Oh lord, please bring sanity to my trigger finger.

[Vickko]

Oh lord, please bring sanity to my trigger finger.

My ebay trigger finger.


..... so many cameras available these days ......

 

[CVickery]

+1 ... errr +100

 

[Vickko]

And my money is supposed to be for my son's Montessori, not on a black Nikon SP.

 

[Phil_F_NM]

I went to public school and if my father gave me a black Nikon SP I would be incredibly happy.

Phil Forrest

 

[Vickko]

ha ha, Phil

My older son see's my collection, and I tell him that when I go, they are all his. He looks at me as if I'm from a different planet.

My younger son loves to exercise my cameras, but I have to be careful to keep his fingers off the lens. Maybe there is hope there.

I went to public school and if my father gave me a black Nikon SP I would be incredibly happy.

Phil Forrest

 

[David_Manning]

Forget the nefarious content and websites in my Internet browser history. When my wife sees that eBay or B&H have been visited, I always get "the look," or if there is something sitting in a cart/wish list, I often get "the talk."

Is this what "suffering for your passion" means?

 

[Highway 61]

I always feel uncomfortable when what wives do think and what children's education do cost come into those typical GAS discu$$ions.

 

[furbs]

Say a prayer for me, I just bought an M4 last night. My first Leica - what am I getting myself into?

 

[AlwaysOnAuto]

You have been assimilated, there is no hope now.

 

[Vickko]

What is even worse is I'm thinking of rebuying things I used to own.

Oh, the horror, the horror....

 

[Vickko]

No problem with the children's education.

I always feel uncomfortable when what wives do think and what children's education do cost come into those typical GAS discu$$ions.

 

[btgc]

..... so many cameras available these days ......

If you can't stay off ebay just bid less than you normally would.
You will miss good part of listings!

Forget the nefarious content and websites in my Internet browser history. When my wife sees that eBay or B&H have been visited, I always get "the look," or if there is something sitting in a cart/wish list, I often get "the talk."

Wait, do you use same accounts/logins?

Old anecdote - wife tells husband she would like to hear more "our" than "my". Later husband is searching something in a dressroom.
- Darling, wat are you looking for, may I help you?
- Sure! I can't find our undies!

 

[Overkill-F1]

I was enchanted by a Baby Rollei 4x4 TLR recently, they are just so darn cute! The bids went way too high for me. But I kept looking and later I placed a minimum bid on a Yashica 44 LM and I won it. While I was looking I placed a minimum bid on a Japanese knock-off of a Yashica 6x6 and won it!
Stupid Ebay, or is it stupid ME! I got to stop looking.
...Terry

 

[AlwaysOnAuto]

I'm always looking but with no account it makes it easier not to bid.

 

[Clint Troy]

I knooooww!

But as I said in many other posts: the only cure is more time spent in th darkroom.

 

[Alpsman]

At least, I'm not alone. I'ts good to see, that so many folks have the same "problem".

 

[ivanuskokovic]

And my money is supposed to be for my son's Montessori, not on a black Nikon SP.

That black Nikon SP went for $4,232.02.

Were you the lucky bidder?

 

[alienmeatsack]

I think many of us have this problem.

And this forum does not help either. I see photos of and from some of your gear, I scribble down what it is, go look it up, then go see what they cost on eBay. At that point, I learn more about them to decide if they are a good value for the money vs one of those cameras that sounds cool to have in your collection vs what use I'd get out of it. And somewhere in there I end up finding something on eBay and buying it.

Same with film. I ended up with 9 gorgeous 100' rolls of Kodak Portra 160NC (expired 2007-2008) for a steal one day. Another, I found a guy with a huge box of expired Kodak Gold 100 for cheap, and so on.

I tend to mostly buy film over cameras these days but I still do buy cameras too. I am still looking to add a Rollei to my collection. Among others.

I am not addicted, I'm obsessive compulsive. There's a difference.

 

[alienmeatsack]

Say a prayer for me, I just bought an M4 last night. My first Leica - what am I getting myself into?

I did that (with an M3) and it was followed by $1500 in lens purchases, so good luck with that.

 

[noisycheese]

I think many of us have this problem.

And this forum does not help either. I see photos of and from some of your gear, I scribble down what it is, go look it up, then go see what they cost on eBay. At that point, I learn more about them to decide if they are a good value for the money vs one of those cameras that sounds cool to have in your collection vs what use I'd get out of it. And somewhere in there I end up finding something on eBay and buying it.

Same with film. I ended up with 9 gorgeous 100' rolls of Kodak Portra 160NC (expired 2007-2008) for a steal one day. Another, I found a guy with a huge box of expired Kodak Gold 100 for cheap, and so on.

I tend to mostly buy film over cameras these days but I still do buy cameras too. I am still looking to add a Rollei to my collection. Among others.

I am not addicted, I'm obsessive compulsive. There's a difference.

Hear, hear!

But then - is there any other kind of photographer??