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BunkerBunker Posts: 3,926 ✭
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My wife thinks that I spend to much each month on coins. She has her money and I have mine. We both spend the same amount out of our "allowance" but she sorta spreads hers around, where mine is a more focused area.

Do most of you have a set budget...or do you treat yourself only when you receive a windfall?
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  • JYSWJYSW Posts: 24
    Just tell your wife that coins are for "INVESTMENT" purpose, like stocks or mutual funds!!!
  • originalisbestoriginalisbest Posts: 5,917 ✭✭✭✭
    If the allowance has been established and is stuck to, then that should be that. Seems very equitable to me.
  • HedgerHedger Posts: 1,238
    Yeah, women seem to have a broader range of what they spend their $$$ on. I'm the same way as you though. I concentrate my spending budget of $200 a month on coins. Sometimes I hoard the cash for one big purchase over a few months time. The wife just doesn't understand the hobby. Luckily I was able to get my budget increased this year. Needless to say I had to fight for it. Victory!!!
  • mgoodm3mgoodm3 Posts: 17,497 ✭✭✭
    I don't have a specific budget, but I will buy a few coins around payday. I don't buy anything that i can't easily afford. Let your wife know that if she doesn't want you spend all that money on coins, that she is more than welcome to chip in.
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  • ealandgealandg Posts: 705
    Well, I probably should be spending about $200 a month, but am spending more like $400 - $500 a month on coins I don't really want.

    I am selling off the stuff I don't want and turning over a new leaf to only buy coins I REALLY want. No more squandering.
  • bozboz Posts: 1,405 ✭
    Depends what I run into. Sometimes nothin', my record is $20k+
    The great use of life is to spend it on something that will outlast it--James Truslow Adams
  • bearcavebearcave Posts: 3,996 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I buy coins and she buys shoes, no biggie!

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    Ken
  • mozeppamozeppa Posts: 4,431 ✭✭✭
    2000-2500
  • BunkerBunker Posts: 3,926 ✭
    I failed to mention how she spreads it around: Clothes, Shoes, Purses and hair...pretty much in that order

    I tried telling her that I also spread it around: Type, Frankies, and SLQ...pretty much in that order

    She didn't buy that though...image
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    My daughter was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at the age of 2 (2003). My son was diagnosed with Type 1 when he was 17 on December 31, 2009. We were stunned that another child of ours had been diagnosed. Please, if you don't have a favorite charity, consider giving to the JDRF (Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation)

    JDRF Donation
  • NoGvmntNoGvmnt Posts: 1,126 ✭
    "We both spend the same amount out of our "allowance" but she sorta spreads hers around, where mine is a more focused area. "


    If you both spend the same who of the two of you has retained the most value from your spending?

    It's not really "spent" if you have something tangible to show for it, is it?

    Jim
  • Betta285Betta285 Posts: 733
    hmmm...some months i'll spend around $30, like last month..or at times, i have spent close to $400 in a month
  • mercurynutmercurynut Posts: 3,207
    I very my amounts each month depending on what i need for my collection.
  • AethelredAethelred Posts: 9,288 ✭✭✭
    It depends on what turns up.
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  • UnimentalUnimental Posts: 244
    I've been allocating around $150 per month to coins. I generally spend $100 and put $50 towards a big purchase.
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  • goldrush00013goldrush00013 Posts: 2,478 ✭


    Way too much,I'm outta control.
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  • nOoBiEeEnOoBiEeE Posts: 1,011 ✭✭


    << <i>My wife thinks that I spend to much each month on coins. She has her money and I have mine. We both spend the same amount out of our "allowance" but she sorta spreads hers around, where mine is a more focused area.

    Do most of you have a set budget...or do you treat yourself only when you receive a windfall? >>



    Just keep reminding her that the money you use comes from the allowance and nowhere else. Don't mention the things that she buys or it will get ya into trouble.image
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  • ShoedogShoedog Posts: 136
    Bunker,
    You make the mistake of comingling you funds with your SOimage
    I use Dr.Sheldons advice and spend no more than I can good naturedly afford to lose.
    SG
  • KriekKriek Posts: 1,044
    Depends on how well my cherry picking goes image
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  • joecooljoecool Posts: 527
    No set budget, we pay our bills and then we both buy coins......image
    JoeCool
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  • NeptuneNeptune Posts: 2,221
    I'm cut off until we pay for farm, hopefully this year . . . but I still sneak a few in. image
  • WACoinGuyWACoinGuy Posts: 1,110
    No set budget -- some months I'll go without buying any coins, others I'll end up buying a few. I really went overboard in the last few weeks, so I'm limiting myself at the time being to focusing on my core sets: Liberty Nickels, Indian Quarter Eagles, and a Gold Type Set. I only have a few coins left in each set, so it will probably force me to go a little while without buying anything.
  • LincolnCentManLincolnCentMan Posts: 5,347 ✭✭✭✭
    About 2K...

    David
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  • IdahoGalIdahoGal Posts: 255


    << <i>I buy coins and she buys shoes, no biggie!

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    I buy coins and shoes. image But I'm sure to spend the money equally...
  • Dennis88Dennis88 Posts: 5,797 ✭✭✭
    I really don't know. It is different every month. I think the following months not more than $10, because I'm saving for a pattern......+some cool wheats.

    I still have a long way to go........I'm only 15...

    Dennis
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  • ColorfulcoinsColorfulcoins Posts: 3,364 ✭✭✭
    I spend as little as I can (or at least as little as I can that my wife can find out about)! What I can say is that I've been selling more than I've been buying (measured in $$$) so my wife doesn't complain! LoL
    Craig
    If I had it my way, stupidity would be painful!
  • babboonbobo2babboonbobo2 Posts: 120
    As much as I can!
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  • originalisbestoriginalisbest Posts: 5,917 ✭✭✭✭
    Many, many thousands


    (of cents)
  • ERER Posts: 7,345 ✭
    I'm done spending, I hope, for now, until a 1794 $1 shows up.
  • MacCrimmonMacCrimmon Posts: 7,058 ✭✭✭
    The operative question I posed to the wife is; "How much will your shoes be worth in 20 years?"

    Hey babe, nice EF40 red pumps.....those are 1998 vintage, right? image

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