How do you fund your hobby?

Well I was looking through the new accusitions thread and it seems every couple of days everybody buys like more games, i was just wondering how do you fund it, and how much do you spend?

I just get £25.00 ($50.00) a month to spend on clothes and books and games so I don't get much, thats why I heavly relied on trading back games. But now that I've stopped that I guess I won't be doing that anymore.

I has job. And my wife knows and understands that I'm a sick individual and allows me to spend waaay too much money on my little habit.

To be fair, I didn't become a serious collector until I was out on my own and had a full-time job.

Currently... I don't. When I was a student, I had a part time job that paid pretty well so that more or less covered me. I've always been careful with my money, never let spending get out of hand and never ever put my hobbies before rent/bills/food. Lately I've been relying on my bank balance for games/films/clothes etc. while I look for a 'proper' job, which is a really silly thing to do but since my parent's have agreed to put me up in the meantime with only a small bed & board fee I'm taking advantage :P I'm not going crazy though, in fact I hardly ever go shopping anymore. The summer has been pretty good for cheap bargains on carboots and stuff, but now I'm stopping buying for a while. The odd game here and there, but that's it. Once I get a job that pays well enough - and fingers crossed it will be in a couple of weeks if I get past the final round of government inquisition - I'll be set once more.

The mad thing is I thought that I'd have time now to catch up on all those games I've bought that I still need to play. Instead I've been spending pretty much every waking second panicking over my complete inability to find employment and attempting to do something about it. Quite unsuccessfully :(

I photocopy my crotch at work and then sell off the copies to hapless senile men.

Once, someone asked me quite plainly, "can I see yer bewbs" and I immediately shoved him into heavy traffic for asking such a question.

I used to have a job, but then my employer ****** me over. The judges here are pretty corrupt too, all expense paid trips to Vegas made by lawyers who defend buisnesses.

Anways, I'm thinking about slowing down anyways. Its going to be a hard ~5 years for America, I'm going to start renting games I don't need or that won't become rare any time soon.

I've had obscenely good luck on the stock market during my teenage years, during which time I tied up huge amounts of money (read: $20,000+) up in various investments. I have a monthly income during a decent month of almost $2000 just from sitting on my butt thanks to interest from bonds and selling stocks. During a good month that money can reach excesses of $20,000, during a bad, I can actually lose money.

I don't spend nearly that amount on games since I'm a person that firmly believes in living well below my means, and I also always keep a solid $10,000 overhead just in case the worst should happen (as it has this month :( )

Oh, and this summer I actually had a real job, and that money was viewed as luxury money. Most of it did in fact go towards games and consoles.

^Wow that's a lot of....money considering the lack of effort.:shock: BladesOfAthena

I'll be completely honest: it was all blind, dumb luck. At first, anyway.

I'll be completely honest: it was all blind, dumb luck. At first, anyway.

Mamba219

That's kinda like getting lost on some path and then accidentally stumbling upon a huge pot of gold. Letting your money work for you is definitely a smart thing to do.

I had a well paying job (as did my wife) for the last 13 years. Now that I no longer work I buy my games from my savings, but I've slowed down for now 'cause I'm building a house and there is no way of knowing how much that will actually cost. I mean, there is a number out there, but with construction you never know what the final number will be.aspro73

Wait...so you're retired?

Good job, Better Shopper - I look around for weeks or months before I strike a deal of a game. I know what the game is worth well before it goes into my collection. And only buy games I know I will play.Save change etc. Just being a smart shopper pays alot.

Oh and I also give Plasma for an extra $60 a week.

I had a well paying job (as did my wife) for the last 13 years. Now that I no longer work I buy my games from my savings, but I've slowed down for now 'cause I'm building a house and there is no way of knowing how much that will actually cost. I mean, there is a number out there, but with construction you never know what the final number will be.aspro73

go to a harware store to get a general price of the highest it can get. most contractors hike it up by 30% and they subcontract and add another 30% off that. they make their killing charging you labor. a foreman or superintendent can charge you about $200 (in u.s. dollars) a day wether he does 8 hours of work or 10 minutes. if you lived in u.s. i would hook u up, since i do work in construction.

[QUOTE="aspro73"]I had a well paying job (as did my wife) for the last 13 years. Now that I no longer work I buy my games from my savings, but I've slowed down for now 'cause I'm building a house and there is no way of knowing how much that will actually cost. I mean, there is a number out there, but with construction you never know what the final number will be.jsmoke03

go to a harware store to get a general price of the highest it can get. most contractors hike it up by 30% and they subcontract and add another 30% off that. they make their killing charging you labor. a foreman or superintendent can charge you about $200 (in u.s. dollars) a day wether he does 8 hours of work or 10 minutes. if you lived in u.s. i would hook u up, since i do work in construction.

Here's my math for you, aspro:

(Original estimate * 2) + Cost of contractor's kid's braces = amount

I rely a lot on the game fairy (aka family), and now I have a real job again. :)

For me, right now it's just money from gigging and miscellaneous stuff, random amounts at random times, hence my obtaining about 60 games over last winter and about 5 over this summer :D

I'm a college student in the UK and when I'm not studying I'm usually composing for my portfolio for work when I finish studying, with that and gym/training and seeing friends I try to tell myself there's no time for a real job there to support my love of games and other things (copious amounts of beer comes to mind), I do a good job of talking myself out of work anyways :P

[QUOTE="aspro73"] I had a well paying job (as did my wife) for the last 13 years. Now that I no longer work I buy my games from my savings, but I've slowed down for now 'cause I'm building a house and there is no way of knowing how much that will actually cost. I mean, there is a number out there, but with construction you never know what the final number will be.BladesOfAthena

Wait...so you're retired?

For the most part. I have a hobby business I started which entails growing and selling organic vegetables. But I don't work for anyone (and can't see a day in the future that I ever will again).

To everyone on the construction esitmates, yep, that's what I'm talking about. I'm doing a lot of it myself too though, so shouldn't be too much over budget (yeah right).

For the most part. I have a hobby business I started which entails growing and selling organic vegetables. But I don't work for anyone (and can't see a day in the future that I ever will again).

To everyone on the construction esitmates, yep, that's what I'm talking about. I'm doing a lot of it myself too though, so shouldn't be too much over budget (yeah right).

aspro73

I see. That's quite commendable. Its always a great relief to be your own boss and not having to answer to anyone. I'd sure love to have my own business some day.

I'm probably the youngest member in this union, I'm 14, but thankfully :) my father makes a lot of money, but not to the point where he has his own personal driver, I mean he started a small buisness back when I was 2 year's old, and now it's succesful, and hopefully it'll be more succesful.

you might be thinking that I ask him for a 100$ every day and he gives it to me :P, well... I kind'a wish that happens but no, my dad didn't grow up in a rich family, so yes, he doesn't give me that much money, but from time to time, he buys a game for me. but other than that I just get money from special occasions and birthday's and so on, but in 2005, he got me a credit card, and I think he made some sort of deal with the credit card company or something like that, but every month about 80-100$ is sent into my account, so I never spend more than 100$ a month, but I don't spend it all on games, I collect DVDs more than collecting, I mean I only buy games to play, but I collect DVD well...to watch and have it in my collection :)

but hopefully I'll get into a really good college and get a really good job so I can buy stuff crazily :) I mean if you study hard enough in college, you could get a really good job, instead of getting a part time job while your in college, and after college you can get a really good job.

Got a job that pays me WAY more then it should when I finished University,

Normally after living expenses and savings are taken care of there is normally a nice pool of mad money that I can spend on whatever

Fulltime job here.

Family, bills, and such has really limited my purchases. I was buying up games like mad when I was buying and selling video games on ebay. I think I need to get back into that. I've got an itch to work on my NES collection and really go after the Sega Masters.

Parents. I'm a college student at the moment so they give me money for spending on what they probably assume is 'important uni stuff' but is in reality games :P and they pay for everything else too so I don't have any expenses. I'm 18 and have never had a job (outside of their business) so I guess that is pretty sad really :( :P clubhaxor

Nah, while it was not true for me, it's pretty normal, not sad.

Well i dont have job that pays so my inncome is from birthdays, and working for my grandmother, or not working at all cause she gives me alot of money.

And i get some money every year from the school, thats why bargin bins are my best friends:)

HEHEHE... Daddy can i have some money for a new book? :P

The money for cloth, vacations, university, launch, cellphone bills etc...
Mainly i was born to play, started at Atari since i was 3 !!!! and playing Video games is far better than going to clubs, buying proteins, creatines for the gym, or some new cloth... one has 2 weight the opportunity cost of his actions...