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I've noticed some of you buy several copies of expensive sets (I think someone here had 8 Neptune Discovery labs), and I have to ask: How can you afford it? I'll have to save for months if I want to buy a UCS SW set, but it seems that some people (...) (24 years ago, 22-Sep-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) There are many factors that affect ones ability to spend large ammounts on LEGO. Income(and age), debt, marital status all play a role in this. Also, you said you would have to "save" money to buy the sets you want. This is a foreign concept (...) (24 years ago, 22-Sep-00, to lugnet.general)
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It helps having a husband that's an AFOL too, he wants to spend money on the same things :) (...) (24 years ago, 22-Sep-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Well I think that you will find that people here come from all walks of life and all "Tax Brackets". Some can just plain afford to spend more because of several factors. Some people have jobs that pay more, others might be single with a good (...) (24 years ago, 22-Sep-00, to lugnet.general)
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It helps having a husband who's an AFOL too :) that way he wants to spend money on the same things :) (...) (24 years ago, 22-Sep-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Um, I'm starting to realise that I can't. (...) I think some other people have written about their zero cost approach of buying up a certain number of sets, parting them out, selling some of hte parts and ending up with some of the parts at (...) (24 years ago, 22-Sep-00, to lugnet.general)
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Well, personally, my LEGO budget is about $50 per month, so I have to measure what I want to buy as well. However, this may seem like a lot if you're still living at home and have no job. My buying ability is based on a few factors: 1) I am 26 and (...) (24 years ago, 22-Sep-00, to lugnet.general)
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Kevin Loch wrote: <SNIP> (...) I forgot about VISA ^-^ --Tobias (24 years ago, 22-Sep-00, to lugnet.general)
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Wow... Just same..:-) With only one difference, we are living in Turkey, so paid by Turkish standards (ie. fraction of the fee paid for a similar job in Europe or US), and no need to mention we are buying Lego much more expensive (%20 to %50)..:-) (...) (24 years ago, 2-Oct-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) We have an interesting way of supporting my hobby. By personal choice I work and my wife doesn't (we have no kids yet). She spends a lot of time on-line at home during the day. Because of this, she's signed up for some of the free programs (...) (24 years ago, 2-Oct-00, to lugnet.general)
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