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What is your "inexpensive" hobby that turned out to be expensive/ you gradually invested lots of money into? (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by plactagonic@sopuli.xyz to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Edit: so it turns out that every hobby can be expensive if you do it long enough.

Also I love how you talk about your hobby as some addicts.

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[–] lichtmetzger@feddit.de 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Gaming consoles and all of the parts for fixing and modding them. Got an OG Xbox that crashed, so I bought new caps, then I needed a soldering iron, then I got an Xbox 360 so I needed a modchip and a flasher as well as a 4TB harddrive and then I got a FAT PS3 with broken SMD caps so I needed a preheater and a hot air station and then I needed to get all of these controllers which are worn out so I needed potentiometers, thumbsticks...

I do play my PS2, PS3, Xbox, 360, One etc. all the time (they don't just sit in my room to look pretty) but yeah, I 've probably sunk thousands of euros into maintaining them. 😅

I use the equipment to repair other things I get for free or very cheap, so it's not just a money sink...or at least that's how I rationalize my hobby. Repaired a Nikon camera with it...then I bought lenses...just another rabbithole!

[–] argv_minus_one@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago

That would require me to have lots of money to invest.

[–] Nemo@midwest.social 1 points 2 years ago (3 children)

web development

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