Man has any other skullbrainer been in this scenario? I'm quite sure many have. Right now I'm currently waiting for about 17 items to arrive at my apartment. What's worse is that feeling that you've been spending and spending and have nothing to show for it-yet. I've got a big Celga box- that might finally ship as the last auction took two weeks to get to them, something from KT that won't ship for a week or two, something from another skullbrainer, something Kozik hasn't painted yet, and yet something else coming from Japan. I mean I got a few toys here and there lately to tide me over but I'm about ready to start working for the post office soon if something doesn't ship. Patience is something I know nothing about....

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Chris

It's all about putting it out of your mind. When it gets there, it's a treat because you'd completely forgotten about it.

I'm with you, SB coming, celga, 4 ebay items, 1 member, oldbalance, and 3 out of 5 were bought 20+ days ago. I swear all my stuff is just riding around it the back of a mailtruck somewhere, cause I didn't give my mail guy a card this year

some of you guys must earn some major bucks, i'm always amazed at how much alot of you seem to buy. i'm just dying of jealousy.

I haven't had celga ship my box for months. I don't even care about shipping times much anymore. I have too much shit anyway.

I think about my vinyl goodies sitting in the back of some truck... in December... freezing... vinyl hardening in the cold like grandpa's arteries...

I don't even think about the Celga boxes until they send me the bill to automatically ship it.

So true

Once you have secured it the battle is over. Just know that at some point it will be in your hands.

my last celga box came dec 20th with 18 items in it and 16 were secret base sculpts... i waited a long time to ship it.

Actually I'm pretty poor. I refuse to have a career because I can't stand working for anyone. I'm a musician and I used to dj jungle/dnb back in the day. My last proper job was a buyer for satellite records if you even consider that proper. Now I'm just customer service clerk for a newspaper. I seriously only make about 230 a week. BUT my rent is dirt cheap-275 a month, I don't own a car (so there goes gas, insurance, repairs etc), my phone is 53 a month, and my only other expenses are food (which actually work has all these contests and I usually keep winning and keep getting $150 gift cards to supermarkets), and utilities (which I split with 2 other people). Well it also helps I worked alot of OT the last two months for the holidays. Sometimes it's beat not having money but when I lived in Brooklyn for 7 years there were times when I had to get by on like 20 clams for a week! You just have to hustle, find open bars if you want to drink etc. Point is it can be done, just be selective about what you want, sell off your mistakes for cash, and remember alot of these guys here have been collecting for years (not me) so you can't have instant giant collection. Be patient and keep an eye out for those pieces you really want.

Chris

Broke from kaiju? -- Priceless

Chris, u're not alone.

Even if you have cash you should try to do this, I work for my moms marketing company during the day and help out watching my siblings when I can because my dad is a ceo for a composites manufacturer, so they are pretty cool about letting me leave my stuff at their house for storage basically as they have extra room. I am out almost everynight djing and rarely make it back to my house or gf's house to sleep so it helps because I don't have rent on top of staying in hotel rooms. Djing is nice because you get paid to party and free booze hookups for you and your buddies but some nights I will break even or less from partying. My friends all work at my favorite clothing store and I don't have rent so I have some cash to drop on toys, I probably should be saving, but I don't ever use credit at all, I like to have the paper to pay for stuff or I don't buy it. My weekly budget for spending is 100 bucks, then 100 bucks on the weekend. So if there is a toy I want it comes from that money, which keeps my toy buying to about a hundred bucks a week and eating top ramen during the week.

You just got to make it where you can get what you want and make everything else work, and for most people here what they want is the good stuff, whenever I see nice vinyl on here people have its not just like oh wow you bought a figure you rich guy, its like damn you sacrificed time to get that, from working for it, hunting it down bla bla bla which makes me respect figures a bit more. Everyone that collects on here I am sure has made a TON of sacrifices to get their stuff which is cool because everyone has a mutual understanding of what it takes to get a nice collection going.
That was probably way too in depth but whatever.

I wish I didn't have rent to pay.

Well said Collin Shots. Seriously anything I've scored (especially on YJA) I've spent countless hours parousing pages and pages everyday looking for that one special thing I want. That's what makes me appreciate whatever toy I find after looking for it so long, and I know when I see most people collections I know they've pretty much done the same. When it comes up you just have to be ready to pounce. I recently found something I wanted and had absolutely 2 dollars in my bank account. I took a quick inventory or things in my room to sell on ebay and within a day I had the cash (low balling buy it now is great). Things you just don't need anymore whether it be a record, a guitar pedal or a toy. I'm not saying hurt yourself financially to get a toy, but sometimes you use things to pay for other things you want more. Anyhow I'm rambling and way off topic... carry on

C.