Cost of the hobby

[SHAMZ84]

I recently create a spreadsheet to see how much i've spent, but also to keep up to date what i have in the humi and what dates are my smokes especially the singles.

I was quite surprised i've spent over 1k in less that 6 months..I'm going to have to stop or keep my spending to a minimum for this year as we are buying a place and and a baby on the way...but there's too many temptations out there!!!!!!

[Simon G]

Life changes with the little one so enjoy your free time now!!!!!! Seriously.... Lol

[PeeJay]

Its a simple equation, if you can't afford it, don't do it because at the end of the day you're just burning money

[TonyN]

Should imagine most if not all of us on the forum can afford it peejay
some can afford ? per month others ?? per month and some that are better off maybe ???
it's the total amount when we add it all up that's the frightening bit.

[dvickery]

Cheaper than golf ... And I enjoy it more .

derrek

[oskihen]

It's all relative to people's disposable income , one thing I will say though is it's a dangerous game if you bang it on credit . It's like burning twenty pound notes and if they're not your twentys best you stop now .

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[TonyN]

Cheaper than golf ... And I enjoy it more .

derrek

Very true my son is into golf big time been playing the game now for 4 years.
Not too expensive at the club he's a member of but this weekend just gone him and another 3 golfing friends got an invite to play at Woburn golf course
to become a member it's ?7000 then ?2700 annualy.

[SHAMZ84]

Cheaper than golf ... And I enjoy it more .

derrek

So true if you have a membership

It's all relative to people's disposable income , one thing I will say though is it's a dangerous game if you bang it on credit . It's like burning twenty pound notes and if they're not your twentys best you stop now .

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Well said

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[TonyN]

It's all relative to people's disposable income , one thing I will say though is it's a dangerous game if you bang it on credit . It's like burning twenty pound notes and if they're not your twentys best you stop now .

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Very true oskihen these cards get people if not carefull in very big trouble very easy buying with it
paying it back is when the trouble begins.

[SHAMZ84]

Very true my son is into golf big time been playing the game now for 4 years.
Not too expensive at the club he's a member of but this weekend just gone him and another 3 golfing friends got an invite to play at Woburn golf course
to become a member it's ?7000 then ?2700 annualy.

Wowzer.

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[TonyN]

For anyone that's into golf Woburn has 3 courses you can choose to play on.

http://www.woburngolf.co.uk/courses/the-dukes/

[sheppsea]

I have a credit card, but only use it to build up Avios and I repay the full amount every month, I don't think I've ever spent a penny of interest on it apart from when I paid off the wrong amount one month. But as a point of principle I agree using credit to buy cigars is madness and the only reason I would suggest some use it is to build up the rewards but to effectively use it as a debit card
WRT the cost of the hobby, I spent ?3,000 one year IIRC (it was a shock anyway) and as soon as I realised that I resolved to avoid box purchases outside of my regular rotation and any REs really blew me away, for anything else I would only split a box, and even then annoy everyone on here by trying to get less than 5 There are better things to spend one's money on

[gojira]

I don't reflect on how much I've spent. Otherwise I would have to make an appointment with a shrink.

[Budgie Smuggler]

Cost of the hobby

I don't worry about the cost because:

A) I only spend what I can afford without credit

B) I enjoy collecting and smoking cigars

C) I know I can sell stock reasonably quickly should I need to get my hands on cash


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[TonyN]

Think the majority of us spend what we can afford without credit
we enjoy collecting and smoking cigars
some don't worry about the cost and others do.