Band 6: Describe something expensive you have bought for yourself. You should say: - where you bought it - why you bought it - how often you use it and explain how you felt when you bought it. (User-Submitted IELTS Speaking Answer)

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First of all, I would say I'm not really the type of person who loves to buy expensive things, maybe some really expensive plaques and so on. I can buy something expensive only if it is something really essential for me at that moment, like electronic devices such as a laptop that I use for my work and education, and my phone, which is now one of the biggest parts of our lives. I bought my laptop about two years ago and my phone maybe a year or a year and a half ago, so that's not something I bought recently. Let's talk about something that I bought most recently, like last year. The last thing that can be called expensive was a football jersey. I'm a big football fan, and I love to buy retro shirts. eBay, for example, is a really good platform, as well as other online markets where football fans can sell their jerseys. It's great because you can find some really good offers at a low price for some beautiful retro kits. To be honest, I use it every week; I play in it, and I go for walks in it. I'm really happy that I bought it. Thank you.

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First of all, I would say I’m not really this type of people who love to buy some expensive things, maybe some really expensive plaques and so on. So I would say I can buy something expensive only if it is something really essential for me for this moment, like some electronic devices like laptop that I use for my work and education, my phone, that is now one of the biggest part of our lives. So yeah, but I would say that I bought my laptop like two years ago, my phone, maybe a year, maybe a year and a half ago, so that’s not something that I bought. So just let’s talk about something that I bought most recently, like last year. So I would probably say that the last thing that can be called expensive was jersey, football jersey and big football fan, and I love to buy some retro shorts and eBay for example is a really good platform and also in other online markets when other football fans can sell their jerseys, it’s very good because you can catch some really good offers for a low price for some retro beautiful kids. To be honest, I use it like every week I play in it, I am going to walk with it and I’m really happy when I bought it. Thank you.

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