Other trinkets we spend our money on ....

[LTD]

Inspired by a thread on another forum I use, I thought I'd pop up a question about us, the owners of a quality marque.

How seriously do you take other material items in your life ?

Hifi
TV
Camera
Fashion
Grooming
Computing
Home
Watches

etc. etc. etc.

Are we creatures of good taste, followers of style and quality or just muppets that follow adverts ?

 

[Charles Morgan]

Hifi - important

TV - has to be decent picture but not greatly interested

Camera - important for the limited use I give it

Fashion - what's that? Do they sell that in Jermyn Street?

Grooming - that's what Trumpers is for

Computer - part of the Borg.

Home - is useful, not tidy though

Watches - half the time I forget to wind it.

Opera - more than a matter of life and death

Cricket - ditto

Wine and food - more important than either of the above.

Books ditto.

 

[renault12ts]

Hi-Fi ... Linn
TV ... Sharp
Camera ... Canon
Fashion ... Don't care
Grooming ...Don't care
Home ... Three
Computer ... Acer
Watch ... Broken
...

 

[Gucci]

Started listing mine and then it looked like an inventory for house burglars.

Hifi (don't have one - plug iPhone into speakers)
TV As long as it's crisp and not too big for the room.
Camera (Important)
Fashion (Important - natty clobber makes me feel great!)
Grooming (Important)
Computing (Apple)
Home (Show home)
Watches (I have a few, but I don't spend bug bucks - too scared of damaging)

 

[verytalldave]

I suppose the limiting factor is how much disposable income you have - or how much you are prepared to smack on the plastic.
Hifi is a must have - but it doesn't need upgrading as many would have you believe. Buy GOOD stuff and it will last many years.
TV is important. But again it doesnt need a fortune spent.

The law of diminished returns kicks in quite early with most items.

Watches and cars are notable exceptions and spending "more" does get perceptive improvements.

 

[BlackC55]

Hifi: Bose
TV: Must be HD and above 40"
Camera: Not that bothered
Fashion: Love to look good
Grooming: Just a decent hair cut
Computing: Couldn't give a monkeys
Home: Important, love furnishing them and making my home the best it can be.
Watches: I have two good watches. Don't need more
Beer and food: Very important
Karting: What I am put here to do.

 

[Sp!ke]

I have an expensive wife, what little I can hide from her usually has an engine.

 

[st4]

Hifi-would like to upgrade, use a home theatre kit connected to PC as have a lot of MP3. Cost about £500 in 2003
TV. £300 CRT job. Show me a screen that gives a nicer picture (dont care for HD) and I'll swap it, although never watch.
Camera Nikon D5000
Fashion Dont give a toss
Grooming a £10 hair cut once a month
Computing A 6yr old PC but was dear at the time. Thinking about a Mac pro but cant bring myself to drop £2k on a computer, but spend a lot of time at one.
Watches. Rolex, want another and a Cartier Roadster
Food. Now you are talking...

 

[rascalmaster]

Hifi: Bose/ sony
TV: sony 55 inch led 3d
Camera: Leica
Fashion: fat and bald... thus nothing fits
Grooming: nice nails
Computing: gotta be apple- macbook pro- 17inch, i pad, i phonesX3
Home: decorating slowly... not just cause i spent money on the above; but cause i'm lazy. there- i said it...
Watches: rolex gmt master 2 gold and steel, suunto

 

[Deleted member 37751]

Hifi- Bose
TV- Philips doesn't matter on the size as long as footballs on
Camera- Not bothered
Fashion- I can quite easily spend over £500 in one sitting...
Grooming- Haircut once a month
Computing- Not bothered-Just an Asus laptop and iPhone 4
Home- Two extensions planned this year
Watches- 2x TW Steel
Entertainment- To quote George Best 'I spent all my money on beautiful women, fast cars and slow horses, the rest I just wasted'

 

[scarletreynolds]

1. Hifi – not really into this
2. TV – don’t have this at home but how I wish I had an LCD but can’t afford to buy one at this moment
3. Camera –just the camera in my phone
4. Fashion – a little bit of this
5. Grooming – this is important
6. Computer – this is my lifestyle
7. Home – very useful and needs repair
8. Watches – been wearing an almost 20 year old watch since colleg
9. Opera – not into this
10. Cricket – neither a fan
11. Wine and food – wine? Food is essential
12. Books – I had a few

 

[trando]

In no particular order:

Wine (for investment purposes mainly)
Watches
Wife
Inland Revenue (the largest chunk of my income goes to the taxman)
Good food

And fuel...........

 

[Londonscottish]

Hifi - high - music rules in my house
TV - low - sorting out surround sound for new house - I will rarely use it but kids will
Camera - high - for talking pictures/vids of kids and family
Fashion - low - it's all media types where I live so jeans and t shirts
Grooming - low/medium at home, high at work
Computing - low - use laptop for emails, spreadsheets
Home - very high - just completing another major development. A passion for my wife and for me
Watches - low - got a couple of Omegas - both broken at he mo

Bike - high - love cycling to work
Running shoes - high - have really got into running
Garden - very very high - my passion
QPR - high - clinging on to that top spot......just

 

[MOCAŠ]

How seriously do you take other material items in your life ?

Not very. My main indulgence is my motoring library, which I tend to replenish every 2-3 years.

As for the other categories listed:

Hifi - was mainstream, but these days I find iTunes more convenient than swapping CDs
TV - bought a Panasonic a couple of years ago to replace a 30-year-old Grundig that was becoming temperamental
Camera - I've got a point-and-shoot thingy somewhere, but now tend to use my iPod
Fashion - tends to pass me by
Grooming - I'll leave that to the stableboy...
Computing - bought an all-in-one touchscreen model from a shop I'd never heard of; does the job
House - walls, roof, that kind of thing; been in the family for generations
Watches - haven't worn (or owned) one since I was about twelve
Forum - the best or nothing

 

[BaldGuy]

Hifi - B&W Zeppelin
TV - Sony LCD
Camera - Some cheapy
Grooming - Like the odd thread and a head polish
Computing - Commodore 64
House - Cardboard box
Watches - A few

I love my kids, good food, good wine and good company

 

[snoop51]

1. Hifi – Fatman ipod dock.
2. TV – Sharp 50" LCD HD
3. Camera –just a Panasonic point & shoot (at the moment) but looking
4. Fashion – I'm 44 next month with a 19 & 18yr old. That's their domain not mine. Over 40's wearing jeans with 1/2 there tired boxers on show! Urggh!
5. Grooming – A razor & that's me sorted. Too folickly challenged for much else aprt from an "Arthur Scargill" combover if I grow what's left. Looks like seaweed attached to one side of your head if you go swimming! YUK!
6. Computer – Acer laptop for work.
7. Home – Have one of these. Needs work, getting around to it.
8. Watches – been wearing the same Tag Heuer for about 23 years
9. Wine and food – Both are essential. Still like beer though.
10. Holidays - Just got back from one 2 wks ago. Looking to book the next now.

 

[Deker]

1. Hifi - Pioneer/Kef
2. TV - Pioneer 50" Plasma
3. Camera - a few, SLR, Digital SLR, 2 x point and click digi's and a diving one
4. Fashion - I keep myself decent
5. Grooming - razor and haircut... nothing special
6. Computer - Lots including several servers (it's my job)
7. Home - nice and kept tidy
8. Watches - Breitling, Omega, Gucci and Mares for diving
9. Wine and food - nothing fancy, money mainly goes on sports supplments
10. Toys & Hobbies (main money pit) - 2 x Jet Skis, Shooting equipment, Diving stuff, golf stuff... probably more

My toys and hobbies are the only things that really cost me anything, the others will only get replaced when they really need to be.

 

[manalishi]

No real money spent on any of that stuff (too boring).

Vintage guitars and amplifiers are my vices. They keep following me home.

 

[Londonscottish]

No real money spent on any of that stuff (too boring).

Vintage guitars and amplifiers are my vices. They keep following me home.

Now there's an interesting vice. I would like to develop this one

 

[finisterre]

How seriously do you take other material items in your life ?

not very

Hifi - naim old but expensive in 1978

TV - sony small crt, considering a bigger one because the subtitles have got too small / further away over the years.

Camera - cheap canon body good glass

Fashion - army surplus and ron hill

Grooming - bathe once a month even if I don't need to.

Computing - bits and bobs of that

Home - farmhouse I could never afford nowadays.

Watches - don't wear one