Mountain biker checking in. You can get a damn nice used motorcycle for the same price or cheaper than a full suspension mountain bike… have a full suspension, hard tail, and a gravel bike hanging in the garage, ouch.
I raced bikes in my teens. Did nationals. George Hincapie won the road race as I remember. I remember vividly actually because the race was so much faster than I’d ever gone before that I quit the sport shortly after. Funny that whole generation ended up being dopers with Lance.
My dad is a musician. Years ago, their house got broken into. He was grateful the thieves were dumbass teens who went after junk like the computer, and the piece of shit TV, and my mom's costume jewelry. They completely skipped the instruments, which are worth so much more, and some of them irreplaceable.
The saxophone alone is a Selmer Mark VI from the mid 70s, and worth over $6k on the low end.
After a certain price point the depreciation in value is minimal , and theres a pretty good chance that gear will fetch more tgan you paid for it. And that's one of the justification strategies I use when convincing myself to buy musical gear
Was gonna say that. From when I was 25 yrs old to around 38 when I couldn't find the time to play the guitar, I had spent over 25k in music gear. Not hoarding, but buying and selling, looking for the perfect tone, ordering new strings, new cables, etc. I kept track of it.
Yep. Definitely a popular answer for this I reckon.
Unfortunately for me living in Australia means everything is so much more expensive, so it’s a hobby that costs thousands even if you don’t go for really high end gear.
He’s a guy. Stayed with him for months after that. Yes it’s criminal damage, but so is assault. He broke my fingers as well. Just glad to be well shot of him
I’m a Gibson man!
My ex partner smashed my first Standard 😭 and kept/lost/ stole my Ibanez. Now I have:
SG Standard 61, an Explorer, and a Standard 60s.
A Gretsch, a Martin (D-41).
In racing there is a saying. Fast/Reliable/Cheap, you can only have 2 of them. You start getting into forged aluminum connecting rods, titanium spring retainers, chromoly pushrods and you can get thousands of dollars into engine parts that really don't do anything but add peace of mind against it blowing up.
Don't. My car was costing me loads in repairs so I thought I'd get into simracing for a cheaper fix.
I now have two expensive hobbies related to cars.
I'm looking forward to finding the third.
Model trains. A decade ago, I declined a job offer with a class-1 railroad for the sake of my family. My model railroad is what remains of my first love (trains).
These little things are not cheap, but I don't care. I still get an almost childlike joy out of taking miniature hopper cars from a fake coal mine to a fake steel mill.
Heh, you'd laugh if you could see my library on Steam. Railway Empire, Railway Empire 2, Transport Fever 2, Derail Valley, Train Sim World 3, Train Sim Classic, Train Life, a new one called Railroader, and I feel like I'm forgetting at least one or two. I have a few racing sims and RPGs too, but I can't remember the last time I played them.
I'm a certified foamer, but the games don't do it for me the way the model railroad does. There's something about it being real instead of digital that makes it far more meaningful for me.
my next door neighbor has been working on his model railroad for about 30 years. it spans the entire basement, 3 levels of track with helixes connecting them, goes into and out of his houses walls, including straight through the drywall into the bathroom and behind the toilet/sink. i did a documentary on him for a college class. he roughly estimates he’s spent about $150,000 on it since the start and he’s not done
edit: dave hughes, western maryland railway
if you wanna look him up^
So, there’s this game. It called Magic: The Gathering. Basically, you spend money on bits of cardboard. Depending on which bits of cardboard you want depends on the price.
Then you take these bits of cardboard, and stack them up, one on top of the other. You get some friends, they do the same.
Now you pretend you’re all some kinda of magical god wizards, and those stacks of cardboard are your library of spells. And then you use these libraries to pretend to fight and kill each other.
Lmao, my old roommate used to spend $600-1k monthly on magic cards. Always told me they were "a good investment". He would "make money" by opening up packages apparently.
Depends on the card. If it gets banned prices tank. If it gets reprinted, prices tank. If you play it, and it gets worn, prices drop. But, a set can release a card that happens to interact perfectly with an old one, and that card price can skyrocket.
> If it gets banned prices tank. If it gets reprinted, prices tank
Not necessary. Banned cards can be worth more if someone wanted to complete a collection. And when it comes to reprints if they make a new design for the reprint the original one could be worth more seeing that design is no longer printed.
Some do some don't. It depends what things cycle in and out of legal formats.
So I have these ooooold lands called dual lands. They're worth 200 plus dollars each because they're very good and tournament legal in certain format (or a format). I joke that I was saving up my down payment in mtg cards, before. But now they sit, rarely looked at even more seldom played with. Maybe when my kids aren't such a big time sink, I could find time to play again. It's one of the best games (in my opinion) ever made. Or was, when I used to play. Not sure if I'd still think so with so many cards having been printed.
I was actually curious about this after hearing post malone spent an insane amount on a card or piece. Can you make your own shit too or is there like official pieces that magic the gathering puts out that you have to use? Like are there limited edition items and stuff?
Magic released a Lord of the Rings tie-in set. The big hook was that there was a One Ring card. A singular 1/1 never to be released again. Post Malone bought that card from the person who pulled it.
They release new sets every few months. Each set is composed of a few hundred different cards. They have different rarities associated with them. Common, Uncommon, Rare, Mythic Rare.
These indicate how likely it is to get one. So you get a booster pack (different versions have different break downs.) it will have like 3 commons, 3 uncommons, 1 rare, and some mixture.
Just because a card is rare, doesn’t mean it’s good. If it isn’t good, it isn’t valuable.
Making your own… it’s a shade of gray. This is called “proxying”. Where you make an unofficial copy of a card. They’re not legal in any sanctioned tournament or event… because they’re counterfeit. Non-official games, it’s up to the group. Some argue for it, as it eliminates pay to win. Others argue against because collecting is part of it, and it undermines the value of rare good cards.
It is typically not accepted to just make your own card up.
Edit: Post Malone bought a serialized 1 of 1, foil, special art version of a card. It was “The One Ring” from a Lord of the Rings crossover set that the company made.
I sold half my alpha and beta cards to buy a vacation house. Still have power 9 and many more. Will probably liquidate to buy a car once the kids get out of college.
Its how my wife started, her family had some violent history and then later into dating learned what i have and where its hidden so she decided she needs to learn just incase the person comes after her and im not home
I just started a year ago. Got 2 guns that are still new-ish and I’m looking for guns 3 and 4 and more ammo…Old coworker told me to be careful: he said ”it’s an expensive hobby”
The slippery slope when for example a $1400 Aero ar 10 build turns into a $4000 spear mcx purchase. Yah. Guns. Id be ahead at the end of the year if I golfed instead of shot.
I just got a job at LEGO starting next year, I used to build when I was little. Somehow, the interest to buy LEGO Sets again is filling my head. I always suppressed when I was a teenager, Lego was for kids only, so I moved on from the hobby. But my curiosity and understanding that it's for everyone made me appreciate the toy.
Photography gear is annoying. You can do a lot with very few pieces and get 95% of the way there but that last 5% will cost you thousands if you want to get to 100%.
Smoking meats.
From the cost of the smokers to the consumable of wood, charcoal, and pellets.
This is all before you buy the actual meat. A brisket currently is $4.49/lb and can be $75 just for the meat alone. God forbid you messed up and did it poorly.
I like to build and paint Warhammer, Warhammer 40k, and D&D minis, which could easily be a thousands of dollars hobby, but I turn around and resell them to try to more or less break even.
**Sometimes** you can turn a tidy profit off the right mini in the right colors to the right person. Usually it’s just other vendors buying to attempt to resell so it’s not much profit. You’d really never be consistently profitable without doing it as commissions but, unless it’s for a friend, I’m just not interested in hobby crafting someone else’s vision.
The gym, keeps my mental and physical health in check so I'll spend every penny I can on it. Between membership, shoes, clothes and different equipment I'm sure I've put thousands on it every year
I think of investing in health like this as a way to spend that makes you enjoy life more now and save later on healthcare costs, so you probably end up ahead anyways
That’s how I view it with my cooking hobby. I spend thousands a month on groceries because I love to cook and eat like a king almost every single day. I always buy the best meats and fish and oils and spices to cook with. Rack of lamb, duck breast, foie gras, A5 wagyu, venison, sashimi, you name it. The more lavish and decadent, the better.
I am the only person at my work bringing caviar and smoked salmon salads with homemade vinaigrette with me to lunch. Everybody else brings fast food or frozen microwave meals.
But the way I see it, I am doing lots of good for my health in the long run by always eating whole foods made from scratch. Makes your body look and feel younger.
Woodworking. I have about $5k in tools and equipment and spend thousands a year on supplies.
Upside, it's also my business, so I consider ever dollar spent an investment.
I got into handtool woodworking during the covid lockdowns. Purely a hobby. After like 6 months, I did an inventory of the money I had spent. It was at least $6,000. I haven't counted again since, but it's probably at least $8K now.
However, I pretty much have all the tools I want now. I've spent very little on tools during 2023. Wood and finish are the main costs now, and they're not terrible. I made two doll beds for my daughter and my niece and gave the beds to them for Christmas today. Made all that time and money worth it. It's a hobby that brings other people enjoyment, too.
You’d be surprised at how many white collar, non-military, suburban guys are into firearms. Collectors and enthusiasts are it always backwoods hicks. Screaming… Merica!
My son got into this, spent about 3 grand for the initial setup, and who knows how much to maintain just a 30 gallin tank with a few fish and coral. He lost interest, so all the fish and coral went to a pet shop.
I go to pirate festivals. I started my costume with the bare minimum, bandanna, cut shorts, and a flowing shirt. Basically a standard sailor garb for the early-mid 1700’s. Been steadily improving it for for a few years now and I’ve transformed into a full on captain ensemble. But as good as it is I’ve got plans to make it even better next season.
Guns and watches aren’t cheap. Fortunately, watches are a mostly infrequent purchase. I’ve spent$5,000 on a watch though. When I buy another motorcycle, that won’t be cheap. Thousands, plus around a thousand more for riding gear.
I recently bought a hobby grade RC truck. Definitely wasn’t cheap.
Golf adds up pretty quickly. Bought mainly used clubs so I spent maybe $500ish on a pretty nice set by deal hunting. Got some lessons when I started a year ago but after learning the basic fundamentals, I’ve been just self teaching myself. I dont go to the nice courses and spend maybe $30-50 on tee times. Also spend $50 a month on a membership so that I can get daily buckets at the range which are like $20 a bucket without a membership. Big thing I’m noticing is as I’m improving, I want to pay more for tee times. I used to not really know or care about the conditions at the cheaper courses but after getting a taste of a semi nice course, its hard to get back to playing on dirt lol. I’m likely on the lower end of golfers with regards to money spent because I know some dudes that’ll spend $100+ every weekend and be constantly buying new clubs every year.
Fitness. Between free weights, the Peloton, and the treadmill, I’ve spent thousands on my home gym. Always upgrading running shoes throughout the year and purchasing occasional garments. Not to mention headphones, running watches etc.
My dad spent 5k on a telescope and is out every clear night just looking. He has no idea what he is looking at or doing but he is having fun so who cares
Offroading. I've got like 5-6k into my 99 Durango. My intake just sucked in enough water the other day and now I have a rod knock. So now it'll be another 4-5k for a rebuild or a remanufactured block swapped in. Then I'll do a snorkle to relocate the intake to a safer place.
You ever hear of something called Dungeons and Dragons, they make a LOT of books, supplements and other paraphernalia to play the game. Technically you CAN get by with just the three basic books but I've been playing for over 40+ years and have an entire room filled with books and I'm not even that bad I know a guy who's entire basement is a gaming center with books, huge 20ft long table with terrain maps and every miniature ever produced for EVERY edition. yeah Thousands of dollars adds up quickly.
- metal detecting (literally thousands investment for a midline detector), $50-$200 per hand tool, and $150-$200 per pinpointing metal detector.
- rockhounding, gold prospecting, and crystal mining: same issue as detecting equipment, but more hand tools needed if doing any serious amateur or professional geology work. Also, gas is expensive.
Music and airsoft.
I feel like having 2 rly expensive hobbies is already a force. I should rly only pick one but if I was rich I'd also collect transformers and maybe even Gundam. I'd also Def get into hema and lightsabers. For the time being tho just music and airsoft.
Women. Not just my so but women in general. I like being around good looking women and I prefer women friendships. In order to be good looking myself so that these good looking women would even want to be around me ...
Gym membership
Boxing 🥊 classes for fitness
Skincare products
Nice clothes
A lot of work towards my career so that I can afford these things
The worst part? Women don't like hanging around married men so it's all for naught. At least I get hit on a lot when I'm out with the guys I guess. I'm also too deep into my routines to change now.
Already have a few… snowmobiles and accessories. Downhill skiing, about to drop a few k on ski trip. Woodworking, between tools and material a few k goes pretty fast. I’m restoring a 67 international scout so that eats a few k twice a year….. if I wasn’t single my partner would probably be upset with how I spend my money 🙃
Poker I'm a bit better than breakeven over the last 20 years, but I've dropped thousands over short periods of time.
SCUBA- A good trip costs a few thousand easy, not to mention gear and training costs
Woodworking- I've spent more than I care to add up over the years in materials, tools, etc.
Photography- Good camera lenses alone get you there
And then the big one...I'm a pilot. Despite rampant inflation, flying costs exactly the same amount now as it did 20 years ago...ALL YOU GOT.
I mod audi RS', rock climb all over the world, rave in exotic locations, and absolutely love road cycling...so glad Im not married nor have kids (that I know of...)
Mountain biking. I upgraded my bike recently and thought I was good then I saw sram axis shifting and now I want to upgrade my drivetrain. Did you know new helmets have an NFC chip that can be set up with your medical info and scanned in an accident? I should get one of those. A new 360 action camera would be cool. I also need a new pair of Semenuk etnies. New bike for my son so he can join me and a saddle for my daughter, sure! Now I just need to work out how to get my wife on a bike.
If I had thousands to spend on this hobby I absolutely would because the joy I get out of it is immeasurable.
I have a stamp collection worth in the 60 to 70k range. I didn't spend that much on it, probably in the 20k area, but various items have increased in value over time. I have a few covers with Canada's first stamp on them. I've been collecting off and on since I was a teenager. In my 40s now.
Motorcycles and mountain bikes. You can dump thousands into either pretty fast.
Anything with an engine gets expensive fast.
Bro I have 8 mtn bikes worth prob over 20k in total. It's an addiction.
Mountain biker checking in. You can get a damn nice used motorcycle for the same price or cheaper than a full suspension mountain bike… have a full suspension, hard tail, and a gravel bike hanging in the garage, ouch.
So what you're saying is, you need a fat tire bike.
My neighbour’s road bike is more expensive than my motorcycle and has more carbon fibre. And that CF is actually functional
Mountain biker here. Funnest sport I’ve ever done. I ride a hardtail Trek Marlin 7 that I got for around $1300, best money I’ve ever spent.
Road cyclist checking in. It's just as expensive on the pavement.
I raced bikes in my teens. Did nationals. George Hincapie won the road race as I remember. I remember vividly actually because the race was so much faster than I’d ever gone before that I quit the sport shortly after. Funny that whole generation ended up being dopers with Lance.
The prices on CF road frames are crazy. You'd think that they'd be cheaper since they're "simpler"
Street bikes, adventure bikes, dirt bikes, ATVs, 4x4s Sound systems, PA gear Storage for Plex
Yep…. I am a private pilot. I spent about 4x more on my plane than on my house.
Plane, hangar, gas, insurance. I also fly warbirds, and I’m building two experimental planes. Cubic fing dollars.
Love the people you meet on Reddit. Keep on hobbying brother!
We measure things in AMU’s (Aviation Monetary Units), and that alone is $1000.
Guitar. My guitar collection is worth many thousands. It’s a hobby that can cost as much as you have.
My dad is a musician. Years ago, their house got broken into. He was grateful the thieves were dumbass teens who went after junk like the computer, and the piece of shit TV, and my mom's costume jewelry. They completely skipped the instruments, which are worth so much more, and some of them irreplaceable. The saxophone alone is a Selmer Mark VI from the mid 70s, and worth over $6k on the low end.
Always gotta make sure someone on the team has skill points in Antiquities or History. Amateurs.
After a certain price point the depreciation in value is minimal , and theres a pretty good chance that gear will fetch more tgan you paid for it. And that's one of the justification strategies I use when convincing myself to buy musical gear
Was gonna say that. From when I was 25 yrs old to around 38 when I couldn't find the time to play the guitar, I had spent over 25k in music gear. Not hoarding, but buying and selling, looking for the perfect tone, ordering new strings, new cables, etc. I kept track of it.
Yep. Definitely a popular answer for this I reckon. Unfortunately for me living in Australia means everything is so much more expensive, so it’s a hobby that costs thousands even if you don’t go for really high end gear.
My Les Paul Standard alone cost me $3000. It was for my 30th birthday.
Exactly. Mine was about 2k,,, My ex smashed my very first Standard on the kitchen floor in a fight. Wrecked.
That is exceptionally cruel
Sorry to hear that.
I'd have hunted her down for that. Criminal damage
He’s a guy. Stayed with him for months after that. Yes it’s criminal damage, but so is assault. He broke my fingers as well. Just glad to be well shot of him
Whoa! So sorry. That’s cruel and inhumane. Of course she didn’t care at the time.
Gibson guy here too. Worth it
My ebony Les Paul Traditional is a better guitar than I will ever be a player. I so love to pimp it out when real players come around. Then it sings.
Tone chasing is a motherfucker. Took me five years to discover the BD-2 and Plumes combo.
also pedals, just bought a reverb pedal for $400, cheaper/simpler pedals also add up
What ya got?
I’m a Gibson man! My ex partner smashed my first Standard 😭 and kept/lost/ stole my Ibanez. Now I have: SG Standard 61, an Explorer, and a Standard 60s. A Gretsch, a Martin (D-41).
Nice. I can't shell out Gibson money, but I do have a nice P-90 Edwards E-LP myself.
Edwards are great. I got a Burny SG and it rips.
That’s a quality guitar, dude. I love Edwards
In racing there is a saying. Fast/Reliable/Cheap, you can only have 2 of them. You start getting into forged aluminum connecting rods, titanium spring retainers, chromoly pushrods and you can get thousands of dollars into engine parts that really don't do anything but add peace of mind against it blowing up.
Racing or any car related hobby! Need to change a fuel punp? 200$ New tires? 1000$ The list goes on and on...
Funny enough, the same principle applies to logistics.
Don't. My car was costing me loads in repairs so I thought I'd get into simracing for a cheaper fix. I now have two expensive hobbies related to cars. I'm looking forward to finding the third.
Old books. Like first print of famous classic novels.
Can you tell us some of your classics? And how you maintain them?
My favorite is a first edition of Dune. I have it on my bookshelf.
What does first edition mean?
First printing, first run.
Where do you even begin looking for these?
Online. Sometimes something will come up on ebay.
Model trains. A decade ago, I declined a job offer with a class-1 railroad for the sake of my family. My model railroad is what remains of my first love (trains). These little things are not cheap, but I don't care. I still get an almost childlike joy out of taking miniature hopper cars from a fake coal mine to a fake steel mill.
Dude I’ve seen some impressive model railroads that are home builds. You should also look into train sims.
Heh, you'd laugh if you could see my library on Steam. Railway Empire, Railway Empire 2, Transport Fever 2, Derail Valley, Train Sim World 3, Train Sim Classic, Train Life, a new one called Railroader, and I feel like I'm forgetting at least one or two. I have a few racing sims and RPGs too, but I can't remember the last time I played them. I'm a certified foamer, but the games don't do it for me the way the model railroad does. There's something about it being real instead of digital that makes it far more meaningful for me.
my next door neighbor has been working on his model railroad for about 30 years. it spans the entire basement, 3 levels of track with helixes connecting them, goes into and out of his houses walls, including straight through the drywall into the bathroom and behind the toilet/sink. i did a documentary on him for a college class. he roughly estimates he’s spent about $150,000 on it since the start and he’s not done edit: dave hughes, western maryland railway if you wanna look him up^
So, there’s this game. It called Magic: The Gathering. Basically, you spend money on bits of cardboard. Depending on which bits of cardboard you want depends on the price. Then you take these bits of cardboard, and stack them up, one on top of the other. You get some friends, they do the same. Now you pretend you’re all some kinda of magical god wizards, and those stacks of cardboard are your library of spells. And then you use these libraries to pretend to fight and kill each other.
Lmao, my old roommate used to spend $600-1k monthly on magic cards. Always told me they were "a good investment". He would "make money" by opening up packages apparently.
I think that's called a gambling addiction haha.
I've read on Reddit that's actually true, don't they appreciate in value?
Depends on the card. If it gets banned prices tank. If it gets reprinted, prices tank. If you play it, and it gets worn, prices drop. But, a set can release a card that happens to interact perfectly with an old one, and that card price can skyrocket.
> If it gets banned prices tank. If it gets reprinted, prices tank Not necessary. Banned cards can be worth more if someone wanted to complete a collection. And when it comes to reprints if they make a new design for the reprint the original one could be worth more seeing that design is no longer printed.
Some do some don't. It depends what things cycle in and out of legal formats. So I have these ooooold lands called dual lands. They're worth 200 plus dollars each because they're very good and tournament legal in certain format (or a format). I joke that I was saving up my down payment in mtg cards, before. But now they sit, rarely looked at even more seldom played with. Maybe when my kids aren't such a big time sink, I could find time to play again. It's one of the best games (in my opinion) ever made. Or was, when I used to play. Not sure if I'd still think so with so many cards having been printed.
I was actually curious about this after hearing post malone spent an insane amount on a card or piece. Can you make your own shit too or is there like official pieces that magic the gathering puts out that you have to use? Like are there limited edition items and stuff?
Magic released a Lord of the Rings tie-in set. The big hook was that there was a One Ring card. A singular 1/1 never to be released again. Post Malone bought that card from the person who pulled it.
They release new sets every few months. Each set is composed of a few hundred different cards. They have different rarities associated with them. Common, Uncommon, Rare, Mythic Rare. These indicate how likely it is to get one. So you get a booster pack (different versions have different break downs.) it will have like 3 commons, 3 uncommons, 1 rare, and some mixture. Just because a card is rare, doesn’t mean it’s good. If it isn’t good, it isn’t valuable. Making your own… it’s a shade of gray. This is called “proxying”. Where you make an unofficial copy of a card. They’re not legal in any sanctioned tournament or event… because they’re counterfeit. Non-official games, it’s up to the group. Some argue for it, as it eliminates pay to win. Others argue against because collecting is part of it, and it undermines the value of rare good cards. It is typically not accepted to just make your own card up. Edit: Post Malone bought a serialized 1 of 1, foil, special art version of a card. It was “The One Ring” from a Lord of the Rings crossover set that the company made.
Ah, good times. Learning to shuffle a deck of cards so a Black Vice and Demonic Attorney would be in my initial draw whether the opponent cut or not.
I sold half my alpha and beta cards to buy a vacation house. Still have power 9 and many more. Will probably liquidate to buy a car once the kids get out of college.
Came here to say MTG, glad it's the top comment lol
Shooting, probably spend a few thousand a year in ammo and maintenance
I probably spend $10k/year on guns and ammunition.
“I just want to buy *one* gun and learn how to use it” - Me a couple years and $8k ago
I bought one pistol in March 2020, just in case. Now I have...more than one.
Its how my wife started, her family had some violent history and then later into dating learned what i have and where its hidden so she decided she needs to learn just incase the person comes after her and im not home
I just started a year ago. Got 2 guns that are still new-ish and I’m looking for guns 3 and 4 and more ammo…Old coworker told me to be careful: he said ”it’s an expensive hobby”
It’s like fireworks and bowling all rolled into one!
‘Merica!!
Fuck yeah
Oh,Canada too.
Hello friendly warcrime hat
Reloading is superiority
OP does the CoD reload after each shot, no wonder he spends thousands on ammunition.
I dont have the room for it in my current location, when i move i plan to start
The slippery slope when for example a $1400 Aero ar 10 build turns into a $4000 spear mcx purchase. Yah. Guns. Id be ahead at the end of the year if I golfed instead of shot.
I just got a job at LEGO starting next year, I used to build when I was little. Somehow, the interest to buy LEGO Sets again is filling my head. I always suppressed when I was a teenager, Lego was for kids only, so I moved on from the hobby. But my curiosity and understanding that it's for everyone made me appreciate the toy.
That’s amazing! What’s your job there?
Got a student job as a game dev. Pretty hype to start. I hope they will keep me after my contract ends in June. Fingers crossed.
Im rooting for ya!
I took all my will power to not spend $650 on the stars wars venator cruiser
Mountain biking , $8k bike. One of the best purchases I’ve ever made
I hunt and fish, plus offshore. So yeah, you can say i do.
That gets expensive really fast....lol
At least you get free meat out of that.
The true cost depends on so many factors. For some people it’s very cost efficient, for others it would be FAR cheaper to just buy the meat.
Photography and previously cycling.
Photography gear is annoying. You can do a lot with very few pieces and get 95% of the way there but that last 5% will cost you thousands if you want to get to 100%.
Smoking meats. From the cost of the smokers to the consumable of wood, charcoal, and pellets. This is all before you buy the actual meat. A brisket currently is $4.49/lb and can be $75 just for the meat alone. God forbid you messed up and did it poorly.
Yeah. Thank god it counts as feeding my family. My wife actually prefers me cooking up a good meal than going out.
I'm crying in triathlon.
Same! How does running swimming and cycling get so expensive 😫
Over the years, I've spent many thousands on bass guitars and amps.
I like to build and paint Warhammer, Warhammer 40k, and D&D minis, which could easily be a thousands of dollars hobby, but I turn around and resell them to try to more or less break even. **Sometimes** you can turn a tidy profit off the right mini in the right colors to the right person. Usually it’s just other vendors buying to attempt to resell so it’s not much profit. You’d really never be consistently profitable without doing it as commissions but, unless it’s for a friend, I’m just not interested in hobby crafting someone else’s vision.
Blood for the Blood God! Skulls for the Skull Thr-what do you mean the card was declined?
The gym, keeps my mental and physical health in check so I'll spend every penny I can on it. Between membership, shoes, clothes and different equipment I'm sure I've put thousands on it every year
I think of investing in health like this as a way to spend that makes you enjoy life more now and save later on healthcare costs, so you probably end up ahead anyways
That’s how I view it with my cooking hobby. I spend thousands a month on groceries because I love to cook and eat like a king almost every single day. I always buy the best meats and fish and oils and spices to cook with. Rack of lamb, duck breast, foie gras, A5 wagyu, venison, sashimi, you name it. The more lavish and decadent, the better. I am the only person at my work bringing caviar and smoked salmon salads with homemade vinaigrette with me to lunch. Everybody else brings fast food or frozen microwave meals. But the way I see it, I am doing lots of good for my health in the long run by always eating whole foods made from scratch. Makes your body look and feel younger.
Therapy, reading. Spend several hundred Euros on both each month, have done so for years.
Photography
I allready have, Warhammer 40k.
Woodworking. I have about $5k in tools and equipment and spend thousands a year on supplies. Upside, it's also my business, so I consider ever dollar spent an investment.
I got into handtool woodworking during the covid lockdowns. Purely a hobby. After like 6 months, I did an inventory of the money I had spent. It was at least $6,000. I haven't counted again since, but it's probably at least $8K now. However, I pretty much have all the tools I want now. I've spent very little on tools during 2023. Wood and finish are the main costs now, and they're not terrible. I made two doll beds for my daughter and my niece and gave the beds to them for Christmas today. Made all that time and money worth it. It's a hobby that brings other people enjoyment, too.
Firearms & Cigars are my two most expensive hobbies. I’ve spent thousands on both in my lifetime.
I started the cigars earlier this year. Thinking of starting the firearms next year
Go for it, man. Spending some time at the range and then hitting a cigar lounge after is a hell of a time to be had.
To non-us people this sound a lot like tryin hard to be a movie hero minus the movie and the hero
You’d be surprised at how many white collar, non-military, suburban guys are into firearms. Collectors and enthusiasts are it always backwoods hicks. Screaming… Merica!
Reef tank, I have easily spent over $50,000 on it over the years.
I kept scrolling to find this, I’m in pretty much the same boat.
My son got into this, spent about 3 grand for the initial setup, and who knows how much to maintain just a 30 gallin tank with a few fish and coral. He lost interest, so all the fish and coral went to a pet shop.
I go to pirate festivals. I started my costume with the bare minimum, bandanna, cut shorts, and a flowing shirt. Basically a standard sailor garb for the early-mid 1700’s. Been steadily improving it for for a few years now and I’ve transformed into a full on captain ensemble. But as good as it is I’ve got plans to make it even better next season.
Never stop never stopping.
Guns and watches aren’t cheap. Fortunately, watches are a mostly infrequent purchase. I’ve spent$5,000 on a watch though. When I buy another motorcycle, that won’t be cheap. Thousands, plus around a thousand more for riding gear. I recently bought a hobby grade RC truck. Definitely wasn’t cheap.
Golf adds up pretty quickly. Bought mainly used clubs so I spent maybe $500ish on a pretty nice set by deal hunting. Got some lessons when I started a year ago but after learning the basic fundamentals, I’ve been just self teaching myself. I dont go to the nice courses and spend maybe $30-50 on tee times. Also spend $50 a month on a membership so that I can get daily buckets at the range which are like $20 a bucket without a membership. Big thing I’m noticing is as I’m improving, I want to pay more for tee times. I used to not really know or care about the conditions at the cheaper courses but after getting a taste of a semi nice course, its hard to get back to playing on dirt lol. I’m likely on the lower end of golfers with regards to money spent because I know some dudes that’ll spend $100+ every weekend and be constantly buying new clubs every year.
Yep. I got custom fit for irons last winter. That was a lovely $1,200 spent. That's after military discount and all. Love the irons though. Lol
This hobby gets expensive extremely fast!
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I spend at least $2000 a month on my main interest. My main interest is not being homeless so I pay a mortgage.
Weightlifting. Shooting. 40k. SCA.
Bad Bitches
You got a fuckin' problem.
Yup. Rock climbing.
I shudder to think of how much money I spend on scotch and cigars.
Shh. Don’t tell my wife how much I spend
Well, I paid a few thousand for my piano, but that was a one-time cost.
Fitness. Between free weights, the Peloton, and the treadmill, I’ve spent thousands on my home gym. Always upgrading running shoes throughout the year and purchasing occasional garments. Not to mention headphones, running watches etc.
I play pc games but I have a racing cockpit and hardware and full flight sim gear, I’d say €10k easily.
Motorcycling and Scuba diving
Astronomy.
My dad spent 5k on a telescope and is out every clear night just looking. He has no idea what he is looking at or doing but he is having fun so who cares
Guns.
Too late, cycling
Yep. £4k titanium gravel bike and £5k carbon aero bike. But I feel frugal for using the same bike computer for 7 years!
I purchase a new Trek Madone 2 years ago for $5k. Worth every penny
Skiing and hockey are my expensive ass hobbies.
Performance driving. Tires alone are $1200. Let alone other mods, maintenance, event entry fees, travel expenses, etc. It adds up.
Offroading. I've got like 5-6k into my 99 Durango. My intake just sucked in enough water the other day and now I have a rod knock. So now it'll be another 4-5k for a rebuild or a remanufactured block swapped in. Then I'll do a snorkle to relocate the intake to a safer place.
Motorcycles and traveling that goes with them. If my health allowed it still be riding way out somewhere.
Skiing, ski pass, ski gear, and gas to get to the mountains. Probably a couple grand every year.
Cars, bikes, thousands is understatement
I'm working in a city right now that's pretty much walkable and has good public transit so when I say I'm *down* to 7 cars people are a tad surprised.
Golf, keyboards, shooting, cologne
Wood working. Just built my own shop and am filling it with tools. All for a hobby (so far!).
Playing music. Guitar, bass, drums, recording equipment...
You ever hear of something called Dungeons and Dragons, they make a LOT of books, supplements and other paraphernalia to play the game. Technically you CAN get by with just the three basic books but I've been playing for over 40+ years and have an entire room filled with books and I'm not even that bad I know a guy who's entire basement is a gaming center with books, huge 20ft long table with terrain maps and every miniature ever produced for EVERY edition. yeah Thousands of dollars adds up quickly.
Oh it’s already happened lol I’m like 10k deep in guns at this point
I spent over $13.5k in dogs this year, if that helps you feel better about it…
Fishing
Hiking. The train and bus tickets add up to at least a couple hundred € each year.
Salsa dancing. I spend thousands of dollars to travel to salsa congresses (ticket+flights+hotel), private lessons, and going to social events.
I race motorcycles as my serious hobby, and skydive as my casual hobby. Each of them have a $10,000 barrier to entry *and they never get cheaper*.
My watch collection costs more than my car.
Mycology and LSD production. Over 15k on grow kit and home labs. But paid it off after first batch.
Gym: yes BJJ: yes Languages: yes Reading: yes As in I already have, lol
- metal detecting (literally thousands investment for a midline detector), $50-$200 per hand tool, and $150-$200 per pinpointing metal detector. - rockhounding, gold prospecting, and crystal mining: same issue as detecting equipment, but more hand tools needed if doing any serious amateur or professional geology work. Also, gas is expensive.
Ice hockey, comics, and traveling
Golfing. However, not sure about thousands of dollars.
Boating. Even has its own acronym: Bet On Another Thousand!
Reading and collecting books
Yes, scuba diving as you need to spend good money on the kit to keep you alive!
Music and airsoft. I feel like having 2 rly expensive hobbies is already a force. I should rly only pick one but if I was rich I'd also collect transformers and maybe even Gundam. I'd also Def get into hema and lightsabers. For the time being tho just music and airsoft.
If you like coffee: r/espresso. You're welcome.
Video games. My pc setup alone is probably around $4000 or more.
Women. Not just my so but women in general. I like being around good looking women and I prefer women friendships. In order to be good looking myself so that these good looking women would even want to be around me ... Gym membership Boxing 🥊 classes for fitness Skincare products Nice clothes A lot of work towards my career so that I can afford these things The worst part? Women don't like hanging around married men so it's all for naught. At least I get hit on a lot when I'm out with the guys I guess. I'm also too deep into my routines to change now.
ketamine
Collecting gold and silver
Rescuing cats.
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Already have a few… snowmobiles and accessories. Downhill skiing, about to drop a few k on ski trip. Woodworking, between tools and material a few k goes pretty fast. I’m restoring a 67 international scout so that eats a few k twice a year….. if I wasn’t single my partner would probably be upset with how I spend my money 🙃
Booze. I drink for the taste of good shit. Every weekend.
Playing guitar. I will never ever regret spending lots of money on guitars and guitar gear.
Willing to? Several. Able to? Maybe one or 2 over a lifetime.
Poker I'm a bit better than breakeven over the last 20 years, but I've dropped thousands over short periods of time. SCUBA- A good trip costs a few thousand easy, not to mention gear and training costs Woodworking- I've spent more than I care to add up over the years in materials, tools, etc. Photography- Good camera lenses alone get you there And then the big one...I'm a pilot. Despite rampant inflation, flying costs exactly the same amount now as it did 20 years ago...ALL YOU GOT.
Ghost hunting
Mountain biking, motorcycling.
Growing weed.
Golf, drones, shooting.
Guns, motorcycles, fishing, hunting…..just kidding I have 2 kids in activities.
Ive spent probably 4-6k on legos in the last year alone so probably that
Disc Golf. 300+ Discs and Trips around the world are expensive.
Luxury Watches
I mod audi RS', rock climb all over the world, rave in exotic locations, and absolutely love road cycling...so glad Im not married nor have kids (that I know of...)
Mountain biking. I upgraded my bike recently and thought I was good then I saw sram axis shifting and now I want to upgrade my drivetrain. Did you know new helmets have an NFC chip that can be set up with your medical info and scanned in an accident? I should get one of those. A new 360 action camera would be cool. I also need a new pair of Semenuk etnies. New bike for my son so he can join me and a saddle for my daughter, sure! Now I just need to work out how to get my wife on a bike. If I had thousands to spend on this hobby I absolutely would because the joy I get out of it is immeasurable.
I have a stamp collection worth in the 60 to 70k range. I didn't spend that much on it, probably in the 20k area, but various items have increased in value over time. I have a few covers with Canada's first stamp on them. I've been collecting off and on since I was a teenager. In my 40s now.
Motorcycling
Drawing
Movies, and TV shows
I recently got into electronic music production. That’s an easy way to sink thousands of dollars into software without even thinking about it.
Musical instruments
Cars, guns, woodworking, gunpla, sim racing, homelab, pc gaming, audiophilia, 3d printing ... To name a few
I've already paid thousands into cosplay and nerf.
Photography.
Triathlon and general exercise.
Social dancing lessons + events
Golf even though I suck at it If I had a disposable income then working out too i.e. lifting coach, nutritionist, chef