What do you spend your pay on?

[arjue]

A few weeks ago, I got really bummed out because I realised that after 6 months of work or so, I had jack shit to show for it. I mean, I don't earn very much, roughly $800 AUD a fortnight, but all I have bought thats really worth while is a great bass amp, for around $1400. Then I noticed that I can afford nice, big items with each pay check, so I think I'll start buying things like that instead of throwing it away on little crap like CD's, DVD's, Food, Alcohol, etc. I bought a fretless bass with my last paycheck, and its awesome. Next pay check I think I'm gonna get a cheap 68cm flatscreen TV (fully guaranteed factory seconds, only $500 AUD!), and probably save the rest to combine with my next pay check to get an awesome stereo, then after that, who knows? a drumkit maybe? actually, I think a laptop is on the horizon.

What do you spend your pay on?


oh and it should be obvious, I have virtually no financial obligations yet, so I'm free to spend the majority of my pay on whatever I want.

[negitoro]

*shrug* You're never too young to start saving.

[MechDeus]

I make enough to live off of, plus an extra @$100 a month. Except that extra cash isn't nearly enough to cover all my debts (hospital, mostly) so I really don't have any pay to spend. Hence why I've been trading in videogames lately, because all my spare cash is nil.

Yeah, not having money kinda sucks.

[bahn]

Be smart. Put aside some money and open up a savings account (hopefully, you already have a bank account). Games are great and all; when your young without a care in the world, material possessions is usually all you're thinking about.

Mech: Get a job ya bum!

[MechDeus]

Mech: Get a job ya bum!

Where do you think this comes from:

I make enough to live off of, plus an extra @$100 a month.

If you would care to offer me a better paying job (correction: job with more hours) be my guest.

[Rhydant]

Crack, mostly.

[Fe 26]

nothing, I'm a jobless college student that is to stupid to have a job and be able to pass his classes.

[bahn]

Where do you think this comes from:If you would care to offer me a better paying job (correction: job with more hours) be my guest.

I have a job for you, all you have to do is drop me a line via AIM.

[AstroBlue]

nothing, I'm a jobless college student that is to stupid to have a job and be able to pass his classes.

Ditto. But it's my last year in University now, woohoo!

[Jx2]

Eh... im in a pretty shitty bind at the moment.

I have a fantastically paid job for my age (about £1200 a month) but up until I sorted it out a week or so ago I was paying around £250 tax, 90-odd quid national insurance, £240 board (very bad... i could get a mortgage for the same amount >.>) AND, to top it all off, the people who we rent our house from sees me as the only non-dependant in the household so im forking out the entire fortnightly rent and backlog equaling around another £300... i need to pay another £200+ to visit my girlfriend in London each month as well, leaving just enough to pay for my broadband, phone and obligatory games magazine subcription.

Life hates me. :'(