Has anyone else gone holy shite when realised how much they have spent?

[HIPPEEDUDE]

Hello to all. Just sat down to work my budget out & how much i have spent lately on CE,games etc. Let me say it definately made my go
& sat me down on my bum for awhile. We arent talking a few hundred dollars either,as it stands for the past month my bill is less than $2000
but more than $1500. Shock city to me,all the little things seem to add up to one big bill. Anyone else done this & realised later how much
they actually spent?? Or am i just in the cheap miser range

[vhal_x]

Oh yes, have done this many times

Have made myself pretty depressed at times from being so gutted at spending so much money in such a short space of time, but then happy again once I receive all the goodies !

Last year, between the end of August and the start of November, I think we (me and my boyfriend) spent around £2500 on CEs xx

[HIPPEEDUDE]

Glad i am not alone,its a shocker when you realise it,but it is like xmas when you
get what you paid for.I forgot to include pre-orders that are due,a shipping bill for
an extremely bulky lot of games & i just realised i have one bill i forgot to pay due
now for one game thats over $500,it gets worse,i should stop thinking about it,lol

[Gazereths]

I try not to think about it tbh, I avoid adding up all the totals for stuff I've bought over the years, it would make me cry LOL.

[Gemini-Phoenix]

I try not to think about it. It gets to a point where you realise you've spent tens of thousands and then it becomes redundant, as if your next milestone is six figures! I'm already well past the six figure mark in terms of money spent and how much my collection is estimated at, so anything between here and seven figures is irrelevant

When I tell people how much my collection is valued at, they're instantly like "Yea right!", and then they see the pictures and they're blown away! When I then describe to them how over 1,200 of my games are sealed, they begin to understand why it's worth so much!


I wish sites like HMV and GAME had a feature where you could see a running total of how much you've spent. I would really like to see statistics like that!

[themidlandmaster]

Not really

You earn money to buy things you enjoy, and I love collectors editions

[mawa]

I never check how much i spend and really i dont care how much it is lol
I have been on a shopping day in osaka ( japan ) and spend more then 5000 euro in 4 hours
But money needs to roll iff i dont buy the games i will spend it on other things or i go to the casino to play some roulette
So evry time i dont buy games the money will be spend
Dammit i need to learn to keep my money in my pockets

[Robalvarez2010]

Good response mawa. Its true money is meant to be spent not saved. I dont mean to go crazy now and spend every penny you have because its good to save some money at the same time. I for example have an account for bills, another account for the kids, another for my vaction time with the family, and yes one more for my hobby wish ever it may be.

[Amnoz]

That's actually a good idea Rob lol. I will have an account for all aspects of my life! I say that after I have spent about 2 to 3 grand just in the past few months

[AJLareneg]

I try not to think about it, personally. I would probably weep if I knew exactly how much I'd spent on all my stuff together. Though one of the first questions people generally ask me when they see my collection is how much it all cost... which inevitably has me wondering about it anyway.