Kidney for Sale
Cool cats Jeff and moyism recently divulged to us the awful truths behind how much they spend on anime and anime related goods. This, of course, got me thinking about how much I waste on my sick and twisted hobby for devil worshiping sinners. Now, I come from a fairly well-off family (and I’m sure they hate me very much each time they read this blog) so basically all my living stuff is covered. Thusly, any money I make on my own goes towards CRAP, and I’m horrible at saving. That said, it’s not really all that much, at least compared to those two guys. Then again, they have real jobs, and I’m just a stinky, fat and ugly college student. My personal spending quota for the year usually turns out to be something like ~$1500. Now, this usually covers all the stuff I REALLY want, and lesser things such as DVDs are usually saved as birthday or Christmas presents. Still, if I had a real job, I’d probably be spending a lot more. Probably a bit more than Jeff, but not nearly as much as moy (I don’t see how the man does it!) What follows is my ideal anime crap budget.
- DVDs- $1000: This is probably too much, as I doubt I’ve ever bought $1000 worth of DVDs in one year, ever. But I’d probably easily spend within that much on DVDs, considering the things I watch and feel like watching again.
- Figures- $1000: $1000 can get you between 15-20 figures in a year, roughly. Over the past couple of years I’ve amassed 30 figures, so chances are this one will actually be a bit too much also, but it’s always good to have enough budgeted if for some reason they start shooting out 5 figures of each of my favourite characters!
- Hug Pillows- $1500: Again, I’m probably overshooting here, considering how frequently they come out and how many of them happen to be of characters I care about. They are however expensive, and this also takes into account the more pricey doujin covers/event only covers you’ll see on Yahoo Auctions.
- Books/Other stuff- $500: I don’t buy much manga, mostly because the titles that come out here don’t interest me much. There are some things I’ve had my eyes on though, and things I’ve put off collecting due to lack of money. So if I could, I’d probably pick up all those with $500 easily, with some left over for the odd artbook.
- Cons- $1000: I don’t go to many cons, at most two a year, so this is overshooting as well. I usually drop about $300 at cons, but it’s good to have some leeway in case the con happens to have that rare limited edition Shuffle! bedsheet I’ve been wanting…
So, about $5000 total is the hypothetical absolute maximum I’d spend on anime in a year, if I had that kind of money. Not so bad, really. Now, where to get the $5000…
You can always rob the bank. Just don’t get arrested.
When I look back at my expenditure at the end of the year, it does surprise me that I spent that amount, but it still doesn’t feel like a lot of money to me.
$1500 for hug pillows is a bit much. Unless you want to cuddle up with a different pillow each week.
You should donate a hug pillow to some place that requests donations of bedding.
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Most of my “scrillah,” as we say in da hood, has to go towards videogaming, a category sorely unrepresented in your list. For shame.
Yeah when I moved out of my parents place for my first “career” type job making 34k annually I went nuts and basically spent all my money that wasn’t going towards rent/utilities/food towards anime products. My mindset for expensive/inexpensive completely warped, I would buy 70-80 dollar figurines, posters, dvds, mangas, games, etc like bubblegum… I easily spent 7-8k a year for 2 1/2 years before I finally decided to get it under control…
I recommend saving your money despite how much you feel you need that new Saber figurine :)
double: I’ve considered, but I ain’t a fast runner :V
Adun: I have more than enough for a different pillow for each day of the week, and I’m only getting more! I have a harem!
BigGSN5: Yeah, not much of a gamer. Lack of time, skills and interest.
reckless: God, I wouldn’t trust myself with that amount of money. But, oh, how I yearn for a proper job!
reckless pretty much explained the mindset I have, sorta. Trying to change that this year with the new job and the need to save more (8k on anime related really doesn’t seem like a lot but looking around, I could have definitely saved a bit if I was more picky in my purchases). I still have an okay amount saved as well that I don’t plan to touch, like ever, even with all the spending I did last year ^^;;
Also probably helps I’m still living at home so food, rent, and utilities are free. Plus I get my laundry done as well (yes I’m very spoiled and very lucky my parents haven’t kicked me out of the house yet).