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How you fund 'the fix'?

RogueBowie

RogueBowie

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Hey guys. Just curious if anyone else has adopted new money saving practices that let them buy new knvives (obviously mostly Beckers, my current pile is waiting for the BK16!)?

I don't mean like skipping important bills or something, just little creative ways to set aside money you wouldn't have thought to do before you wanted surplus spending money for cool new knives.

Myself: I have started saving our recyclables that used to just go into the recycling can such as bottles (beer) and cans (soda...and beer). I take these to the recycling center by my house and get cash from them, it's actually not an insignificant amount, I can get 20-30 bucks a month just from doing this. It's how I paid my electric bill when I first moved out at 18.

What about you folks?
 
OREGON FAL'ER said:
I gave up hookers and blow, and I'm a better man now.
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And that didn't make you cranky and slow? ;) lol

I told my wife that, for every pair of shoes she bought, I get a new knife. This only works if you know she isn't giving up _______ habit/obsession...
 
I limit myself to $20 of gas when I refill because it keeps me in the mindset that I "am running low on gas", so I don't get the urge to make any unnecessary trips.
I stay the hell away from fast food, bars, and gambling/lottery tickets.
I patch and sew up my old pants, wear my shoes to the last mile, and pick up every bit of change I come across on the ground, which goes in my piggy bank.
I got rid of my girlfriend. (BIG savings)
And none of this matters because I turn around and blow it all to smoke...Arturo Fuente Hemingways to be exact.
My pay-check goes to my knives :)
 
don't smoke, don't do blow, would be hard to give up hookers but i never tried one :D never have had expensive GFs, sure i buy them goodies, but the kind of girl that need $200 in shoes a week? not for me.

need money? sometimes i have two jobs. i save. i skip eating out, and make my own meals, and eat less as well.

doesn't hurt to get a sugar momma. a nice cougar lady with money :) other benefits too if she's hot ;)
 
I have bought quite a few of my knives using the money from traded in text books on amazon. However this fall I found a way to make a little extra cash. My parents recently bought a new house that has around 8 acres on it and much of the woods and decrepit barn was littered with old metal scrap, so I spend an afternoon loading up a trailer trailer with like 900 lbs of scrap iron and steel then take it to the scrap yard and I'm 80 to 100 bucks richer. Unfortunately most of that went to some bills but i managed to save enough to get a BK9. Not a bad deal in my book. I get to walk around the woods get exercise and clean up the property................. Once it warms up a bit this is how I plan on getting me some Machax money ;)
 
Cost is definetly somethign that bothers me...its not fun paying 50 bucks to ship over some pins and a stick of G-10. I just try and save where I can, dont buy crap you dont need or something. OR just start mugging people, you already own a big ass becker put it to good use lol.
 
Every payday put $X (you pick the number) in a kitty somewhere that is just for "mad money". Eventually it can build up but you need to be disciplined about it.

And it can be cash in a can somewhere or just segregated in your checking account so that it does not show up in the balance of your check register; that way you won't spend it eating out or on some other unnecessary thing. It's only for important stuff like knives and guns and stuff. Quicken will easily let you segregate money into little pots for various purposes.
 
Now that I have worked my way to 2 push ups, I am buff enough to become a high priced male escort so money will no longer be an issue.
 
EagleScouter said:
I divide my soul into little bits and sell them to the highest bidder.
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turns out souls can be *leased*. friend of mine did this in a college auction as a fund raiser.
Now he's a corporate lawyer.

So anyway, my new plan is selling knives. I haven't quite caught up with my materials costs yet, but soon. That goes into paypal, which can then be used online to buy either supplies or toys. Ideally it never reaches my bank account. I think I applied some credit card rewards points toward my Bk2, back when I was a wee pre-beckerhead.

-Daizee
 
I work my ass off every day and nights & mornings too sometimes, work smart as well as hard, look for every unexplored opportunity to be more and more useful to my employer, negotiate hard when necessary but otherwise I try to be the easiest/most help/most pleasant person to work with, learn new stuff, improve old stuff... so that when the time comes I want a new toy, the cushion is already there in my paycheck.
 
I bring my lunch to work and eat breakfast at home. That saves me a couple hundred bucks a month all by itself. And I got a good raise at work last month. I've been using the cash to fund my Becker habit and stock up on food storage. Food is getting expensive, and this five and six dollar gas is just going to drive it up more, so I'm socking food and essentials away just in case.
 
Every day, if I have money in my pockets (aside from the ~$5 that lives in my wallet) it goes into my change jar. I don't care if it's a penny or a hundred dollar bill, it's goin' into the jar.
Was inspired by some guy that saved enough to get a brand new car with the change from his jar.
 
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