Saver or Spender? Which one are you?

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Are you a Saver or Spender?

Saver
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59%
Spender
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41%
 
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Do you enjoy spending every last dollar on consumer goods?
Or do you find yourself thinking first before making a purchase?

Just curious what the overall make up is of this site.

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I'm a fucking idiot with money, sadly.
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More of a saver than most, but not to where I maybe should be. I don't spend my money foolishly, except for eating out too much.
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More of a hoarder than a waster, myself, though definitely not exclusively so.
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I have once vice and I hit it fucking hard. Cheapskate on everything else. Evens out. :3
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The future's cancelled, good luck saving. I'm living hand to mouth and I went to college and did computer science.
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My only reasoning for taking a year off from school was to go back to work fulltime to save up for a $6000 guitar. Smart life decisions.
Mainly, I'm a saver, though. I prefer to build up then blow my wad on one big purchase. This usually amounts to one expensive item a year. This year it was a Gibson L5 Wes Montgomery, last year it was 6 months of personal training and gym membership, year before that I bought a used Heritage h575 and an iPad.
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I'm both to be honest, I set a certain threshold of what needs to be in my bank accounts at all times, as a buffer, I have to make sure I never cross that red line, also, I pay myself before I pay anyone else, so a certain amount goes into a separate account every month, before any bills, purchases, etc.... in that respect, I'm a saver.

On the other hand I collect video games, and many of those purchases are not intentional just 'saw it, good deal, get it now'.... in that respect I'm a spender, and a huge idiot with my money.
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If I have enough money, and I'm saving up for a game, I usually save it. But, if I have less, I spend it all over the course of a few weeks over micro-transactions for snacks, so I'm sorta in the middle.
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Up in smoke, that's where my money goes. In my lungs and sometimes up my nose.
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both, i am always out of money, but always have some to spend.
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Me and the Mrs saved £12000 in 8 months when we put our minds to it.

Before that, saved nothing. God knows where all that money went before 8 months ago. I'd be rich.
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Edit: lol, that should definitely have been in the drunk thread. :lol:
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I'm a saver with few vices. That said, I enjoy nice guns and obscure videogames.

Homey don't buy no bullshit.

My woman, on the other hand, saves no money. Good job, but god knows where everything goes. Food and clothes I suppose.
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BIL wrote:I have once vice and I hit it fucking hard. Cheapskate on everything else. Evens out. :3
Same here. I dress like a fucking loser, eat shit and skimp on everything so I can buy games, movies and fucking toys.
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drauch wrote:...fucking toys...
now i am confused!!?! now, are these actual toys for fucking or just normal everyday fucking toys???
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nasty_wolverine wrote:
drauch wrote:...fucking toys...
now i am confused!!?! now, are these actual toys for fucking or just normal everyday fucking toys???
Yeah, I should have specified a little better.

Fucking toys and fucking-toys, although I also spend very little on my fucking-toys, yet I've been thinking lately of blowing a huge load and getting something nice. Kind of like treating myself to a nice dinner instead of TOPPO RAMEN and shitty sandwiches. Although I've given up on the ramen (RIP) because I'm starting to get fat, and the last thing I want to be is fat buff like Danzig or something.
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I'm genuinely surprised at the votes so far, why are there so many responsible people?
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Deviancy.

At least according to the sales charts.
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I have myself and do with myself as one does with any other property,—I enjoy myself at my pleasure. I am no longer afraid for my life, but "squander" it.
And I say, "same goes for money."
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system11 wrote:I'm genuinely surprised at the votes so far, why are there so many responsible people?
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I wouldn't be surprised if you could. If there were a god, and this is indeed his idea of the perfect universe, you know damn well Richard Cheney will be living in a gold plated heaven (the slipperyness it has on the gold cars isn't important since getting crushed there is like having an orgasm) and we'll be in some ghetto alley hundreds of layers lower where the pipeline of his toilet empties out, and no matter where you're standing the waste lands directly on your face.

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I spent £119 on hyper duel and £98 on battle garrega with spine card ........
And it wasn't my money it was my gfs ! :P :D :shock:
I am a piece of shit with money I have to get my self at least one game with each pay check .
I need help :roll:
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Axelay wrote:I spent £119 on hyper duel and £98 on battle garrega with spine card ........
And it wasn't my money it was my gfs !
Shit son, and she's still your girlfriend? My missus would probably kick me square in the balls if I spent $220 of her cash on games.

Although I understand about having to buy something with each paycheck, otherwise I don't feel I'm gaining anything by working.
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Axelay wrote:I spent £119 on hyper duel and £98 on battle garrega with spine card ........
And it wasn't my money it was my gfs ! :P :D :shock:
I am a piece of shit with money I have to get my self at least one game with each pay check .
I need help :roll:
Sounds like she's a keeper, bruh.
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Never_Scurred wrote:
Axelay wrote:I spent £119 on hyper duel and £98 on battle garrega with spine card ........
And it wasn't my money it was my gfs ! :P :D :shock:
I am a piece of shit with money I have to get my self at least one game with each pay check .
I need help :roll:
Sounds like she's a keeper, bruh.
Too bad Axelay is not D:

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Ed Oscuro wrote:
Never_Scurred wrote:
Axelay wrote:I spent £119 on hyper duel and £98 on battle garrega with spine card ........
And it wasn't my money it was my gfs ! :P :D :shock:
I am a piece of shit with money I have to get my self at least one game with each pay check .
I need help :roll:
Sounds like she's a keeper, bruh.
Too bad Axelay is not D:

:wink:
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One thing with each paycheque? In my case,it's usually somewhere between 3 to 5...but I try and keep the costs down a bit these days.I definitely get paper's point about not gaining anything from work if you can't spend on the stuff you enjoy.Sometimes though,my spending on games does border on having a serious problem.
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I divide my spending into three categories - necessities, conveniences, and luxuries. I minimise the spend on the first, avoid as much as possible the second, and keep the latter at a low number in quantity whilst being frivolous with the amount.

I try and save between a fifth and a quarter of my income, and this gets reinvested into more profitable assets than simply earning interest.

I don't subscribe to the modern day corruption of "carpe diem".
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