piano that I didn't want

500 for the piano seller to keep his mouth shut

The extra 1K from the 'haggle' which went to the wife as a good-will gesture for her to buy other stuff (sheet music etc)

I still don't see how you've "won", if you'd just bought her the piano for the original asking price as a surprise you'd only have spent 10k in total once you'd bought your guitar?

Damn

 

[chebby]

Sex Strik!!! :rofl:

Is that the adult version of Scalextric ?

(Round and round until you get to a hump, lose control and fly off, crashing into the skirting board amid little bits of shattered plastic and a faint electrical burning smell? Or the the miniature car racing game?)

 

[relocated]

My system is very simple. Find out something she wants - last time I wanted to get a double-neck guitar and I knew she was thinking about a new piano. So i went to the piano shop, there was a piano there for 9K. I asked him to put the price up to 11.5K, then took the wife there, haggled him down to 9.5K, and with the saving of 2K, I halved it and spent 1K on my doubleneck.

So, you paid 500 quid MORE than the pianoman actually wanted for the piano? Or to look at it another way, it cost you 1500 quid to buy a 1k guitar?

Well I actually paid 12.5K for a 1K guitar:

1K to the guitar maker

9K's worth of free piano that I didn't want

500 for the piano seller to keep his mouth shut

The extra 1K from the 'haggle' which went to the wife as a good-will gesture for her to buy other stuff (sheet music etc)

I still don't see how you've "won", if you'd just bought her the piano for the original asking price as a surprise you'd only have spent 10k in total once you'd bought your guitar?

Damn

Did you learn your economics from The Right Honourable Gordon Brown MP?

 

[Vizzage]

I asked him to put the price up to 11.5K, then took the wife there, haggled him down to 9.5K, and with the saving of 2K, I halved it and spent 1K on my doubleneck.

I can't make my mind up whether that's one of the most devious, deceitful, scum-dog ruses I have ever seen anyone pull on their loved one short of infidelity, or the work of an absolute genius. I'll go with the latter. Consider my cap very much doffed to you.

lol thanks

 

[Vizzage]

You can learn econimiks? Ah i didn't know that, i'll have to check it out, thanks!!

 

[jjbomber]

Did you learn your economics from The Right Honourable Gordon Brown MP?

That would mean he would sell the wife's gold at a knockdown price, use that as a deposit, take out a massive loan to pay for it all, promise to repay over the economic cycle and then run away without paying back anything so that the next fella picks up the bill.

Still not sure what is Right and Honourable about it???

 

[Anonymous]

If you feel you need permission to buy a pair of speakers you have a bigger problem. As said before, a relationship is give and take. In a man's case that means a lot of giving and a little taking. Buy her flowers every week. Once in a while take her out somewhere where she gets to wear her finest dress. Be sure you tell her how special she is and how beautiful / sweet / sexy / whatever works for her. On special occasions buy her something really special, like a pearl necklace, diamonds or a fur coat. And then, if you need new speakers once every ten years or so, then JUST BUY THEM.

 

[Paul.]

If you feel you need permission to buy a pair of speakers you have a bigger problem. As said before, a relationship is give and take. In a man's case that means a lot of giving and a little taking. Buy her flowers every week. Once in a while take her out somewhere where she gets to wear her finest dress. Be sure you tell her how special she is and how beautiful / sweet / sexy / whatever works for her. On special occasions buy her something really special, like a pearl necklace, diamonds or a fur coat. And then, if you need new speakers once every ten years or so, then JUST BUY THEM.

and maybe one day if she asks nicely, you might let her out of the kitchen to vote?

 

[BenLaw]

If you feel you need permission to buy a pair of speakers you have a bigger problem. As said before, a relationship is give and take. In a man's case that means a lot of giving and a little taking. Buy her flowers every week. Once in a while take her out somewhere where she gets to wear her finest dress. Be sure you tell her how special she is and how beautiful / sweet / sexy / whatever works for her. On special occasions buy her something really special, like a pearl necklace, diamonds or a fur coat. And then, if you need new speakers once every ten years or so, then JUST BUY THEM.

and maybe one day if she asks nicely, you might let her out of the kitchen to vote?

Let's not be hasty.

 

[Benedict_Arnold]

My wife's American, and a firebrand to boot, so there's only two ways I get away with stuff:

#1 I watched an Oprah show and Oprah said I had to ...

#2 Stick a Martha Stewart label on it.