I Have An Addiction...

[KamenDreda]

Hey guys...

 

I just want to get your opinions on this and tell me if you all have similar situations. I am seriously thinking I may have a real addiction to buying GI Joes. I mean Yeah I guess I could live with out them and I think i wouldn't go through withdrawls if I couldn't buy any more, but I can't seem to stop myself from buying more even when i don't really "need" them and don't really have the money. I, like many others here like to army build. Usually I put a cap on how many I will let myself buy and when I reach that number I am fine. So no problem there BUT The problem comes when I don't really have the extra mony but I keep buying anyway. I guess I just look at it as $7.99 here and $7.99 there is really not that big of a deal in the grand scheme of things.... but that adds up. If i put all the money I have spent on GI Joes in to savings instead, I could probably have my truck paid off by now!!!

 

I guess what I am saying is I am starting to feel like my collecting of Joes is starting to interfere with my financial wellbeing.

 

So what do you guys think... am I over reacting?

[Guest gunslingercbr]

if you can afford to pay your truck payments, buy Joes, pay your bills, and SAVE, you are doing fine. if buying Joes intereferes with any of those, you have a problem. and I mean that sincerely. and saving money is probably the most important of all.

[Sephron13]

I totally know what you're going through, believe me. When I'm on "the hunt", I'll army build like a madman. If I go to Wallyworld or Target or TRU and they don't have what I'm specifically looking for (currently the Mechs), then I'll just buy more troops, or another vehicle, or a couple more Corps! tanks (to repaint and make 'em sweeter like so many others on here have done). I spent nearly my whole tax refund (which was $700 on 'em. I've quite a HUGE army now, let me tell you, both GIJoe and Cobra. I'm going to be making a really sweet (I hope) dio this summer and I've already started building sets and designing locales for it. So, not only am I buying Joe stuff like crazy, but equipment for my dio. It's fun, though. I am paying off bills, but not saving money, which sucks. Plus, I've a girlfriend, so I like to take her out and do things. So, I'm broke as a joke until next Friday. If I see Joe stuff I need (like I NEED anymore of it...), I just put it on layaway. I'm an addiction, too!