Current Events > Be honest: What is the largest amount of money you can just shrug off?

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Say you're shopping and see something you like, or you're planning to enjoy some kind of experience. How high can the ticket price be where you are able to just shrug it off because it isn't that much money?

In this context a trinket is basically anything. Clothes, electronics, makeup, food, alcohol or drugs, whatever your personal vice might be (although I use the term vice very loosely here). I am very specifically not talking about necessities, the poll is about what your luxury purchase limit is. Not a "treat yo self" moment, just "I am in Target and saw this thing. *Add to cart without a second thought*"
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$50 probably, especially if it's for a videogame I don't find all that great.
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About $200 so I picked $100.

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My husband and I typically dont buy anything over $100-200 without discussing it first with each other.

The idea for this topic came to me today when an artist I follow pushed out notifications for a summer merch sale. Despite being a bit strapped for cash, I instantly added a $10 thing to cart and bought it. Was looking at some t shirts and stuff but went "Ehh... $10 is enough for now". Was wondering where CE fell in this. I've definitely had higher casual buying limits in the past but the whole COVID thing has crippled my wallet :/
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Depends on what it is. I wont spend the extra 50 cents to get cheese on my burger but Ill blindly throw 10k at stonks.

I think about every dollar I spend. It's more so about how much I think about it. But Im not gonna purchase something without thinking about my want or need for the item and if I can justify it.

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1 cent.

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Are you working for the census bureau?

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100$

Anything more is a day or so debating with myself about it.
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Tenmyouji posted...

100$

Anything more is a day or so debating with myself about it.

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I regularly shrug off $1000 every month.

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I can shrug off a lot more, but I'm a cheap ass so I'm stingy around $15.

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I need to think everything through twice at a minimum

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I wouldn't be keen on spending one grand but if someone worth it came up I could probably do it.

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I'm generally frugal, but like if my friend was like hey wanna go to X for the weekend and it sounded fun and I could drop a thousand dollars on it without it impacting my life in a material way.

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i reserve myself a 50$ limit if there's something out of budget i want every month.
having our eyes on the danganronpa games there's 3 i need to collect before they're delisted:

despair girls (vita)
Danganronpa V3 (vita) and (ps4)

it's a timed delisting. last games to go is the V3. despair is gone by next month.
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I've shrugged off an offer of $300 to watch Kemono Friends.

In terms of actual spending, it depends on what I'm actually spending it on, since I won't spend $60 on a new game, but am willing to spend $1000 on hardware.

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"Blindly" is the operative word, here. There have been a few situations where the purchase justified the price paid.

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kingdrake2 posted...

i reserve myself a 50$ limit if there's something out of budget i want every month.
having our eyes on the danganronpa games there's 3 i need to collect before they're delisted:

despair girls (vita)
Danganronpa V3 (vita) and (ps4)

it's a timed delisting. last games to go is the V3. despair is gone by next month.

Oh fuck, I never got around to getting Danganronpa 1 or 2 and now I can't wtfff
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I bought a $100 shirt last week and spent $110 on shorts and a shirt a few days prior to that .... so Id say $100.

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$100, provided $100 is a good price for it (seriously, I won't even spend $1 on something if I think something is overpriced).

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Probabaly a really nice, state of the art 50 inch tv for and around $500-600.

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Probably $500, but it would be close.

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I can do the $1,000 "thing" once every 1-3 months. Or it will be two-three $500 things. Something of that sort.

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Its hard to say

I could drop $10k a few timed without it making me nervous, but only becausr ive been reasonably frugal so far

On a biweekly basis: i could definitely drop a few hundo on bullshit without worrying

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I know i said 100 but probably 200 without freaking out. If its something worthwhile I dont mind it

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Me and my wife wont spend more than about $200 on a single item without discussing it first. So Ill say $200

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Most I allow myself to impulse buy is $50-$60 for a new game I want or something similar.

Anything more usually requires me sleeping on it for a few days.

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Interesting results
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g980 posted...

Its hard to say

I could drop $10k a few timed without it making me nervous, but only becausr ive been reasonably frugal so far

On a biweekly basis: i could definitely drop a few hundo on bullshit without worrying

Just to add on

I will spend weeks debating a $20 game

Then drop $130 on dinner without thinking
So its pretty situational

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Im extremely frugal and dont overpay for anything

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Hummer 2 posted...

Depends on what it is.

Mainly this.

It kinda speaks to being in a semi fortunate position to be able to decide on worthwhile more over affordability, but I can cap out maybe at a couple grand. To me that better go to a legitimate asset of sorts or car work.

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Final bump
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Like $200-500. Basically between a really nice date and a trip to Reno/casinos

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for a new console 400

'Bout tree fiddy

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None of the poll options work for me.

I always think about it. I don't budget though.

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PMarth2002 posted...

None of the poll options work for me.

I always think about it. I don't budget though.

$1 or less: I have to watch my budget like a hawk

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What budget? I don't budget.

I just always make a conscious decision on whether I want to buy something or not.

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