Band 6: Describe an item on which you spent more than expected. You should say: • What the item was • When you bought it • Why you spent more than expected • And explain how you felt about spending extra money on it (User-Submitted IELTS Speaking Answer)

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Well, many times I have spent a lot more money than I expected on items such as smartphones, TVs, and computers. Here I would like to talk about a laptop on which I spent double what I expected. It happened around three years ago. One of my close friends suggested that I should buy a new laptop from Dell, which has quite advanced features. It became very important for me because at that time I was studying in college for a Bachelor of Computer Applications. Later, I decided to buy it from a nearby shop. When I reached there, the staff welcomed me politely and later explained all the features of the laptop. I expected the price to be around 1.25 lakh, but when I heard the price of the laptop, it was around 2 lakh. At that time, I was shocked and blown away. I wanted to buy it because the laptop had advanced features like a graphics card, a wide large screen, and extra RAM. It really helped me in my studies, such as programming, coding, preparing for assignments, and PDFs. Apart from studying, I could also watch movies, listen to music, and play video games with my friends. Additionally, it helped me reduce my stress and anxiety. So, I later decided to buy it. Fortunately, I got a good discount because of the Diwali sale, so I got the laptop for around 1.8 lakh, but still, it was more than I expected. That's why I think I spent a lot of money more than I expected.

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Well, many times I spent a lot of money than I expected on such as smartphone, TV and computers. Here I would like to talk about a laptop which I spent double than my expected. It happened around 3 years ago. One of my close friends suggested that you should buy a new laptop of Dell company which is quite has advanced feature and it’s become a very important thing for me because at that time I was studying in college in bachelor of computer application. At that time I was later I decided to buy it from nearby shop when I was reached there the staff welcomed me politely and later suggested all the features and laptops of laptop. I was expected only 1.25 Lakh of the price but when I heard the price of the laptop it was around 2 Lakh. At that time I was shocked and blown away. I wanted to buy because the laptop has advanced features like graphics card, wide range of large screen, extra RAM. So it really helped me in my study. Like programming, coding, meeting, prepare for assignment and PDF. Apart from the study, watch movie, listen to music and playing video comes with my friends. Additionally, it also helped me to reduce my stress and anxiety. So, later I decided to buy it also. And I, unfortunately, I got a very good amount discount because of the Diwali sale so I so then I got a laptop around 1.8 1.8 leg but still it is more than my expected so that’s why I think I spent a lot of money then I was expected

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