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Anyone else have a spending problem like me?

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  • Member since
    May 2005
  • From: Left forever
Posted by Bgrigg on Saturday, March 22, 2008 12:37 PM

The heck with the spousal unit! A $300 monthly bill would get me in trouble with the bank!

Dude, you need to cease and desist and get a grip on your habit. I don't think I spend $300 in the past six months. I budget $50 per month on kits and supplies, and typically don't spend that much every month. I do roll over any unspent budget so I can binge buy, but I keep it in check.

Just because there is a new kit or tool out, doesn't mean you have to buy it.

So long folks!

  • Member since
    October 2007
  • From: Inland Northwest
Posted by Summit on Saturday, March 22, 2008 12:34 PM
Ron, Perhaps it has to do with living in the PNW.. I recently decided to get away from Model Railroading ( 32 yrs worth of stuff) So I have been ebaying it off slowly. I wanted to just concentrate on plastic models (aircraft / armor  & mabe a battleship or two) I happened to fall into an estate of model aircraft 550 + models, then I went back and bought the reference library of over 1500 Books, I think I have every book Squadron ever published. Pirate [oX)] My Wife looks at and said - I thought you were trying to Get Rid of Stuff ?  All I could do was Grin .... Wink [;)] I believe you will eventually run out of tools you think you need. (maybe  Whistling [:-^] ) And I do not think you can Ever Have Too Much Paint, as I am always sidlining a project for a needed color.. 
Sean "I've reached nearly fifty years of age with my system." Weekend GB 2008
  • Member since
    July 2004
  • From: Sonora Desert
Posted by stikpusher on Saturday, March 22, 2008 12:08 PM
Sounds like you're a compulsive shopper in the hobby field. I nickle and dime my suppiles, tools, and kits in a similar manner. But a $300 monthly bill would get me in some serious trouble with the spousal unit.Smile,Wink, & Grin [swg]

 

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  • Member since
    April 2003
  • From: Seattle, WA
Anyone else have a spending problem like me?
Posted by RonUSMC on Saturday, March 22, 2008 11:27 AM

Sometimes, I get in a rut and dont feel like building anything or just can't find the time. How I make up for that is simple.. I buy more things. I seriously spend about $300 a month on mainly tools and gadgets for model building. I stopped buying kits because I have about 10 of them and dont really build that fast. So I want to build a few before I buy more. I probably have about $5000 in stuff. When I cant find any tools, tweezers, brushes to buy... I just keep buying paints so I have every color in both MM and Tamiya lines. Then when I get a few of those in the shopping cart, I start buying glues, Cya glues, other Solvents... now I am buying every Pigment Mig has ever made. Along with his pre-made washes, etc.

Like, this month I have bought several things... EZ Line, Hold and Fold, Historex Hex Punch, Waldron Punch, etc. Paints, Pigments, a kit,glues, etc.

 Anyone else have this problem?

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