Dont mean to cry about it, but is anyone else feeling the same?

[mr doo doo]

Eh, being a teenager struggling to obtain money and doing good in school really sucks . Im sure there are plenty of you guys out there in my position, and many of you guys who were in my position. but with soooooooo many irresistible pre-orders going on, i feel i should try and get as many as i can for which they wont come up in the future ever again.

I nearly missed the AO jersey pre-order, i miss out on those cool Airwalk frames, didnt have enough money at the time, so i missed out on the sluggos pre-order, and just recently, i had to give up my spot in the UMF frame line since my plans have changed for my current mag. Now after giving up my position for it and missing out on all the other pre-orders, i feel like poop, regretting every moment .

And now, here comes the pump pre-order, and coincidently, i was in the market for a pump marker. Was about to pick up a cheap sniper over on ansgear for HALF the cost of a pump mag, but i i thought to myself, "a pump mag will sure catch some eyes, even though i may suck at stock class...and if i ever still have this in the future, i'd probably be glad i got the pump kit since they arent made anymore..." I have this mysterious addiction for mags only ( i own 3, and 4th s under construction), i dont know why In addition, i have to get another body + rail ++ milling them both = $$$. Total price for a pump mag is quite a number.

Ay yi yi, everything just results in me spending more and more money i should probably save for college, and later on regret that i didnt get so and so. Am i making any sense, or is my mouth just blabbering a bunch of nonsense? dont mean to cry about all this, but some opinions or whatnot would be nice for me to ponder upon.

[olinar]

i was in the same position but, my views changed after i quit my job and got rid of monthly bills. now i spend any money i want, without regret that ill need it in the future.

plus if you ever need money, your sure to get it back by reselling your mag. ive done this a few times and is actually what i enjoy doing.

plus, there lots of grants and scholarship money available for the taking.

[wetwrks]

Hey dude,

this is all part of life. It doesn't matter how much you make, there is always something that you would like that is just out of reach.

Buy what you can and enjoy what you have. Don't over extend yourself financially. Once you get down the road a bit you will begin to learn that there isn't really anything that you cannot do without.

As for the toys here, save yourself a slush fund. Instead of picking up everything that catches your eye, only get what you need and will use now. That will help you get a small slush fund going so that when the next thing comes along that you would really die to have, you can pick it up.

Start with the pump kit. You say that the stock game isn't really your thing. Then think to your self "would I rather have this or the pneu frame that someone else is putting out in a few months?" Make your decision and then don't look back.

There are always things that you can look back on and say "I wish I had done that different". That is life. Growing up involves realizing that you won't always handle everything right but if you try and make the best decisions with the current info you have then you will never have a reason to regret your decision.

I have been out of paintball for a number of years and just got back into things this year. There are many items that I wish I could have picked up. But with a site like this, eventually they will be back (even if as a used item) and if you have that slush fund you will be able to get them.

[teufelhunden]

Get a credit card.

[punkncat]

Get a credit card.

Bad plan...not free money

/debt

[Rudz]

my first 2 pb guns came from walmart, back maybe 5 years ago, then after i broke both, i realized they were crap, so i went to a local pb store and got a spyder e99 with revvy and 20 oz tank, which satisfied me untill abt 2 1/2 years ago when i started my current job, ironically i signed up to AO the same month i was hired, and bought a karta emag with my 2nd paycheck, lol, and it all went downhill from there

[blitzkriegboom!]

hey man,
same position here
i have a rule i try to stick by
no more than 3 Working guns alowed in my house


good thing im not any good at math


btw, roofing is a really good way to pick up $300 in a weekend

[DaFin]

Some fatherly advice, take it or leave it if you please.

Avoid debt if at all possible - Paying someone else for money is the pits. Credit cards are fine as long as you pay them off completely each and every month .

Today you are in high school and worry about $50, in a few years you'll be in collage and will worry about $500 and then after that you'll be an old fogey and will worry about $5,000. If you are lucky you will worry about $50,000 and even luckier $500,000. The bottom line is you will always worry, learn to live with it.

Get your education now! It may not make sense that the school work you are doing now will really help you in the future but trust me, they will. Do well now for each class you take now is a building block that will form the road to prosperity when you are older. (or for the less inclined, a sacrifice now will net you more cash and better looking women in the future and you want more cash and better looking women don't you?).

Hopefully there will be one little nugget of usable information in there for you.

[SR_matt]

pssssst heres a secret, youll have less money and less time in college so enjoy your paintball time now because your playing amount will drop off a lot

try to get a job reffing at a field, i ddi that for almost 2 years and it worked out pretty well, got to play for free, didnt pay for air for 2 years, and got store credit for paint and gear

-matt

[teufelhunden]

Bad plan...not free money

/debt

In that case, get a credit card, then max it out, transfer the balance to another card, max it out, continue ad infinitum.

[BREAD_DA_PAINTER]

In that case, get a credit card, then max it out, transfer the balance to another card, max it out, continue ad infinitum.

all this "money" you speak of will have to be paid back.... how do you survive?? this is the dumbest thing ive read in a while.....

[SR_matt]

naw naw u build up insane amounts of debt here then leave the country, rise, repeat

~note sarcasm~
-matt

[behemoth]

tl;dr - get a job.

[Ninjeff]

Hey man, its not always easy.
Im 27 and still have to deal with financial strains. Ive funded my paintball addiction this year by playing pump, and shooting the mag only when i know i have some disposable cash for paint. Or, ill just set limits on myself. IE: if i have 1000 rounds, i'll shoot 500 with the mag, then switch to pump. Finish out the day.
I also help out around my local field whenever i can. Doesnt get me much, but it DOES get me a waived field fee or a free swab or something. Nothing big, just picking up excess trash at the end of the day, helping new players, reffing a game or two if they are short. Nothing major, but field owners really take notice.

Either way, avoid credit card debt like the plague. AVOID IT! I had to sell my emag to get me out of a slight bind a few months back. Credit cards mess everything up if you take it too far. Just be responsible and watch it.

As far as all your project mags...well....i hear ya. There seems to be alot of good stuff coming out lately. Its hard to choose just one. My advice? Find a build you really want, and make that ONE build happen. That way, you get a sense of accomplishment, and then a few months down the road when something new catches your eyes, you can sell the "old project" to fund your new one. Wash,rinse,repeat.

Other than that, just be careful. Debt sucks. Period.

And when you DO buy, buy quality. Like a mag. But just make sure you buy quality everytime, for all bits of your equipment. You may save a few bucks now buy buying "cheap" but you end up spending what you saved to replace it a few months down the road.

Anyway, good luck man.

[SCpoloRicker]

credit card...

Yeah, great advice! You could also get a 1% home loan for $500k! And I've got this email from some polite fellow in Nigeria that seems to have some high value potential!

/morans