YTD - How much have you spent on music?

[Reign in Acai]

Thread inspired by Nate stating that he no longer spends money on music.

So I took the last 5 minutes of my work day to add up all my online transactions from the turning of the year up to this date. Excluding concert costs and a few scant purchases made at Amoeba, I dropped a grand total of $1,248.77 on new album purchases.

 

[Ellestin]

Much less than the past 5-6 years, though December might make up for it as I intend to perform some major classical music hauls. So far I got about €600 lighter I'd say.

 

[Krigloch the Furious]

this year... very little. but last year... shitloads!

 

[einride]

not a single fucking idea

my money management scheme is like this:

is there enough money in my bank account currently to buy the thing i want? if yes, buy. if not, don't buy.

then i forget everything about it

 

[dorian gray]

You could buy a decent drum kit for $1248.77.

 

[Vittra]

January 1 to November 25 - Primarily music and some shirts - concerts and things I bought with cash obviously aren't included.

~4.6K USD roughly, likely a bit less since I overestimated.

That's still all kinds of fucked up..

SO DO I VOTE OVER 2K OR VITTRA?!~?

 

[General Zod]

Are we counting shows, festivals, etc. or just CDs.

Zod

 

[Anom@nder Rake]

I spent around $1500 on cds. I think I have a problem

 

[lurch70]

proly like twenty bucks ... diapers are priority.

 

[Ars Magna]

Thankfully I am able to trade for most of what I'm after. Otherwise $ is too tight for cds.

 

[swizzlenuts]

I'd say I've bought 75 CDs so probably ~1100. Doesn't bother me at all. I usually spend about $100 a month, if I can. The last two months have been $150 because I'm a high rollin' grad student.

 

[Ars Magna]

I've stuck to approx. 1 cd per month for a while now. I basically only buy things that I have to own. There's not enough time to listen to everything I have so I am trying not to hang on to too much.

 

[Tide In Mind Out]

About $150, including CDs, concert tickets (excluding cheap local shows), and band shirts. Unless I'm forgetting something. Haven't been able to afford much other than everyday necessities, especially now that I'm a pewr college student! What I already have in my library + Derick's stuff + what I can listen to online has been keeping me content enough.

 

[Dev]

400€ or something. Mainly in boxsets and Japanese imports. I expect to spend the triple or more asap. My RYM wishlist is already approching 200 items and I haven't been through everything.

 

[Ars Magna]

I had to stop keeping a wishlist. It was completely out of hand and somewhat depressing. Since my memory is shit, it's a lot less stressful when I am able to buy something...I only have to choose between a handful of items as opposed to a couple pages worth.

 

[Evil?]

There should be an option for "More than I can afford" as I would check it.

 

[Disgustipated]

I had a fairly major drop in pay at the start of last year, and as a result am now a poor cunt loafing off me old man again, and have not spent that much on CDs the last couple of years. Plus I spend too much on my other expensive hobby these days, in fishing. So yeah, $300 - $500; complete guesstimation. Factoring in concerts, probably another 500 on top of that, at least.

 

[Reign in Acai]

I dropped a grand total of $1,248.77 on new album purchases.

I've been far more fiscally responsible. I'm on a trajectory to spend about half as much as I did last year.


YTD - $402.50

 

[dorian gray]

$0

 

[lurch70]

about $40/mth for my ISP