2010 No Purchase Club

[zissou]

Still in.

 

[Yardsale]

woah was about to put down my CC information when I started repenting

 

[junebugmm]

I'm going to see if there are any good deals from Tres Bien and
probably will be done. Maybe some Uniqlo boxer briefs when my brother goes to
Korea in a few weeks and some socks? 2009 = a year of overspending for me.

 

[Robert]

Originally Posted by Uncontrol

i can't even fathom this

hell, i already bought stuff

I'm sure the stuff falls under one of the rules, perhaps "fills a need"?

 

[Robert]

Originally Posted by APK

There are times when I have trouble rationalizing some of the purchases I want to make. Then there are moments like today when I realize some of these purchases are much more purposeful than what I used to devote my money to.

I was checking in on a DVD forum I used to frequent when I was really into buying DVDs. I revisited a spending tab thread I started in January 2005. I bought 26 DVDs during the first three months for a grand total of $400. Of those, the first three seasons of Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Cooler, and M are the only things of the lot I still consider smart/worthwhile purchases. Those accounted for less than $100 of the $400 total. Those three months weren't really abnormal for me, either. I kept a pretty similar pace from 2003 to mid-2006.

Point is, I dropped a ton of cash of this hobby. I still have a lot of the titles, but only consider a fraction of those to be integral for me. I still have a ton of stuff I haven't watched and even more that I only watched once.

With clothes, I know I'll at least get use out of what I buy. The upfront costs might seem high for certain items. But over the course of time, you'll spend a comparable amount to another hobby that may not reap the same amount of use that clothing you love does.


I hear ya. I can--and have--dropped lots and lots of cash on LPs. I get a lot of use out of many of them, but at the same time, many of them are not really essential. I bought them based on their reputation or their critical reception or whatever and found I could have lived without them. So I've drifted away from buying them because I feel like I do get more use out of the clothes I buy, and right now at least, enjoy buying clothes more than I do music.

 

[Crane's]

Originally Posted by XenoX101

I can already picture the affiliates

'ing at this thread.

Not at all. We know it won't last.

 

[impolyt_one]

I'm in for tonight, but I might have to go buy some sort of utilitarian type winter coat/jacket tomorrow if I can find one, gonna be 0 degrees here all next week and for some time. Deeply regretting selling my Rick down jacket right now.

 

[Crane's]

Originally Posted by impolyt_one

I'm in for tonight, but I might have to go buy some sort of utilitarian type winter coat/jacket tomorrow if I can find one, gonna be 0 degrees here all next week and for some time. Deeply regretting selling my Rick down jacket right now.

http://www.cranes-country-store.com/...cat=503&page=1

http://www.cranes-country-store.com/...cat=503&page=1

http://www.cranes-country-store.com/...cat=503&page=1

We can fix that problem.

 

[impolyt_one]

I can't wear any of that man, I am a 125 lb Asian guy living in Korea, with a taste for expensive outerwear.

 

[Crane's]

Originally Posted by impolyt_one

I can't wear any of that man, I am a 125 lb Asian guy living in Korea, with a taste for expensive outerwear.

Well get a Krane Emory Bomber then. I just picked one up and it's toasty warm.

 

[brad-t]

Originally Posted by Robert

I'm sure the stuff falls under one of the rules, perhaps "fills a need"?

those rules are a copout

 

[stevenvg]

in

 

[zissou]

Originally Posted by Crane's

We can fix that problem.

Get OUT!

 

[Crane's]

Originally Posted by zissou

Get OUT!

Nope, this is one thread worth derailing.

 

[zissou]

You can't break me.