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Alan45
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 06, 2016 8:44 am Reply with quote
One-Eye wrote:
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Some self flagellation I think is in order.

Naw, if you are running up credit card debt or spending the rent money on anime, some additional restraint is in order. However, if this is discretionary income all that spending less means is that you get less good stuff. Just because you have to live on cup noodles doesn't mean you should get less anime. Cool
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One-Eye



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PostPosted: Fri Jan 08, 2016 8:07 am Reply with quote
@Alan45
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I usually don't spend it unless I have it. Its more about breaking self-imposed rules and a shift in perspective about my wants. Plus have you seen the sodium count in those cup noodles? Its a killer. Wink
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relyat08



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PostPosted: Mon Jan 25, 2016 3:44 am Reply with quote
Wow, I've needed something like this for a while. I just started keeping track of my spending month to month, and by title. I need to cut down a lot after the next 6 months though, as I recently lost my job and am working with much less discretionary income right now through my new one.

All in all, I've been averaging a pretty staggering $700 per month, or so, since June 2015, which I attribute to catching up with a LOT of older import Blu-rays, but each of the upcoming months through May are still in that ballpark with just pre-orders for figures and Blu-rays, and now that Gundam Origin III is coming in May, my monthly total for that has exceeded $1000. I'd like to get my average back under $500, just for the sake of my comfort with the new job situation. I'll probably cut back to mostly just Limited items for a few months, and maybe cut back on the figures as well. Those figures take up a lot of space! Shocked
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murph76



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PostPosted: Sun Jan 31, 2016 12:17 pm Reply with quote
Buying anime has become such an occasional thing for me that I forgot close out my 2015 expenses until I went to add Evangelion 3.33 to my spreadsheet just now.

2015 was a much better year, meaning my expenses dropped significantly. I spent $580.53 for the year, compared to $1,679.24 in 2014.

My net for 2015 is lower, because I've been selling off a good chunk of my collection. I should track that, too, but I have not been. Maybe I can catch up on that.

Legal streaming is a gift to my budget. And anime is no longer a collectible for me. I have so many titles that I've tried to revisit and have no interest in watching again, which is why I've started to sell them. Right now, I'm making it a point to only collect the Monogatari series and whatever Ghibli titles have yet to hit blu-ray. If the Evangelion series blu-ray is picked up this year, or the Escaflowne BDs are released, those would be on my list, too.

Here's to spending less in 2016.
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Blood-
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 10, 2016 8:51 am Reply with quote
Well, this has been a sadly neglected in my absence. Y'all have been spending MILLIONS of dollars on our mutual hobby and neglecting to publicly report it. Tsk, tsk for shame. Anyhoo, I might as well go back to the beginning of the year:

January ($704.18)

2 – Anime North ticket - $50 + $ 2.49 processing fee = $52.49

8 – TRSI – Eccentric Family ($39.99), Girls und Panzer ($9.99), Oreimo 2 ($64.98), Qwaser of Stigmata S1 ($20) & 2 ($10), Rio: Rainbow Gate! ($9.99); Girls und Panzer OVA ($10.49), Gyo: Tokyo Fish Attack ($19.98), Queen’s Blade: Beautiful Warriors ($13.99); Fate/Stay Night: UBW ($9.99), Loups=Garous ($13.99), Mahoromatic: I’m Home ($9.95), Towanoquon ($7.49); Apocalypse Zero vols 1 thru 6 ($13.49/$19.59), Chibi Vampire: Bites ($4.99/$7.24), Chibi Vampire: Airmail ($3.99/$5.79) (6 TV, 3 OVA, 4 Movies, 8 manga) - $263.30 US + $32.44 US HST = $295.74 -> $382.38 + $47.12 HST = $429.50 -> curr. Diff. = $133.76

13 – Disney Movie Club – Cat Returns ($0.25), The, Howl’s Moving Castle ($0.25), Kiki’s Delivery Service ($9.95), Princess Monoke ($14.95), Whisper of the Heart ($0.25), Wind Rises ($0.25) - 6 movies - $25.90 + $3.35 HST = $29.25

28 – private sale – Strawberry 100% manga 1-14 (14 manga) - $65

30 - BMV (used manga) – DitVB omni 5 & 6 ($9.99 ea.), Dive itVB 2 ($6.99), DitVB: Forgotten Tales ($6.99), Gunslinger Girl omni 5 & 6 ($8.99 ea.), GSG vol. 15 ($6.99), Love in Hell vols. 1-3 (6.99 ea.), Magical Girl Apocalypse 1-3 (6.99 ea.), Vampire Cheerleaders omni ($7.99), vol. 3 & 4 ($6.99 ea.) – 5 omni, 11 manga - $121.84 + $6.10 tax = $127.94

February ($613.06)

? – amazon.ca – Zombie-Loan 13 - $7.91 + $6.49 shipping + $0.72 HST = $15.12

3 – BMV (used manga) – Hollow Fields omni - $7.99 + $0.40 HST = $8.39

4 – TRSI – GotAnime membership - $12.00 -> $17.29 -> $5.29 curr. Diff.

5 – TRSI – Darker than Black S1 ($67.49), Darker than Black S2 ($33.74), FMA:B Collection 1 & 2 ($47.24 ea.), Shangri-La ($13.49); FMA:B OVA ($13.49); FMA:B Star of Milos movie($16.87); Yotsuba&! 11-12 ($8.77 ea./$24.78 CAD) – 4 TV, 1 OVA, 1 movie, 2 manga - $256.10 + $33.02 HST = $289.12 -> $361.81 + $46.64 HST = $408.45 -> $129.33 curr. Diff.

? – Amazon.ca – From Up on Poppy Hill, Spirited Away, Tale of Princess Kaguya, When Marnie Was There (4 movies) - $4.40 (purchased with a $100 Amazon Gift card.)

6 - BMV (used manga) – Dance in the Vampire Bund: The Secret Chronicles ($7.99); Lucifer and the Biscuit Hammer omni 1 & 2 ($8.99 each), Sacred Blacksmith 1-7 ($6.99 each) – 1 book, 2 omni, 7 manga - $74.90 + $3.75 HST = $78.65

13 – BMV (used manga) – Gantz 37 - $6.99 + $0.35 HST = $7.34

19 – BMV (used manga) – Sacred Blacksmith 8 - $6.99 + $0.35 HST = $7.34

28 – BMV (used manga) Witch Buster omni 1 thru 7 (7 omni) @ $8.99 each ($62.93) + $3.15 HST = $66.08

March ($409.93)

01 – Siren Visual – Monster box set (1 TV) - $84 AUD + $30.70 AUD shipping = $83.15 + $30.40 shipping = $113.55

03 – TIFF Lightbox – Only Yesterday movie ticket (dub) - $11.50 + $1.50 HST = $13.00

? – private sale – A Certain Scientific Railgun 1&2, Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha ; GitS: SAC – Laughing Man, GitS: SAC 2nd Gig – Individual Eleven, Magical Twilight (2 TV, 3 OVA) - $24.75 US shipping - $34.01 shipping -> curr. Diff. = $9.26

8 – BMV (used manga) – DitVB II: Scarlet Order 1 - $6.99 + $0.35 HST = $7.34

13 – BMV (used manga) – DitVB: Memories of Sledgehammer 1-3 (6.99 each), Attack on Titan 10 & 11 (5.99 each), Attack on Titan: No Regrets 1 ($5.99) – 6 vols - $38.94 + $1.95 HST = $40.89

15 – BMV (used manga) – DitVB II: Scarlet Order 2 - $6.99 + $0.35 HST = $7.34

? – amiami – 1/6 Hestia figure (Is it Wrong to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?) – 11,003 Yen + 1,590 Yen shipping = 13,493 Yen -> $133.58 + $30.22 shipping = $163.80

23 – private sale – Deadman Wonderland ($15); Black Lagoon: Roberta’s Blood Trail ($15) – 1 TV, 1 OVA - $30

April ($413.24)

14 – ANN sub - $30 US -> $39.59 – curr. Diff: $9.59

? – Skip Beat! Kickstarter -> $100 US + $20 US shipping -> $132.20 + $26.45 shipping = $158.65 -> curr. Diff: $38.65

18 – private sale – Fullmetal Alchemist: Conqueror of Shamballa LE movie - $15

27 – private sale – MDP Psycho vols. 1-11, Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service vols. 1-13 (24 vols.) - $200

May ($417.16)

14 – BMV (used manga) – Attack on Titan 6-9 @ $5.99 ea. ($23.96) + $1.20 HST = $25.16

27 – Anime North – Dai-Guard ($20), Happy Lesson ($20), I’m Gonna Be an Angel ($30), Sankarea ($30); High School Debut 2-13 ($60), Skip Beat! 1-12 ($50) – 4 TV, 24 vols. = $210

28 – Anime North – Great Dangaioh 1-4 ($60), Stratos 4 ($50); Deadman Wonderland 5 ($10), High School Debut 1 ($10), Magical Girl Apocalypse 4-7 ($52) – 2 TV, 6 vols. - $182

June ($61.76)

7 – private sale – Hot Gimmick vols 1-6, 8-9 ($20); BMV – Hot Gimmick vols. 7, 10-12 (12 vols) @ $3.99 ea. + $0.80 HST = $36.76

12 – Toronto Japanese Film Festival – Chibi Maruko-chan: The Boy from Italy - $10

16 – private sale – Croisee in a Foreign Labyrinth ($10), Mononoke ($5)– 2 TV = $15

July ($100)

21 – private sale - Boys Over Flowers 1-12 – 1 TV - $100

August ($0)

September ($0)

October ($345)


5 – private sale – Maison Ikkoku sets 1-8 – 1 TV - $250

26 – private sale – Galaxy Angel, Galaxy Angel A, Galaxy Angel AA, Galaxy Angel S (hope to sell these titles) Galaxy Angel X, Galaxy Angel Z (all 6 for $50), Seven of Seven ($10); Azumanga Daioh vols 1-4 ($8), Seven of Seven vols. 1-3 ($5); Chibi Vampire Novels 1-8 ($16), Full Metal Panic! Novels 1-3 ($6) – 3 TV, 7 manga, 11 novels - $95

YTD Grand total: $2,720.23

Anime: $1,612.44 (28 TV, 8 OVA, 16 movie)
Manga: $918.80 (15 omni, 130 vols.)
Books: $25.99 (12)
Figure(s): $133.58 (1)
Subscription(s): $56.88 (2)
Movie ticket(s): $21.50 (2)
Convention ticket(s): $50 (1)
Shipping/processing: $131.06
Sales tax: $118.08
Curr. Diff: $325.88

2016 will be the first year since 2012 that my spending hasn't declined compared to the year previous. What has driven up my costs this year is I got back into manga in a more substantial way than I have, plus stumbling across some OOP titles.
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Blood-
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 06, 2016 12:40 pm Reply with quote
November ($175.55)

7 – Funi subscription - $59.95 -> $75.55 -> curr. Diff = $15.60

22 – private sale – Lupin the 3rd, Part 2 vols 1 thru 14 (1 TV) - $100

I purchased a copy of Don't Leave Me Alone, Daisy from Amazon.com in November, but that charge still hasn't shown up on my cc, so I'm not itemizing it here. Mebbers it's free???
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Alan45
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 06, 2016 4:20 pm Reply with quote
I finally got up a spread sheet of this year's purchases, but it is arranged by type of item not by month. I figure I'll wait another couple of weeks and just list the totals for the year.

@Blood-

That happened to me. I was looking for the first Kiddy Grade single. I wanted it cheap since I really didn't need it. I found one for under $4, shipping included on eBay. The guy never did charge my account. The case was messed up but the disk played fine.
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 06, 2016 5:20 pm Reply with quote
Ah, so it does occasionally happen. Wow, that would be sweet. I suspect the charge will eventually show up, but it is kind of odd it hasn't yet. I made the purchase back in November and I've received the item.
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relyat08



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PostPosted: Tue Dec 06, 2016 6:56 pm Reply with quote
2016
January: $565

-$60 Noein LE
-$22 Corpse Party
-$38 Tamako Market
-$78 Akame Ga Kill 1 CE
-$36 Shirobako 1
-$36 Space Brothers 7
-$75 Little Witch Academia 2
-$75 Persona 3 Movie #3
-$45 One Punch Man Volume 2
-$40 Terraformars Volume 2
-$40 Terraformars Volume 4
-$40 Terraformars Volume 5
-$95 Mahouka Miyuki Figure
-$45 Utamonogatari OP/ED collection

February: $347

-$25 Evangelion 3.33
-$48 Love Live 2 PE
-$77 --Tokyo Ghoul CE-- Tentative
-$72 Rokka Volume 2
-$25 Fhana CD
-$100 To Love Ru Lala Figure

March: $723

-$54 Death Note CE
-$78 Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun LE
-$24 Utawarerumono OVA
-$36 Waiting in the Summer Blu-ray
-$42 Higurashi season 1 Blu-ray
-$45 Gundam Zeta 1 Blu-ray
-$70 Eden Of The East Combo LE
-$85 Anthem of The Heart LE Blu-ray
-$129 Your Lie In April Blu-ray 1
-$60 Saekano Blu-ray 1
-$80 Durarara x2 Volume 3
-$10 Legend of the Galactic Heroes LN

April: $943

-$72 Garakowa Blu-ray CE
-$72 Rokka Blu-ray Volume 3
-$59 Rage of Bahamut LE Blu-ray
-$84 Parasyte LE Blu-ray
-$36 Space Brothers 8
-$45 Gundam Zeta 2 Blu-ray
-$80 Akito The Exiled Volume 5 LE
-$30 Yamishibai Blu-ray
-$15 Lupin III Jigen's Gravestone
-$150 Paranoia Agent Blu-ray Box Import
-$200 Ping Pong Blu-ray Box
-$100 Tatami Galaxy Blu-ray Box

May: $997

-$63 Death Note Artbook
-$45 One Punch Man Volume 3
-$45 One Punch Man Volume 4
-$45 One Punch Man Volume 5
-$45 One Punch Man Volume 6
-$129 Your Lie In April Blu-ray 2
-$70 Saekano Blu-ray 2
-$80 Durarara x2 Volume 4
-$29 Shirobako Blu-ray 2
-$29 Fruit of Grisaia Blu-ray
-$34 Log Horizon 2 part 1 Blu-ray
-$44 Higurashi season 2 Blu-ray
-$63 Akame Ga Kill 2 CE
-$110 Gundam Origin CE 3 Blu-ray
-$45 She and Her Cat Blu-ray Import
-$10 Kick Heart Blu-ray
-$20 Daoko Music CD

June: $648

-$90 Nadeko Sengoku Medusa Figure
-$38 Love Live Movie LE
-$42 Dennou Coil 1 Blu-ray
-$18 Wake Up, Girls! Movie Blu-ray
-$45 Gundam ZZ part 1 Blu-ray
-$72 Sound!Euphonium Vol. 1 CE Blu-ray
-$38 Yuri Kuma Arashi Blu-ray
-$38 Selector Spread Wixoss Blu-ray
-$20 Psycho Pass Movie
-$70 Wagnaria 3 Vol. 1 Blu-ray
-$85 Danmachi Hestia Figure
-$90 Expelled From Paradise Angela Figure


July: $630
-$13 Legend of the Galactic Heroes LN 2
-$45 Gundam ZZ part 2 Blu-ray
-$72 Sound!Euphonium Vol. 2 CE Blu-ray
-$28 Kabaneri OST
-$27 Guilty Crown OST
-$36 Koufuku Graffiti Blu-ray
-$36 Punch Line Blu-ray
-$36 Wake Up, Girls! Blu-ray
-$37 Fate/Kaleid 2 Blu-ray
-$37 Listen to Me Girls, I am Your Father Blu-ray
-$22 Higurashi season 3
-$75 Parasyte Season 2 CE Blu-ray
-$22 Gunbuster Movie Blu-ray
-$35 Death Note Manga Volumes 4-6(omnibus)
-$90 Food Wars Erina Figure

August: $515
-$90 Motoko Kusanagi Figure
-$130 Lady Veneria Zvezda Plot Figure
-$70 Wagnaria 3 Vol. 2 Blu-ray
-$65 Persona 3 Movie #4 Blu-ray LE Import
-$72 Sound Euphonium Blu-ray Vol 3
-$50 Blood Blockade Battlefront Blu-ray LE
-$38 Barakamon Blu-ray


September: $392
-$36 Labyrinth of Grisaia Blu-ray
-$42 Dennou Coil 2 Blu-ray
-$21 Gundam Chars Counter Attack Blu-ray
-$13 SNAFU LN 1
-$38 Tokyo Ghoul LE 1
-$38 Tokyo Ghoul LE 2
-$27 The Girl Who Leapt Through Time CE
-$100 Bokurano Manga
-$90 Saekano Megumi Katou Figure


October: $950
$15 SNAFU LN 2
-$110 Saekano Megumi Katou Figure
-$32 SNAFU season 2 Blu-ray
-$70 Owarimonogatari 1 Blu-ray
-$80 Durarara x2 Vol 5 Blu-ray
-$98 Code Geass Collector's Edition Blu-ray
-$126 Escaflowne Collector's Edition Blu-ray
-$40 Hunter x Hunter Blu-ray 1
-$108 Spice and Wolf CE Novel
-$90 Erased Blu-ray LE Vol 1
-$181 Isuzu Sento Pirate Figure


November: $485
-$12 Legend of the Galactic Heroes LN 3
-$42 Gatchaman Crowds Insight Blu-ray
-$100 Gundam The Origin CE 4 Blu-ray
$60 Death Parade LE Blu-ray
-$60 Prison School LE Blu-ray
-$49 Ergo Proxy Blu-ray
$13 Vinland Saga Vol 8 manga
$150 Oreimo Kuroneko Figure


December: $525
$15 Bakemonogatari LN 1
$80 Durarara x2 Vol 6 Blu-ray
$60 Owarimonogatari 2 Blu-ray
-$60 My Love Story Blu-ray
-$90 Love Chunibyo, season 2 CE Blu-ray
$70 Kizumonogatari Part 1 Blu-ray
$150 Saber Alter figure


Well, this is everything that I bought this year, or have currently pre-ordered through the end of this year. It's been quite a year for me, and I'm definitely looking to downsize a bit through 2017 for a lot of reasons, but this was fun, and there were quite a few pretty insane months there. So far, I'm looking to average less than $300 per month for 2017. That way I can put that extra money toward paying down my mortgage. Need to be a bit more responsible, honestly.
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 07, 2016 6:45 am Reply with quote
@ relyat08 - good luck sticking to your budget next year. And because this is the Internet and tone is sometimes difficult to interpret, I hasten to add that I mean that sincerely, not sarcastically.
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 07, 2016 8:12 am Reply with quote
Blood- wrote:
@ relyat08 - good luck sticking to your budget next year. And because this is the Internet and tone is sometimes difficult to interpret, I hasten to add that I mean that sincerely, not sarcastically.


I do appreciate it! Very Happy
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 07, 2016 10:02 am Reply with quote
Welp, my cc paper statement arrived yesterday and it does include the charge for Don't Leave Me Alone, Daisy. Dang. So weird that when I checked online yesterday there was no mention of it
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One-Eye



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PostPosted: Tue Dec 20, 2016 8:48 am Reply with quote
I credit this thread with helping me reduce my spending Smile. Before 2011 I had no budget for anime and manga and was bleeding money out of my pores. Laughing

Its a little early, but since I don't plan on buying anything else here at the close of the year I will post this year's total:

Total for purchases in 2011: $2283.80
Total for purchases in 2012: $1783.40
Total for purchases in 2013: $1106.58
Total for purchases in 2014: $762.41
Total for purchases in 2015: $1437.33
Total for purchases in 2016: $879.68

This year I came in under budget (Yay!). It was tough there were a few things on RightStuf's xmas sale that almost made me splurge at the end of the year. Then I recalled my righteous fury towards certain companies and was able to extinguish my spendthrift flame. Next year will be tricky since I'm eyeing some imports and may have to increase my budget...or maybe not. Thank goodness I'm not a figure collector. Wink Very Happy
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 21, 2016 1:28 am Reply with quote
Glad this thread was able to help you get spending under control, One-Eye. I'm surprised the industry hasn't tried to wipe it out... Coincidentally, 2011 was the year I first started keeping an itemized record of every relevant purchase. Sadly, doing so didn't help me get a grip on spending until about 2013.
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 28, 2016 8:39 pm Reply with quote
I got the final comic shop delivery today and I only have one thing on pre-order which couldn't arrive this year even if TRSI shipped tomorrow. So I was able to do the year end totals a bit early.

Manga: 382 volumes for $3610.11
Novels: 44 for $592.79
Manhwa: 3 volumes for $25.17 (Chiro the Star Project)
Bluray: 62 sets for $3102.36
DVD: 14 sets for $352.60
Figures: 13 for $1037.36
Subscriptions: 4 for $181.90 (ANN, Crunchyroll, TRSI Got Anime and Otaku USA magazine.) I did not renew my subscription for Funimation as dubs are not a priority.
Kickstarters: 3 for $417. (Riding Bean Bluray, Skip Beat Bluray and the KOR manga.)
I got one Art(??) Book, Monster Girl Encyclopedia for $17.49
One CD set of themes from the Monogatari series for $39.98.

Grand Total: $9371.58

For reference here are the yearly totals since I started keeping track:

2010 $8068
2011 $8120
2012 $8896
2013 $7380
2014 $9482
2015 $8160

Pretty much a normal year for me. DVDs are way down, Kickstarters is a new category.


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