Keeping Hobby Costs Down
 

If you need to keep your spending in check, just do what I did tonight:

Eliminate third-party grading companies from your favorites on the computer

Eliminate all auction houses except for two from your favorites on the computer (those two know who they are)

Do not attend National Card Shows

Must keep e-bay active to continue buying ice cream collectibles (and keep bid retractions going)

Now, I should have my spending down to around nil, let's see how that works out......

I know, i got 18 auction houses in my favorites.
I guess i should stick with books from now on??

You could also pay for a wedding and graduate school, that seems to work at my house.

Or attend graduate school and take a job in wildlife conservation so that you simply don't have any money to spend in the first place.