How do you justify your next Spydie purchase?

[Tdog]

So I recently did an all-round brake job on my Toyota and an oil change on my wife's car. This morning got up and had no water. Tested at well and start capacitor was bad. Ran to the hardware, picked one up and replaced it. I figure the savings from paying someone else to do this justifies a new knife, :D my wife even agrees......yippee. :D How do you justify your next Spydie?

[mrtodd777]

Two categories:
1. Absolute must haves (only one or two a year)
2. Deals to good to pass up (10-15)

[abbazaba]

Sell a knife of another brand, buy more Spyderco :)

[Evil D]

Basically just having the extra cash or not. I've missed quite a few due to short funds. I don't like a lot of redundancy so I like to avoid knives that are too similar, with the exception of buying ones I really like in pairs or sprint steel variants but I even try to limit those too. Beyond all that if the price is high then the design and materials really need to speak to me or if I feel like a design will really serve a purpose for my uses beyond just casual EDC.

[attila]

I like to get new ones for variety, to experience new steels/locks/models.

Wife doesn't think I need more than one, but she understands that I have a condition. When we're not trying to save $$ for some big purchase (house at the moment), she doesn't mind. Currently, I have the ammo that "I told you last year that I'm gonna preorder it" for the Caly 3 but no justification for a sprint Para 3 or a Rhino (whenever these three become available, nobody knows...).

I just make sure it doesn't impact serious financial matters, and I can get away with a few per year no problem.

I found that I need to justify most purchases to myself, really, since I'm a budget-minded user, not a collector.

[mb1]

Alternate thread title: "Enabling 201"

[on_the_edge]

I know this will not apply to you, but when one is no longer married to a woman with a penchant for alcohol and a coexisting bipolar disorder, your wallet suddenly becomes quite a bit heavier. Justification is really no longer needed.

[farnorthdan]

No justification here, I just accept that I'm a :spyder: addict and buy as many as I can, I keep telling myself I will sell the ones I don't use/carry but that hasn't happened yet :o

[jdw]

I justify it by having spent all of my disposable income for years raising a great son who has become an awesome man. Worth every minute of it.

[Mako109]

I don't. I just say to myself "You're a bad boy...BAD boy," then hit the checkout button :)

[anycal]

Mrs and I pay for things separately - no joint account. She pays for some things, I pay for some things. When we are together, I generally pull out the credit card first. Now and them, I tell her to pay. When that happens, the amount gets earmarked as free money!

I let her pay the mortgage the other day. That's quite a few knives... :D

[dsvirsky]

I want it and I can afford it. No further justification necessary.

[bearfacedkiller]

I don't really justify it. If all the bills are paid and the family is well fed then any extra cash after that is discretionary spending.

[El Gato]

Asking myself, "Why not .....?" has always worked well for me.

[ZMW]

For me it is tough. I have 2 small kids, have good income, but we spend basically all of it on preschool, house, kids, etc. So I have to be pretty prudent with my purchases. I buy 1-3 knives a year and to me that is reasonable. I just paid $150 for the new mule/scales/sheath for my big purchase of the year. Previous purchase was an Ebay assist for $47 (I could not pass that up). I bought the K390 urban maybe 6-9 months ago but that was pretty cheap.

I bargain shop for great deals and take advantage, limit to a few purchases a year, and when funds are good I will get a really nice knife that I have been wanting for a long time.

Moderation in everything folks! Easier said then done :)

[dplafoll]

The vast, vast majority of mine have been for special occasions: birthday, Christmas, Father's Day, Blade Show, etc., with a couple having been the special occasion of "my wife wanted to get me something nice on a whim". Really the only one that was totally at-random, on my own whim, is probably the Nirvana. Go big or go home...

[demoncase]

Because I wanted the shiny.

[Liquid Cobra]

For me it is tough. I have 2 small kids, have good income, but we spend basically all of it on preschool, house, kids, etc. So I have to be pretty prudent with my purchases. I buy 1-3 knives a year and to me that is reasonable. I just paid $150 for the new mule/scales/sheath for my big purchase of the year. Previous purchase was an Ebay assist for $47 (I could not pass that up). I bought the K390 urban maybe 6-9 months ago but that was pretty cheap.

I bargain shop for great deals and take advantage, limit to a few purchases a year, and when funds are good I will get a really nice knife that I have been wanting for a long time.

Moderation in everything folks! Easier said then done :)

Your situation mirrors mine exactly. Daycare is killing us!

The only exception is that when I have extra money for myself, I spend it on knives instead of clothing, a social life, etc.

[archangel]

I do not drink. I do not smoke. I do not go to pubs, or burn our money in any other "famous" way. I make sure that my wife and kids are fed and dressed decently, and that they enjoy their lives in the best way possible, as much as possible. Many times, if they ask, I say OK, yes. Sometimes I have to say NO. But I say NO to myself much more often. A few times per year, when I'm lucky, I take the liberty to say YES to my very own desires. Because it gives me joy and pleasure, and you never know how much time you have. 95% of the pleasure in my life comes from spending time with my family. The remaining 5% need to be fed, too.

[toxophilus]

We have an understanding what's her's is her's and what's mine is hers; it's been working for the past 36 years :D

I just tell her what I'm getting and if I'm not home she makes sure to grab it from the mailbox for me, we're still dating after all these years