Jeff just posted about having the urge to buy something and the various degrees of (and reasons for) apprehension in doing so.

I, on the other hand, am an asshole and proudly yell, “Get the fuck out of my way, I’m buying shit because I want to!”

I’ve been wanting to go HD with my camcorder. Face it, the world is there. Using a standard def camcorder for both personal things and for my coaster stuff seems silly. I don’t need a big honking professional piece of camera, just a cute little consumer cam that’s easy to use and makes nice video.

Basically I wanted a Sony HDR-SR12. (Yeah, more Sony. I’m like an abused girlfriend who still sticks with the guy claiming how great he is.)

I am Sony’s bitch.

So I bought one. But here’s the kicker – I got it for an outstanding price. Right around $680. Yeah, go look it up and find one for that…you won’t.

I got it thanks to a 10% coupon and a cashback promotion that Microsoft is doing to get people to use live.com.

Sure, I had to get it via ebay from one of those Brooklyn dealers who sell grey market stuff, but I just couldn’t pass it up at that price. And yes, they call to do a hard sell on a warranty and accessories, but I politely resisted and they were cool about it. I should have it in a couple of days.

The price, the idea that HD is the new standard, using it for coasterimage, Christmas, Disney trip in February, some other things that I’ll be sharing here when the time is right – it all fell into place for me to justify the purchase.

So yeah, I wanted to buy something and I didn’t hestitate. You shouldn’t either.