Do you cry when you make large purchases?

[Travis L. Stevens]

Do you ever have to make those large purchases where it hurts your budget so bad, you just want to crawl in a hole? Does that $1000 chiller, $2000 generator, or $500 skimmer just make you want to quit the hobby?

I'm about to make a fairly large purchase for necessities (test kits, salt, MH Bulb, etc) and it makes me feel so dirty. But, my wife was fine with it because she knows it's necessary.

 

[jimwat]

Re: Do you cry when you make large purchases?

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9314641#post9314641 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Travis L. Stevens
But, my wife was fine with it because she knows it's necessary.

She sounds like a keeper!

If I make a large purchase and my wife finds out...she will make me cry

 

[corals b 4 bills]

No, The large pieces are easy because that means the wife will know about them, it's the smaller ones that I bring home every day. I can buy a $250. calcium monitor because I can hide it under the stand,:lol: but the fast swimming powder blue tang-not so easy to hide. I put this tank together and filled it last year so She keeps a eye on my addiction.

 

[marinelife]

Nope I do not not, I only wish I could get by with a $1000 chiller, I may have to get a new one at $2000. now that hurts but I know it is worth it for the health of my marine life

 

[2639]

my wife makes her own money so she doesnt say anything to me...plus, she knows that I would pay the bills before I blew the money.

I feel dirty when I buy niceties but I feel feel like quitting when I have to spend hundreds on necesities I feel ya man

 

[RoGeTa]

No crying (maybe a little cringing lol), Easy come, Even easier to go lol. I'm 1000 in on the tank and rock. So much more to do

 

[six.line]

I'm a poor man's reefer.

I have a 30 gallon that I just started up, and I had a 15 gallon for awhile before then.

All my frags I got free, or bought from a fellow reefer for like $5. Yesterday I bought some red zoanthids for $15, and I felt horrible. I'm in trouble when I set up the big tank.

 

[miracles38]

My crying comes later - when I get the credit card bill!

 

[DarthBaiter]

LoL...my wife make me act like a crackhead trying to hide all the stuff I buy for my tank. Not that she minds, but I guess it'a bit like how I feel when I see her buy shoes.

 

[Andrew]

Everything is a large purchase when you are only 15.

 

[Shnabbles]

*duplicate post*

 

[Shnabbles]

my wife works for our bank and has constant watch over the account...

thank god the build im finishing up now came from a truck i sold that i had before i met her...

oh whats that dear? ya i just spent $875 on power heads

 

[tcmfish]

I like that last post as I am only 18

 

[mcrist]

I only cry if I made a large purchase for something and it either dies or doesn’t improve the situation that I made the purchase for in the first place.

 

[Mr31415]

What gets me is not the $2000 generator or the $1000 chiller, but having your wife show you your income/expenses statement for the year and realising you have spent $15000 in the past year alone on your hobby

 

[Mr31415]

mcrist - I agree on that one!

 

[joyski58]

What I can't believe is that when I go shopping online, it's not for shoes and clothes anymore -- it's reef stuff. Husband looking over my shoulder, just shakes his head and calls me a "Reef Geek".

When asked the question, "How much did that cost?" I just say "too much" and smile real big.

 

[Abraham1907]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9317040#post9317040 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Andrew
Everything is a large purchase when you are only 15.

I couldn't have said it better myself!!! For instance I was at the store yesterday and wanted 4 fighting conchs (7.99 each). Thats 32.00 plus tax. That wasn't too bad, but once i got to looking around I wanted the black misbar clown pair (29.99 each) and acro frag (29.99). Together it would probably be around $150, needless to say I only left with the conchs... I know that might not sound bad for all of you buy $1000 chillers and whatnot, but for me thats a big purchase saying as my 2 week check is rarely over $200.

 

[MrsDorothy]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9317255#post9317255 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by mcrist
I only cry if I made a large purchase for something and it either dies or doesn’t improve the situation that I made the purchase for in the first place.

I agree with you on this one.

 

[benray4fun]

I only cried once on the inside and that was when I first realized that I was gonna have to step up my game or get out of the hobby. I sat on the fence for a while, then marched on and never cried or looked back since...:thumbsup: