“I’ve been saving for months to get the Corsair Dominator 64GB CL30 kit,” one beleagured PC builder wrote on Reddit. “It was about $280 when I looked,” said u/RaidriarT, “Fast forward today on PCPartPicker, they want $547 for the same kit? A nearly 100% increase in a couple months?”

  • mushroommunk@lemmy.today
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    6 hours ago

    For some that’s their main hobby. If they’ve got an emergency fund, retirement account, and can cover expenses, why shouldn’t they save for their hobby? Seems like they’re doing it the smart way.

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      4 hours ago

      Exactly. I “save for months” to buy my contacts, but that means setting aside $85 a month so I can drop $1000 every year on a new order of contacts without thinking about it. Saving for months for something is just budgeting.

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        3 hours ago

        I just successfully bought from contact lens king for cheaper than I could find anywhere else.

        Sort of a sketchy domain name but I got my contacts.