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View Poll Results: How do you maintain your hobby in this recession time?
Looking for more bargains of my hobby items on RCC etc. 35 36.84%
Maintain the same fleet, without making unnecessary new purchases. 41 43.16%
Sell unwanted hobby items to fund new project. 35 36.84%
Compare prices on online hobby dealers. 30 31.58%
Fixing up crashed planes/cars/helis and made do what you got. 20 21.05%
Bartering un-used hobby items with other hobby enthusiasts. 10 10.53%
Getting a rest from the hobby for a little while. 3 3.16%
More flight sim time- fly those planes/heli you're wishing you could afford. 9 9.47%
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Old 02-05-2009, 09:16 AM   #1
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How's this recession time affect your hobby purchases?
As most of you have know, the recession time(Job security in question, Tightened up belt strings etc) is here to stay, could be on a long haul. How do you folks manage your hobby purchases. I'm putting up a poll survey as to grasp the reality of hobby and breads on the tables.
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Old 02-05-2009, 09:34 AM   #2
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Re: How's this recession time affect your hobby purchases?
Where's the option for "stay the course - I was born cheap and I'll die cheap, recession or not!"

Oops, I meant "frugal".
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Old 02-05-2009, 09:47 AM   #3
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Another option is missing.

"There is no change to my hobby activity."

I purchase what I want when I want it. I am fortunate I know but there it is.

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Old 02-05-2009, 09:55 AM   #4
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Re: How's this recession time affect your hobby purchases?
Thanks Ed for pointing out. If I have left out any , please feel free to add on.
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Where's the option for "stay the course - I was born cheap and I'll die cheap, recession or not!"

Oops, I meant "frugal".
Frugal is good , you know what you really want (usually pretty good stuff) and willing to save for it, unlike those with impulse buying. Or waiting for an awesome deal comes along and pounced on them
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Where's the option for "stay the course - I was born cheap and I'll die cheap, recession or not!"

That's me too!
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Re: How's this recession time affect your hobby purchases?
Stop buying Lottery tickets
Stop drinking
Don't smoke so no problem there.
Stop eating out
Staying home and scratch building and babying my present fleet and becoming a hermit. Nothing to it.
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Stop drinking
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Stop drinking? Nothing to it? Blasphemy!
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I don't drink or smoke anyway.. Eating out sometimes.
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Recession hasn't hit us too hard in Southern Manitoba yet, so no changes based on economy for me.
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