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Jun 17, 2017 08:25:27   #
cthahn
 
You know how to think. It is not that I need a new piece of equipment that I think will give me better pictures, it is being able to show off and brag. Looky what I got. Don't know how to use it, but it will give me better pictures.

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Jun 17, 2017 08:40:40   #
BebuLamar
 
rafikiphoto wrote:
I tried paying some bills with my spouse but nobody offered enough!


Why would someone pay you for that?

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Jun 17, 2017 09:16:49   #
jmvaugh Loc: Albuquerque
 
Now that I'm retired I have more time to dream and covet new gear for my hobbies but to keep from going broke fast 1) we use the "we're on a fixed income" chant 2) we do days to weeks worth of research on the item we want 3) we read all the reviews of the seller and their return policies 4) we have money saved for the purchase even if we use a credit card "a GAS can fund" 5) we fully functionally learn and test whatever we purchase and finally 6)if it's for a new or rediscovered hobby like photography or music, we sign up for lessons. In summary, GAS becomes exhausting so we can keep it in check.

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Jun 17, 2017 09:32:13   #
joer Loc: Colorado/Illinois
 
jerryc41 wrote:
I prefer instant gratification - after spending hours doing research. It's a plastic world for me.


I'm with you. Life is short and money is just a number in a ledger anyway.

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Jun 17, 2017 10:31:45   #
Festus Loc: North Dakota
 
repleo wrote:
I have found a cure for GAS. It is called 'saving'.

Instead of whipping out a credit card every time you get a gas attack wait until you have accumulated the cash. Get some sort of container - your GAS CAN - and dump the coins from your trouser pocket into it every night. Add any 'found' money, expenses reimbursement, rebate checks, lottery winnings, repaid loans etc. Every time you withdraw $100 from the ATM, put $20 in to the gas can. By the time you have accumulated the cash for that next 'must have' the gas attack will have passed and you will probably have survived a couple of other attacks in the meantime. Before you know it, you will have enough cash for a really worthwhile upgrade and you can splurge guilt free with money you never even missed.

I started doing this a couple of months ago. Initially I was saving to step up from the A6000 to the A6300. When the A6500 was announced I decided to hold out for that. By the time I had enough for the A6500 there was another Sony announcement imminent so I waited. It turned out to be the A9. I decided the A9 was not for me, but by then I had enough for the camera of my dreams - the A7Rii so I emptied the gas tank and went for it. Now I'm starting again for for the 25mm Zeiss Batis. By the time I get there, maybe there will be some other 'must have' I'll decide to wait for.

OK - so maybe its not a cure, more of a remission.
I have found a cure for GAS. It is called 'saving... (show quote)


I've heard Beeno works for some :~)

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Jun 17, 2017 10:57:49   #
bdk Loc: Sanibel Fl.
 
GAS stuck and I just had to have that 150/600, so I got a great deal using Greentow, the credit card company gave me2% cash back, the company the lens came from gave me a $17.00 credit for future purchases. when the bill came in,I just bit the bullet and paid it. That was bought 6 to 8 months ago.
I would still be saving for that lens and would have missed out on all the enjoyment I got from it. Being old and retired I have to make every day count .
If I keep waiting for what I want, I'll be too old to enjoy it.

Same goes for my D810, I said gee maybe the new model will be out soon.Should I wait????? Naaa I sprung for it. There are people here on UHH that have been waiting for a year for the new model. I say if u can, just go for it.....

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Jun 17, 2017 11:34:09   #
Architect1776 Loc: In my mind
 
repleo wrote:
I have found a cure for GAS. It is called 'saving'.

Instead of whipping out a credit card every time you get a gas attack wait until you have accumulated the cash. Get some sort of container - your GAS CAN - and dump the coins from your trouser pocket into it every night. Add any 'found' money, expenses reimbursement, rebate checks, lottery winnings, repaid loans etc. Every time you withdraw $100 from the ATM, put $20 in to the gas can. By the time you have accumulated the cash for that next 'must have' the gas attack will have passed and you will probably have survived a couple of other attacks in the meantime. Before you know it, you will have enough cash for a really worthwhile upgrade and you can splurge guilt free with money you never even missed.

I started doing this a couple of months ago. Initially I was saving to step up from the A6000 to the A6300. When the A6500 was announced I decided to hold out for that. By the time I had enough for the A6500 there was another Sony announcement imminent so I waited. It turned out to be the A9. I decided the A9 was not for me, but by then I had enough for the camera of my dreams - the A7Rii so I emptied the gas tank and went for it. Now I'm starting again for for the 25mm Zeiss Batis. By the time I get there, maybe there will be some other 'must have' I'll decide to wait for.

OK - so maybe its not a cure, more of a remission.
I have found a cure for GAS. It is called 'saving... (show quote)


Good idea, just don't let the wife see the GAS can. There might be a new outfit and matching shoes show up and your GAS can is dry.

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Jun 17, 2017 13:17:15   #
speters Loc: Grangeville/Idaho
 
repleo wrote:
I have found a cure for GAS. It is called 'saving'.

Instead of whipping out a credit card every time you get a gas attack wait until you have accumulated the cash. Get some sort of container - your GAS CAN - and dump the coins from your trouser pocket into it every night. Add any 'found' money, expenses reimbursement, rebate checks, lottery winnings, repaid loans etc. Every time you withdraw $100 from the ATM, put $20 in to the gas can. By the time you have accumulated the cash for that next 'must have' the gas attack will have passed and you will probably have survived a couple of other attacks in the meantime. Before you know it, you will have enough cash for a really worthwhile upgrade and you can splurge guilt free with money you never even missed.

I started doing this a couple of months ago. Initially I was saving to step up from the A6000 to the A6300. When the A6500 was announced I decided to hold out for that. By the time I had enough for the A6500 there was another Sony announcement imminent so I waited. It turned out to be the A9. I decided the A9 was not for me, but by then I had enough for the camera of my dreams - the A7Rii so I emptied the gas tank and went for it. Now I'm starting again for for the 25mm Zeiss Batis. By the time I get there, maybe there will be some other 'must have' I'll decide to wait for.

OK - so maybe its not a cure, more of a remission.
I have found a cure for GAS. It is called 'saving... (show quote)

Done that for many, many years! But I don't call this a cure, more a suppressant, because the GAS keeps coming back!


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Jun 17, 2017 13:38:33   #
boberic Loc: Quiet Corner, Connecticut. Ex long Islander
 
repleo wrote:
I have found a cure for GAS. It is called 'saving'.

Instead of whipping out a credit card every time you get a gas attack wait until you have accumulated the cash. Get some sort of container - your GAS CAN - and dump the coins from your trouser pocket into it every night. Add any 'found' money, expenses reimbursement, rebate checks, lottery winnings, repaid loans etc. Every time you withdraw $100 from the ATM, put $20 in to the gas can. By the time you have accumulated the cash for that next 'must have' the gas attack will have passed and you will probably have survived a couple of other attacks in the meantime. Before you know it, you will have enough cash for a really worthwhile upgrade and you can splurge guilt free with money you never even missed.

I started doing this a couple of months ago. Initially I was saving to step up from the A6000 to the A6300. When the A6500 was announced I decided to hold out for that. By the time I had enough for the A6500 there was another Sony announcement imminent so I waited. It turned out to be the A9. I decided the A9 was not for me, but by then I had enough for the camera of my dreams - the A7Rii so I emptied the gas tank and went for it. Now I'm starting again for for the 25mm Zeiss Batis. By the time I get there, maybe there will be some other 'must have' I'll decide to wait for.

OK - so maybe its not a cure, more of a remission.
I have found a cure for GAS. It is called 'saving... (show quote)


I have everything I will everything I will ever need. I never want for anything, except to sell this bridge in..........

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Jun 17, 2017 14:05:24   #
jmvaugh Loc: Albuquerque
 
A more depressing cure for GAS is to ask myself (for all my hobbies) "where will I keep or store this new camera, lens, tripod, backpack, printer, handgun, rifle, scope, bike, etc." and "what will I get in trade for my old XXX". There's just so much room in the gun safe, closet, garage, attic, for all our stuff and finding out how little my old prized possession is worth in trade is eye-opening.

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Jun 17, 2017 15:18:47   #
Tracy B. Loc: Indiana
 
repleo wrote:
I have found a cure for GAS. It is called 'saving'.

Instead of whipping out a credit card every time you get a gas attack wait until you have accumulated the cash. Get some sort of container - your GAS CAN - and dump the coins from your trouser pocket into it every night. Add any 'found' money, expenses reimbursement, rebate checks, lottery winnings, repaid loans etc. Every time you withdraw $100 from the ATM, put $20 in to the gas can. By the time you have accumulated the cash for that next 'must have' the gas attack will have passed and you will probably have survived a couple of other attacks in the meantime. Before you know it, you will have enough cash for a really worthwhile upgrade and you can splurge guilt free with money you never even missed.

I started doing this a couple of months ago. Initially I was saving to step up from the A6000 to the A6300. When the A6500 was announced I decided to hold out for that. By the time I had enough for the A6500 there was another Sony announcement imminent so I waited. It turned out to be the A9. I decided the A9 was not for me, but by then I had enough for the camera of my dreams - the A7Rii so I emptied the gas tank and went for it. Now I'm starting again for for the 25mm Zeiss Batis. By the time I get there, maybe there will be some other 'must have' I'll decide to wait for.

OK - so maybe its not a cure, more of a remission.
I have found a cure for GAS. It is called 'saving... (show quote)


That is exactly what I do.

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Jun 17, 2017 15:28:30   #
rpavich Loc: West Virginia
 
My cure for G.A.S. is to shoot a film camera. Mine is 43 years old and getting a newer one won't change anything. It has a shutter button and a focus ring...that's it. Add to that that there's nothing to upgrade TO....and you have automatic G.A.S. remedy.

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Jun 17, 2017 15:28:51   #
Draw865
 
Boentgru wrote:
I have another cure for GAS (Gear Acquisition Syndrome). It is poverty, before the purchase or after.

I can identify. My own cure is called "regret."
Made enough mistakes buying expensive gear to be much slower with the plastic.
I also rent things I'm curious about, quick relief from GAS.

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Jun 17, 2017 19:23:15   #
whitewolfowner
 
All this GAS on here is enough to drive one crazy. Get out the depends because sooner or later one of these gassers is going to blow!

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Jun 17, 2017 20:12:46   #
sirlensalot Loc: Arizona
 
I may use plastic for the purchase, but our "gas can" backs it up at the end of the month to avoid payments and interest on same.

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