Financing your hobby- how do you?

[Tiby]

I have had some horrifically expensive months, that I can't talk about because it will undo all the therapy

I use credit cards to finance the addic... hobby.

[dirge]

Well usually I tend to spend most or all of whatever I have left after I budget on TFs.

In recent months - with the AUD at stupidly high levels - griffin (and some of the other longer-standing fans here) can attest to how much more expensive eBay used to be - I've dipped heavily into savings to buy pretty much everything I had a latent interest in getting.

So for the next year or so... I'll buy some of the new stuff released, and slowly "pay back" my savings and allow myself to slowly open all the stockpiled stuff I have amassed!

[turtle boy]

this month, over $1000 easy

[Geminii]

Mostly by not spending all that much on Transformers. I've gone years between buys, and when I do splash out I'll often get a whole pile at a discount rather than paying full price at stores.

Of course, it helps that I got into real estate recently, partly so I could fund Transformer-related expenses like BotCon trips. A couple of hours' work a year and six-figure payoffs mean a lot more free time and cash than I had working 9-5.