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Post by Jonathan02us » Tue Jan 13, 2004 11:16 am

tagarth wrote:I tend to drive local anime sellers crazy by standing in there stores for hours at a time, gawking at anime, telling people why they should or should not buy a series (If they ask of course), and then not buying anything, saying as I walk out "I'll have to download all those later".

Every once and a while I'll go crazy, like spend $200 on Gundam DVDs, or spending up to $50 on mangas at a time.

Yesterday I spent the remainder of my money on one discounted manga (Black Jack volume 1, best $12.50 Iv'e ever spent).

Then I usaly try to get all my money's worth by downloading three times the amount of anime I just spent money on.
Hehe, i like downloading anime too but it take time to do it. Sometimes the download rate is slow, sometimes its fast. But either way, its a heck of a lot cheaper than buying it. But i prefer buying the dvd because it is way better and less frustrating. I just download a part of a series and if i like it, then i will buy it.
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Post by Trident » Tue Jan 13, 2004 11:57 am

Not having any money helps curb my spending habits...

I usually borrow the fansubs that a friend downloaded. If I like the series, then I buy various stuff of theirs (posters, scrolls, plushies, models, etc). If I really liked the series and think I'll rewatch/reuse the item, then I'll buy either the manga or the series or both. Thus far, though, my collection's really small--12 volumes of manga total, six dvds (of varying series), and one video. Of the actual anime, I only paid for two of the dvds myself--the rest were either other peoples' castoffs or gifts.
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Post by Jonathan02us » Tue Jan 13, 2004 1:51 pm

Trident wrote:Not having any money helps curb my spending habits...

I usually borrow the fansubs that a friend downloaded. If I like the series, then I buy various stuff of theirs (posters, scrolls, plushies, models, etc). If I really liked the series and think I'll rewatch/reuse the item, then I'll buy either the manga or the series or both. Thus far, though, my collection's really small--12 volumes of manga total, six dvds (of varying series), and one video. Of the actual anime, I only paid for two of the dvds myself--the rest were either other peoples' castoffs or gifts.
I get the whole series so that if i want, i can either rewatch the series all i want, make great quality AMV's, and i can become the proud owner of the series ... :)
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Post by The Hitokiri Battousai » Tue Jan 13, 2004 3:42 pm

spent close to 80.oo's for 3 box sets. I find that fairly overdoing it :)
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Post by Savia » Tue Jan 13, 2004 3:43 pm

I've never spent a cent on 'amine' :wink:
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Post by tagarth » Tue Jan 13, 2004 3:48 pm

I only buy an anime on DVD if I have already seen it and loved it, or if I know I'll like it (Gundam, I buy with out thinking). Except for once, I bought Virus Buster serge vol 1....
1: Because it was cheap
2: Because I saw the trailer and thought it looked cool.
I was a little dissapointed with the first DVD, but I figure if I can find the other two volumes cheap I would buy them.
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Post by The Hitokiri Battousai » Tue Jan 13, 2004 3:49 pm

The Hitokiri Battousai wrote:spent close to 80.oo's for 3 box sets. I find that fairly overdoing it :)
replace the ".oo's" with a ".00" and add a "$" and you get $80.00.
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Post by J-0080 » Tue Jan 13, 2004 4:28 pm

DJ_Izumi wrote:I do the same. I really only buy anime when I see it on cheep.

"Hey, Gasaraki Volume 1, $14.88. Come to Mommy. :)"

And so fourth.

Although considering that The Right Stuff had the perfect collection on sale at $29.......
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Post by Yukina_Raven » Tue Jan 13, 2004 4:36 pm

I saved about $230 for the anime convention in Boston last year. I spent every penny. :shock:
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Post by Jonathan02us » Tue Jan 13, 2004 7:05 pm

Yukina_Raven wrote:I saved about $230 for the anime convention in Boston last year. I spent every penny. :shock:
Nicely done, i would save up only for anime, but i also go paintballing and stuff like that so i cant spend it all on one thing. I guess its better that way, self discipline, it works like a charm, well sometimes anyways... :?
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