What excuse do you guys use to justify your next purchase?
What excuse do you guys use to justify your next purchase?
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
"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.
Ira
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.
Ira
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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.
Our reason is quite satisfied, in 999 cases out of every 1000 of us, if we can find a few arguments that will do to recite in case our credulity is criticized by someone else. Our faith is faith in someone else's faith, and in the greatest matters this is most the case.
- William James, from The Will to Believe, a guest lecture at Yale University in 1897
- William James, from The Will to Believe, a guest lecture at Yale University in 1897
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.
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.
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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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.
Paul
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WTC # 1458 - 1504 - 1508 - Never Forget, Never Forgive!
My Personal Website ---- Beginners Guide to Spyderco Collecting ---- Spydiewiki
Deplorable :p
WTC # 1458 - 1504 - 1508 - Never Forget, Never Forgive!
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...
Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure... than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.
Theodore Roosevelt
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