Okay so after mentioning the third time that we should start a thread about it and I was told “do it!” here we go.
A friend didn’t use it
A bargain! I saved ??$
Convince your partner s/he needs new gear and take the old stuff.
I bought two! wait for answer Just kidding - it’s just one.
The home it was in could or would not take care of this baby and I had to save it.
It’s orange
For every gear purchase I take you to dinner
I ordered this months ago and forgot all about it. I just send it back. pause Do I have to send it back? It’s so beatiful.
I won it in a giveaway
Got it as a reward for a favour I did several years ago
Found it right there on the street, by the dump! Can you believe it?! Someone’s trash is really someone’s treasure!
Explain a molehill and buy a mountain (“I need to be able to practice with headphones and I can use this modeling profiler effects DI preamp for that!”)
It’s not new - It came back from repair!
If I get this I can play the style you like most!
Woah - look at what a huge box they sent my strings in!
Guilt trip him/her for his/her expensive hobby! (“It’s only a fraction of what your horse did cost and costs!”)
It’s not a new bass. It’s just a paintjob.
I had to order something small so I have the chance to win the raffle!
I need another tuning and detuner cost more than a new bass. So I bought a new bass!
I had to fill up the purchase for free delivery!
I’ll edit more answers into this post as they come
The dinner option could be the most expensive but may be also the most effective. Happy wife - happy life. (spouse or partner just doesn’t rhyme okay? Gender doesn’t matter)
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Awww… Edit resets the poll. Kind of makes sense but then I maybe should remove the poll all together.
Well it surely helps when the partner also has an expensive hobby. When I say “it helps” I surely am not talking about your bank account
No such luck here. She doesn’t have as much money as I do and purchase that seem small to me because “it’s just 50 bucks” are big to her: “what?? 50bucks???”.
Then again while she isn’t necessarily supportive she also isn’t destructive or pushes too much. I am still in love with the Herr Schwarz and the first time I saw the offer I almost did not resist. I am glad I did… I talked to her afterwards and said: “I am still a little bit confused why you didn’t try harder to stop me from making that purchase?” (as I rely on her to a degree to stop me from bad impulse purchases) and she answered: “I didn’t feel like I had a chance to change your mind.”
This one I don’t really get. You already had it then?
Or is this for people with so much gear that the partner doesn’t have an overview anymore what is what so you can buy something and just say “It came back from repair”?
What honestly happens here is that I am relaxed, happy and excited every time I play. She wants to support and encourage anything in my life that’s so good for me.
How about the excuse that is partially working for me at the moment?
“Anything I’ve spent recently only adds up to a fraction of what you’ve spent on your horse”
(Takes the moral high ground for a while)
That “found it at the dump “ actually happened to one of our neighbours! He picked up an Ibanez ( can’t remember which one but it’s not cheap) off of a pile of rubbish.
It was missing one control knob and the 9v battery. I’m just waiting until he’s broke again
that’s a classic for IT gear. “I needed an USB hub so I bought one with an ultra HD display attached.”