How you fund 'the fix'?

[emperorvince]

I started making my work lunch at home. I usually spend $7 a day on lunch..which is $35 a week..which is also $140 a month = new knife or two. I also end up eating "healthy" which adds years to my life, so technically..buying Becker's is saving my life!
And I recently (10 min ago) became an Avon delivery assistant...don't laugh!

 

[Skystorm]

I used to pay cash for everything, anything less than a 10 bill went into the change bucket at the end of the day which added up pretty fast. I had to give that method up since it became to hard to separate my cash from the business cash.
Now I just use the living hell out of my rewards cards, rent is the only thing I can't use the cards for but I can easily get 2-3 bills a month back in rewards cash.

 

[NixKustoms]

I started selling stuff that I make. I guess I make some pretty nice stuff some times.

 

[buckmaster96]

make 120 a month for babysitting for my mom and have nothing to spend it on.

 

[buckmaster96]

make 120 a month for babysitting for my mom and have nothing to spend it on except knives guns and eventually a car.

 

[Captain Airyca]

I just set aside money from each pay check for the fun stuff I guess. Knifes and other gear are just a default in my budget now.

 

[thrillbilly]

simple, I diverted my gun-interest into knives and other gear for awhile. can buy quite a few Beckers for the price of one GLOCK or Rem700!

 

[One Legged Josh]

I have been a hobby blacksmith since I was young. If I want something "extra" I just go to the shop, and pound on some steel....Then sell it.

 

[Hunter Sharp]

I try to hunt big game as much as possible to fill the the ice box,less trips to the market but my body is a wreck from all the red meat I eat. Doc. Says I need to stop.....but that will never happen!

 

[bigghoss]

What I do is first I don't get married or have kids (I hear them things soak up money quick) then I get me a cush goberment job, I became a security guard but that part's not important. Both my trucks are paid for, I don't have tv service, and I'm tethering for internet. Next month I'm moving so I'm going to find a roommate and that should almost cut my rent in half. If it weren't for all the guns and knives that keep showing up at my place I'd have my credit card paid off and a lift kit under my blazer. Also that set of tires for my F250 didn't help. Or buying the F250 in the first place. And I blew my tax return building an AR15.

Another thing I find helpful is to pay for everything with cash then save all your pocket change.

 

[TwinStick]

It's hard for me to save. Something always seems to come up. I also have what many don't. Wife, kids, house, ect. Would not trade them for the world. I am TERRIBLE with money. Yup, terrible. Did i say terrible ? My boring life: I do not buy meals out & always take my own lunch to work. I get (because i am terrible with money) $100 a week for gas & thats it. My truck is as terrible with gas as i am with money. If i had to drive it everyday, there would be NO money left at all & i only drive 32 miles round trip. I take the Corolla every time i can. I ride my DR650 in the summer, which saves me a TON on gas (come onnnn summer). Next year our life should come together a little bit more. House will be paid for, truck will be paid for, car will be paid for. Then we can double or tripple up on some of our other bills & the dominos will fall fast. We plan to be debt free or close to it in 3-4 years when we retire from our current jobs. Knife money will be a non-issue then.

 

[GODSPEED TACTICAL]

Fortunately I'm now able to write off the new knives I buy as a business expense

Wasn't always that way and I only had a problem/issue "hiding" my spending money so if it helps........Paypal is your friend. Wife never knows how it was paid for and the boxes just show up at the door.


Eli

 

[orangish ducktape]

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.

I do that too, I recently counted my jar of change, and I have enough for a BK16 and BK14 or a BK2 w/ Micarta.
Tempting, but I need to keep saving.

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-orangish ducktape

If you analyze the function of an object, its form often becomes obvious.
-Ferdinand Alexander Porsche

 

[orangish ducktape]

I have been a hobby blacksmith since I was young. If I want something "extra" I just go to the shop, and pound on some steel....Then sell it.

That is just cool! WOW, I wish i could do that

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-orangish ducktape

If you analyze the function of an object, its form often becomes obvious.
-Ferdinand Alexander Porsche

 

[Mighty1]

I used to put anything under $5 in the change jar. Added up quick and worked great. Still do it to this day because of habit.

After 05 I got a new job and my life has been considerably more fast. I get tipped out weekly a fair amount and I generally keep two weeks worth and the rest the wifey keeps. It's enough to keep the gun/knife habit going strong.

Now I just want to purchase more time in the day....know anyone that slangs that?

 

[DrOpPoInT1110]

Well, as a college student, i'm used to being broke most of the time But, I have managed to build myself a nice collection. Unlike a lot of other college kids, I'm not big into getting new clothes/shoes/cell phones every 5 mins and when I do, I never buy anything expensive. I have also began cutting my own hair and since it grows so damn fast, I've actually saved a decent chunk of change this way. I also really don't buy anything else besides knives and related things. Occasionally, a new video game but I never buy them at full price. Of course, I buy food and necessary items but all my extra cash (for the most part) goes towards my knife addiction. So basically, my trick has been that if I dont need my money for anything important, or if I can somehow save cash on something, I save it up and buy a knife. It's worked so far

 

[FCFER]

Besides my salary, I get a monthly milage check for whatever driving I do for my company. Not much most months, but some can get up to $100 or so a month. It has been agreed with the wifey that this is to be my fun money. This usually went to support my paintball habit. Then I started getting back into hunting again and its been going into replenishing my aging hunting equiptment, not to mention my humble becker collection. Sadly though, its been going into glasses for the kids or groceries or any number of unfun things like that. Thats alright though. Thats what happens when you have a family to support.
I cant complain though, I just picked up a BK7 with the income tax refund!

 

[Bufford]

I have burned wood for heat all my life and never had any sizable heating bill and that is worth about $2500 per year in this climate. I use that money for better things. I'd rather pay 'me' instead of the heating fuel oil companies.

 

[thatotherguy]

I do that too, I recently counted my jar of change, and I have enough for a BK16 and BK14 or a BK2 w/ Micarta.
Tempting, but I need to keep saving.

Another thing I do is to have a goal, say, $200. Instead of getting to $75 and buying a new bk7, you say to yourself "if I wait, I can have a new bk7, a 2, and micarta. At the same time."
It works.