I am not getting it. I will keep using the Axe-FX III, and maybe get the FM9 when it is available here. Yes, the Axe-FX III took about a year to hit Asia. Do not rush to sell your current setup, unless you have a friend at the US that can order and send it to you, or you want to pay a high price on Reverb.
I am in Singapore. Yeah, taking my time to sell. I have checked the local distributor but he has no info about it yet. I don't have a friend in US so got to wait it out.
That may be true, but imagine the stress it takes to earn that kind of money. I'm speaking about someone who works hard for a living, not someone whose Daddy bank-rolled them a money market / 401K early in life and now they're rolling in dough.
Concert tickets were the usual targets. Ambitious entrepreneurs who think they can make easy money scalping aren't my idea of trustworthy people. I really detest it when people try hitting up others for money that doesn't belong to them, or is just this short of illegal. Perhaps that's the problem. The seller was a "little short of cash, so he thought to hit others up for some."
I don't like it either, but my opinion plays no role on what's legal, and sadly, most people are greedy. Welcome to earth.
Been here a few years. Still not liking everything I see. Lunch was OK, but the retro fries my butt sometimes. Anyway, my opinion won't count for much either, but I just need to remember to watch myself and not fall for my "eye's desire."
I agree100%. People always try and rationalize it. I don't think it's business or cool. I think it's BS.
I used to get a large chai latte every morning on my way to work and then extrapolated how much I’d pay per year, and decided I had better things to spend my money on. It adds up fast.
Yup. In my instance, it was the amazon purchases for the apartment. The office, kitchen, and home improvement things. Sometimes the occasional luxury music purchase for building an FX board, or a new pedal. The small price tag items weren't so bad; it was the stuff above $40 or higher that added up quickly.
(I still might buy that Taylor), but I also went through hell to come out of that situation alive, so really, they’re gifts to myself for not taking myself out in the last two years.
Sorry if a little off topic but...Now you’re speaking my language for sure. The past few years my life has been on a continuous incline as I get to the root of things I feel hold me back from realizing my full potential. Getting a little off topic here, but the last two years of my marriage failing (officially single as of yesterday afternoon) really threw this for a loop but I won’t get into that here.
I DEFINITELY impulse-bought the FM9. I didn’t even read the specs on it before I was on the waitlist and it wasn’t until I had the tracking number that I actually started watching Leon’s vids on it.
Really, my biggest problem now is that I‘m just beat after work. The last month has been a whirlwind as I got my former house ready to sell and the divorce in the works. I’m in my own place now, but work has been absolutely crazy and I’m putting in 75-80 hours a week. If I’m actually home at dinner time, the last thing I want to do is stand over a stove. I’ve got to figure out how to shop/cook for one for the first time in my life. I’m mainly plant-based and when I was married, we’d just hit up farmer’s markets for all of our groceries. We could eat for a week off $80 worth of food.
But yes, you’re certainly right about the immediate gratification aspect and “I want it, I’m going to order it.” Hell, I sort Amazon by what’s available via Prime only! And I also spent a TON of money on there furnishing my new apartment as all I took with me were my clothes and gear and gave the wife everything else in the house (she kind of destroyed any positive feelings about the last 15 years, I don’t want that shit).
Anywho….I’m being pretty good with self-control and buying now. I went a little over the top when I got the house money, bought two guitars and the FM9 within 4 days of each other and almost bought a Taylor after the divorce hearing yesterday.
Congrats on the new apartment, and my condolences on the divorce. Sorry things didn't work out for you.Now you’re speaking my language for sure. The past few years my life has been on a continuous incline as I get to the root of things I feel hold me back from realizing my full potential. Getting a little off topic here, but the last two years of my marriage failing (officially single as of yesterday afternoon) really threw this for a loop but I won’t get into that here.
I DEFINITELY impulse-bought the FM9. I didn’t even read the specs on it before I was on the waitlist and it wasn’t until I had the tracking number that I actually started watching Leon’s vids on it.
Really, my biggest problem now is that I‘m just beat after work. The last month has been a whirlwind as I got my former house ready to sell and the divorce in the works. I’m in my own place now, but work has been absolutely crazy and I’m putting in 75-80 hours a week. If I’m actually home at dinner time, the last thing I want to do is stand over a stove. I’ve got to figure out how to shop/cook for one for the first time in my life. I’m mainly plant-based and when I was married, we’d just hit up farmer’s markets for all of our groceries. We could eat for a week off $80 worth of food.
But yes, you’re certainly right about the immediate gratification aspect and “I want it, I’m going to order it.” Hell, I sort Amazon by what’s available via Prime only! And I also spent a TON of money on there furnishing my new apartment as all I took with me were my clothes and gear and gave the wife everything else in the house (she kind of destroyed any positive feelings about the last 15 years, I don’t want that shit).
Anywho….I’m being pretty good with self-control and buying now. I went a little over the top when I got the house money, bought two guitars and the FM9 within 4 days of each other and almost bought a Taylor after the divorce hearing yesterday.
