My Year Long Paypal Experiment

Essellohbeebeewhy · Feb 25, 2010

We've seen 2 pretty good threads lately about ebay use and how much we spend etc

ersks guessing comp
http://www.ozcardtrader.com.au/forum/general-forum/71391-guess-my-ebay-use.html

and verse1's past 60 day thread
http://www.ozcardtrader.com.au/forum/general-forum/71367-your-past-60-days-ebay.html

Its pretty good timing because on the 21st of February 2009 i started to keep ALL of my paypal receipts to see how much i spend over a year. I told verse1 about it yesty and he's posed the question today in his thread.

I have only done the monetary value of money spend, not the amount of cards...so here it is, a years worth of ebay and pippens

21/2/09-21/2/10 - $11,435.58

i was also in the south pacific for a month so it could have been worse!

A1CardsandGaming · Feb 25, 2010

That must be some serious pippens

get them while you can before the children come along

Cobretti · Feb 25, 2010

Far out

from 25/2/09 to 25/2/10

$17,489US ($19,211 AUS) well accoridng ot the record. so whatever the exchange rates where at the time of the year.

Jets59 · Feb 25, 2010

That is impressive guys that actually makes me feel a lot better about my own spending lol.

Verse1 · Feb 25, 2010

Cobretti said:
Far out

from 25/2/09 to 25/2/10

$17,489US ($19,211 AUS) well accoridng ot the record. so whatever the exchange rates where at the time of the year.

Crazy stuff, i'm going through my paypal account tonight. I reckon i'll give you a run for you money

mischap123 · Feb 25, 2010

bdean_182 said:
That is impressive guys that actually makes me feel a lot better about my own spending lol.

Ditto to that quote. Out of interest. How many of the "big spenders" are married with a mortgage and kids? Not many I should imagine. I'd be shot, drawn and quartered if I spent half of that. LUCKY BUGGERS

exzibit3 · Feb 25, 2010

Holy freaking crap...that's a whole lotta dough...

loafic · Feb 25, 2010

wowsers boys... thats serious coin when you look at it on its own

aussie26 · Feb 25, 2010

ive spent 15K in the last 12 months on busting wax, over 200 boxes wowzers, and the year before was higher, think i should go back to gambling it was cheaper addiction

exzibit3 · Feb 25, 2010

BTW guys, which link do you click on to get the transaction history with the full amount spent without having to calculate each transaction?

Veny · Feb 25, 2010

Thats crazy man, how bad do you feel?

postgsl · Feb 25, 2010

exzibit3 said:
BTW guys, which link do you click on to get the transaction history with the full amount spent without having to calculate each transaction?

I went to history and requested a download in pdf format. It will be sent in an email, hate to think how big it will be.

Ersk · Feb 25, 2010

Cobretti said:
Far out

from 25/2/09 to 25/2/10

$17,489US ($19,211 AUS) well accoridng ot the record. so whatever the exchange rates where at the time of the year.

pfft.....pocket change

Ersk

vivo87 · Feb 25, 2010

Holy sh!t thats crazy guys, i dont think i could spend that much on cards

Cobretti · Feb 25, 2010

well to be fare. some of it went on games.

but most my games and dvds are bought in store. so... i think it is mainly cards.

A_Iverson_I · Feb 26, 2010

Attyball probably finds that much down the back of the couch

postgsl · Feb 26, 2010

For me it was Ersk's petty cash..spent $8385.87..however both me and the wife share the same paypal account.

On the plus side..received $3736.47

Essellohbeebeewhy · Feb 26, 2010

mischap123 said:
Ditto to that quote. Out of interest. How many of the "big spenders" are married with a mortgage and kids? Not many I should imagine. I'd be shot, drawn and quartered if I spent half of that. LUCKY BUGGERS

im not married but i have a mortgage and a jetski and my gf earns a sh!tload more than me but im comfortable. I got back into cards just before i met the gf but it wasnt big, she's seen me progress my spending slowly, it wasnt all at once.

loafic said:
wowsers boys... thats serious coin when you look at it on its own

isnt it! i nearly fainted, i was adding it up on my calculator (i didnt use paypal itself, just the receipts) and i kept thinking "dont get to 7k, oh ok dont get to 8k, umm ok dooont get to 9...d'oh please dont get to 10..... 11.....so much relief it stopped at 11!

Veny said:
Thats crazy man, how bad do you feel?

i felt bad for about 3 mintues...then it passed

Ersk said:
pfft.....pocket change

Ersk

we're waiting mate!! you and verse1 and aussie26 i thought would be interesting, aussie posted his and verse is working on his..c'mon mate!!

vivo87 said:
Holy sh!t thats crazy guys, i dont think i could spend that much on cards

neither did i but i did! i think everyone should have a look at what they spend over a year. it will either curb your spending or liberate you and set you free....im already free though, as soon as i dropped 350 on a card i was freed!

btw all these pale in comparision to durian who i once watched spend $25,000 in a week!

nenjabin · Feb 26, 2010

Guys to figure this out do I need to use a calculator and add them up or can PayPal give me a total? CBF with the first option

---------- Post added 26-02-2010 at 08:40 AM ----------

Hmmm... $6166.52US ... but sold $2167.98US

wonga_5 · Feb 26, 2010

from feb 25th 2009 - feb 25th 2010 mines about

Spent
$1188 Aussie
$3750 US

Received
$460 Aussie
$1780 US

i dont think i did to bad

i do spend more money on shoes, games & dvd's though hahaha

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