Yesterday I ordered a Fuji S5700 7MP Digital Camera, to replace my aging SONY Cybershot.

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This is just one of the cameras I had been looking at for the past few months. First impressions was that it was really professional looking (DSLR-like) but once I noted how much it cost (just over £100) I must admit to thinking it couldn’t be very good for the price. But, I have read some extensive reviews on various camera and technology sites and it gets some top notch reviews. I have also read nothing but positive comments from people who have bought the camera and they can’t believe the quality for the price.

I bought it from Play.com for £104.99. I also purchased a Fuji 1GB SD card (it accepts either SD or XD cards) so it came to the grand total of £109.98. They were posted this morning, so hoping to have them at the beginning of next week. I’m already checking out some accessories such as case, batteries/recharger and 2GB SD card from a photography store on eBay. Luckily SD cards are very inexpensive so I’d like to get a few of those. Hopefully the weather will be as nice to us next week as it has this week so I can get out to take some nice photos.

Now for the selling part of the subject line. I sold my Apple Mac Mini today on eBay, for the Buy It Now price of £200 with £20 postage for Parcelforce 24. I had listed it last week on eBay as an auction with the start price of 99p and a reserve of £200, but despite having 25 watchers (and 7 bids) it only reached £175. So, on Tuesday I re-listed it with the Buy It Now price and I’m pleased to have finally sold it as it was sitting redundantly in a corner! The buyer paid immediately so Parcelforce have been booked online and they’re collecting it from me on Monday :)