What's Wrong With Me?

[Chibz]

I've been intending to upgrade the compy for a long time. Every so often I'll find myself in possession of enough money to upgrade a component (or replace an ailing component like plug) when something'll catch my eye. SOMETHING always does.

Be it a new PSP (A la late december) a DSi XL (early december)... Armful of great games. Something always seems to become more important instantly.

Blah. This thing'll die, and I can't seem to make myself ... care.

HEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALP!

 

[Blemontea]

Uuuuuum. Ok then just put the money ina little cup to make sure you use it for this thing our trying to get.

 

[oplinger]

...get a friend to do it, and pay them back.

A good friend. That owns a nice black suit, has lots of similarly dressed friends. Meets in the back of a strip club, and has a large collection of baseball bats.

You'll get what you want -and- feel the need to pay for it. >.> ...in some form.

 

[Chibz]

Uuuuuum. Ok then just put the money ina little cup to make sure you use it for this thing our trying to get.

I do better. The money's there. There's no lack of money. It just never gets spent on its (original) intended use!

How do I convince myself that it's a good investment? I look at a (small) RAM upgrade vs a whole system and run away...

 

[Skorpyo]

Er, Dicussion value pl0x. You have no Question.

EDIT: Ah, I see, you have trouble controlling your spending. Try having someone you trust (but hate) hold the money. That way, you won't WANT to ask for it back!

 

[delet]

Seem like you're lacking Self Control?. This wonderful item will keep you from buying things and otherwise spending cash! You can use Self Control? to help you save up for enough to buy whatever ultimate thing you really want, and you won't be going through this thing you're going through right now!

Hurry up and get yourself some Self Control? now!

 

[Chibz]

Instant gratification. When you know you have the money to get something, even if there's something else you want more that will take more saving time, you'll still get the cheaper something on impulse because *surprise* buying shit makes humans feel better.

Here's how you beat this - leave your money at home. If it's on a debit card, then open up a savings account or something and only have just enough money with you at any given time to get what you need. Once you've done this for a while, you won't be immune to impulse buying but you'll think twice about it.

The problem is getting to the store and buying something else instead. I think a big part is that I fundamentally want to get more for my buck right away. Probably will have to replace that cord. I think it's a fire hazard.

 

[Blemontea]

Uuuuuum. Ok then just put the money ina little cup to make sure you use it for this thing our trying to get.

I do better. The money's there. There's no lack of money. It just never gets spent on its (original) intended use!

How do I convince myself that it's a good investment? I look at a (small) RAM upgrade vs a whole system and run away...

You could do what I do and just have ways of getting Nds games for cheap or just when your going to get the ram smack yourself when you see an psp or Nds till you buy the ram and install it.

 

[Chibz]

The problem is getting to the store and buying something else instead. I think a big part is that I fundamentally want to get more for my buck right away. Probably will have to replace that cord. I think it's a fire hazard.

That's why you keep your money where you can't spend it, i.e. not in your wallet or on your debit card or checking account.

Oh, and with your problem you had BETTER NOT EVER GET A CREDIT CARD. You will be in debt up to your eyeballs.

I could give you a better hint if you told me what method you were paying with - cash, debit, check, credit, what?[/quote]

Cash. I had a credit card, and DID have debt up to my eyeballs until I forced myself to pay it off. My gaming budget was reduced to a lean $25 /week. This is down from... That's a huge step down from my previous $100/week. It's cash.

You could do what I do and just have ways of getting Nds games for cheap or just when your going to get the ram smack yourself when you see an psp or Nds till you buy the ram and install it.

I (mostly) buy my nDS/PSP games from a local used game store. I'm buddies with the guy who owns it, and am what can only be described as a steady customer. He keeps relatively obscure older systems aside for me to buy a lot of the time. It's a good thing.

I think it's mostly stuff like convincing myself to replace this plug. Deep down I know it's a pressing issue. It needs to be resolved... But again, I think the problem is apathy.

Why replace the adaptor if I can't really play games on the system, and the components to upgrade would carry a hefty price. So I do nothing.

 

[RhombusHatesYou]

Symptoms:
blowing cash on handhelds
spending upgrade money on games
neglect of PC
unflattering opinions of PC gaming on forums

Diagnosis:
Mild Consoletardation

Recommended Treatment:
Marathon sessions on PC only titles (specific title choices to be discussed with patient but Eastern European developers prefered)
Aversion therapy using console dominated gaming forums (regular blood screening to avoid patient receiving toxic levels of troll bile)
Install motion based controls on patient's gaming console(s)
Block patient's access to PC technical forums until treatment complete.

 

[Chibz]

SNIP

There's honestly no games for it I really want. I guess I play Minecraft (And take it very serially), but still. Civ 2, and... Dungeon Keeper.

Hey, if I didn't buy my PSP I couldn't play Prinny: Can I Really Be the Hero. Or Dark Hero Days. Without my DS I wouldn't have... Everything on my DS.

If I didn't spend money on games, I wouldn't have the best game library out of just about everyone...

The way it's looking is like this is my last gaming-ready PC I'll have ever dumped money into. Or, last PC for that latter. Which is a bit of a shame...

 

[Tanis]

Put the cash on PayPal as you get it (uses of of those reusable card or a bank card).

Maybe that'll help.