What excuse do you guys use to justify your next purchase?

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Allen R.
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What excuse do you guys use to justify your next purchase?

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Ive been away from the forums for awhile and im posting like crazy, but i was just thinkin of some of the ridiculous excuses I've told my wife the last few months to buy a new knife, so just for a few laughs what excuses have you guys used?? One of mine was, But honey it may look expensive now but its a sprint run i should buy 3 ,I could always sell them on e-bay and make a killing! The one i used most recently was, This is the last one for awhile i promise. So guys im running out of reasons to give her any help is needed...lol!
I've been bitten for about a year now, and I haven't been the same since...My name is Allen and I'm a spyder-holic
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"But honey, I got you a new handbag." :)

Actually, I time the handbag and Spyderco purchases around the same time so I don't get questioned when a new knife-sized box arrives in the mail.

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The one my wife understands is that it's like buying a purse, the fact that she already has a couple dozen is irrelevant.
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you get your shoe's i get my :spyder: 's :D :D
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I want it.
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bartvdb wrote:you get your shoe's i get my :spyder: 's :D :D
I told her yesterday, If i get a new one you can get your Ipad 2, I figure that may get me a 1 or 2 more I been eying,
I've been bitten for about a year now, and I haven't been the same since...My name is Allen and I'm a spyder-holic
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I just say that it makes me happy... it's healthy to feel happy.

It's difficult to argue with, plus it's not hard to tell I'm not lying when I say it...

It suffices.
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My wife spends 100 bucks on her hair per month. I'm bald by choice. But she doesn't reason like that.
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But I don't have a left-handed one, they're discontinued, something something something new steel, your car costs xxx a month, did you make xxx this week?

It's not something we argue about really just "why do you need more" type of thing. I buy all of my knives with extra money from recycling scrap metal so it isn't like I'm blowing our 9-5 checks.
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I always try hard to buy knives that aren't too much alike, so i can at least fool myself into thinking they have individual purposes. This creates a fictional need to justify the purchase.

Fictional is just fine by me :D
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I told my wife we should both spend $150 on something frivolous. Knife cost me $300 lol.
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Not married, so I buy what I want when I want however many I want if I want.
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Not married and I slowed down on gun ammo purchases.I need to slow down on my knife habit/hobby. I decided $50 a month or $100 every two months or $150 every three months is fine.I was doubling that lately.Some people crap their pants when I tell them I spend that much on knives regularly but they spend twice that on video games. ? The thing is I or my kids will have and use my knives many many years and a few will go up in value unlike fancy clothes or video games or a bottle of liquor. Not justification-just my reasoning
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Jay_Ev wrote:Not married, so I buy what I want when I want however many I want if I want.
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I wear the pants. Therefore I don't need to make excuses for anything I do. Are you happy? Do you need anything? Don't know what else to say.
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I always say when the wife says "What! you need another Knife!" my answer "What! you cook with one pot!"......Doc :D
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I just say "I want to buy another knife woman, now!", when I wake up from that dream, I look around to make sure she did not hear that. Then I just sneak away to the computer and order me a knife!
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I guess I'm lucky in this regard. I live alone and, being retired on a NYS pension plus Social Security, don't have to worry about my income suddenly vanishing. If I want something, have the funds to pay for it, and know I can afford it, that's all the justification I need.
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I just use work as an excuse. "this knife will be good at this task, so I NEED it" lol
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I think my wife has resigned herself to the fact that I'm certifiably insane when it comes to buying Spydies. I think she gave up asking about 15 knives ago...
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