Have I told you about my theory on money? Although my wife dislikes my spending habits, my sister and I have the same philosophy. That would be buy what you want when you want, because when it comes to money…you can always get more!
Do you see my reasoning? Come on, you can’t take it with you when you go so you might as well have the things in life that you want. And, if you’re working, making money and
your bills are paid…then you can always get more!
Being a musician, I recently had this idea that if I had a PA system, I/we could sound really good. Not that the band I’m in now doesn’t have a PA. It’s just not to my liking. So I found this great Mackie powered board on craigslist for a very reasonable price. I immediately went to the bank, withdrew the cash (I can get more), and drove all the way down to Hollywood (in rush hour traffic) to a pawn shop on State Road 7. I gave it a look over, plugged in each channel to make sure it worked, paid the man the cash, and drove back home.
At the price I got it for, this was a steal as they retail out for $799 new and about $600 used on Ebay. I took this baby home, gave it another good look and thought to myself, this is nice! I immediately went on line and purchased a soft cover for it and two 25’ speaker cables (to plug into the yet to be purchased speaker cabinets).
So now I have this Mackie powered mixer (in it’s soft cover) sitting on the floor in the back room, not being used. Why you ask? Well, it turns out that 3 of our gigs got cancelled (refer to my post below) and I can’t afford the $200 - $400 for speaker cabinets.
So now I have this super cool mixer on craigslist again, for sale with the soft cover and cables for just a wee bit more than the original price that I paid for the mixer.
With any luck I’ll sell it, put the money back in my bank account (then I’ll have more) and use that money for something like our vacation to Seattle later this year.
So I say to those out there who want something, never deny yourself the things that you want. Just make sure you’re going to use it before you buy it. And if you’re not using what you’ve purchased, then sell it on craigslist or Ebay. Better yet, drop me a line, maybe I can use it?
Do you see my reasoning? Come on, you can’t take it with you when you go so you might as well have the things in life that you want. And, if you’re working, making money and
your bills are paid…then you can always get more!Being a musician, I recently had this idea that if I had a PA system, I/we could sound really good. Not that the band I’m in now doesn’t have a PA. It’s just not to my liking. So I found this great Mackie powered board on craigslist for a very reasonable price. I immediately went to the bank, withdrew the cash (I can get more), and drove all the way down to Hollywood (in rush hour traffic) to a pawn shop on State Road 7. I gave it a look over, plugged in each channel to make sure it worked, paid the man the cash, and drove back home.
At the price I got it for, this was a steal as they retail out for $799 new and about $600 used on Ebay. I took this baby home, gave it another good look and thought to myself, this is nice! I immediately went on line and purchased a soft cover for it and two 25’ speaker cables (to plug into the yet to be purchased speaker cabinets).
So now I have this Mackie powered mixer (in it’s soft cover) sitting on the floor in the back room, not being used. Why you ask? Well, it turns out that 3 of our gigs got cancelled (refer to my post below) and I can’t afford the $200 - $400 for speaker cabinets.
So now I have this super cool mixer on craigslist again, for sale with the soft cover and cables for just a wee bit more than the original price that I paid for the mixer.
With any luck I’ll sell it, put the money back in my bank account (then I’ll have more) and use that money for something like our vacation to Seattle later this year.
So I say to those out there who want something, never deny yourself the things that you want. Just make sure you’re going to use it before you buy it. And if you’re not using what you’ve purchased, then sell it on craigslist or Ebay. Better yet, drop me a line, maybe I can use it?
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