Me. I work at Carl's Jr. but most of my money goes towards my car insurance and gas money. Then the rest of the money I save but by the time I have enough fanime money it's time to pay off the new semester and books. It's a miracle that I get any money for fanime. I fear the day I actually have to move out of the house. :P
Anyways, I know some of you have these crazy shit budgets. I mean srsly, $500-$1000 for fanime?! SWEET CHOCOLATE CHRIST. WHAT IS YOUR PROFESSION?
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normal work. my budget is usually around $500, but its broken down into various sections.
basically, if i instantly deduct my hotel room/food/emergency cash/other funds, i really only have around 200-250 for the dealers room, and i usually end up with close to $100 bucks leftover by the end of the convention.
1)
I budget my spending. Gas money = 150-200 bucks a month at current rates depending on how often and how you drive. Yes, how you drive affects your gas usage. Food and other expenses are budgeted monthly.
2)
I work staff. I don't PAY for a badge, I pay for a hotel room with other staff (Thus reducing the costs even further), and I budget the amount of food I eat at con. This means I have lots of extra cash to pay for the other things that I may or may not want to buy at Con. However, in the last 3 years, I have not bought anything. At all. Well, except a set of daggers but that was for shits and giggles.
3)
I run a computer company in Fremont called PC Microworks. I'm the COO supposedly (Yay fancy titles that mean crap). I don't make that much at all, but I'm awesome at monthly spending budgeting.
4)
If you don't need it, don't buy it. I try to not go out too much (This always tends to fail). MMORPG's are cheap ways to entertain yourselves. I don't currently have a GF (My last gf cost me...well lets just say lots of money over a short amount of time).
Dunno if that answers the question. Heh. I'm going to bed.
I just saved up over the months before Fanime 2008, I try to find the best and cheapest room at the Marriot (I have my ways). I don't have a Job at the moment but soon a friend of mine is leaving his to move to San Diego to go to College there he got his AA in the mail 2-3 weeks ago so I might get his Job.
i save. i looked at the costs and i'm staying at my apartment on 11th st. for 2009. screw paying 40 for a hotel, i'll just pay the 32 or whatever it is for daily parking.
Fanime is what Tax Refunds are for. :-)
I usually get about 900 in my tax refund, I save it for Fanime. Makes things easy, and it's more than I really need for fanime so YAY!
I use the money from artist alley of a year to pay for reg an' junk for the next. Otherwise, like anything else I get, I just swindle people out their money.
8O I work
but I denno :U with Baby the stars shine bright bound to open this winter or so I may have to dip into those funds for my hot brand name dresses
haha phil this is a good topic... anyways you and me worked this year so lets try that tax refund thing (not really sure how to do it but i do have the turbotax problem in my computor so i guess ill just fiddle with that)
if you want to know what i do... ask joseph lol. i basically act like a bum :D
i put aside a piggy bank and collect change from everywhere i go and everytime i get the opportunity. i collect right after fanime so assuming i forget about my piggy bank and not use it.. i get around umm 60 to 80 dollars extra spending money. not bad. but then again, it goes towards all my cosplay expenses :P
i also collect bottles and cans and recycle them (YES IM LIKE A BUM) but it only gets me back less than 20 for the two months i've collected :P
I completely overlooked the whole tax refund thing cause last time I only got $28, granted that I was only working for a few months by that time but still. I'm really curious about what other otakus do to fund their hobby.
i dont have a job but still i go i dunno how
Sadly enough at my age, I have to ask my dad for money...-_-;
He always tells me "you bought more useless cartoon things again" when I carry a few cases and bags of stuff back into the car...
Usually, I average $350 for the last 5 years that I have been attending the con which has to cover my rooming, food and what I buy. Generally, I spend about $40 for the 4 days for food, $20 for alcohol w/ mixers, $80-$90 for rooming for 3 nights and ~$200 for animu stuff (which 80% of it goes into the swap meet). Of course $5-$10 goes into MvC2/Melty Blood arcades as well.
I always never had enough finances for fanime.
This year it's different.
I can easily make the money I need for fanime this year. It's just a matter putting a few bucks aside for that.
I'll have to budget anyways, as I will mostly be getting paid with cash. ;) But that isn't anything new.
Fanime is the best con for mefinancially because my birthday is usually the same weekend.
Quote from: Yuu on November 08, 2008, 11:11:52 PM
Fanime is the best con for mefinancially because my birthday is usually the same weekend.
Mine, too! :) I also just save up my money. I'm a financially responsible person.
Wow I got fired today :o. Any suggestions for my next job? I live in vallejo, not alot of jobs here.
Quote from: RaddaX2 on November 08, 2008, 11:47:31 PM
Wow I got fired today :o. Any suggestions for my next job? I live in vallejo, not alot of jobs here.
Depends on your degree (if you have one)
If you just want money, work at McDonald's or BK.
EDIT: ok, so you don't have one. Just... get through college and leech from your parents while focusing on your grades...
I have no idea if that halps your fanime funds but it sounds like a good idea.
wat i suggest you do is FIND A JOB RIGHT NOW go to target or something
Quote from: laganndriller on November 09, 2008, 12:44:54 AM
wat i suggest you do is FIND A JOB RIGHT NOW go to target or something
I know you're sitting like a couch away from me but dude wth, we just did that today.
lol
OMG I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU GOT FIRED.... why... i was going to apply there like you said.... baka...ohh well... that means available spots! lets go lagaan driller... you should be able to work there...
Uh.
I get it from birthday monies. I still live with mommie. :D
But if I didn't get it from my mom, it'd probably come from my working money. Part time, but I get hella odd hours, like... 6-8-ish hours per two months or so. Usually like 20 hrs. a week during the summer.
Quote from: Hakaru_chan on November 09, 2008, 11:56:29 AM
OMG I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU GOT FIRED.... why... i was going to apply there like you said.... baka...ohh well... that means available spots! lets go lagaan driller... you should be able to work there...
Yeah I lost my job but it was worth it. I DOMINATED on my final and blew the teachers mind with my essay. I have no regrets.
good job on ur final
So I just figured what I make as a commercial artist, and how much I can bring in per client, and how much goes to my mentor.
ONE real bad ass tattoo would pay for all my fanime expenses. Like, seriously. I had to bust out the calculator just to make sure. That's not including walk ins and other appointments before Fanime.
Of course, I highly doubt I'd work like that. XD~!
Quote from: XpHoBiaX on November 09, 2008, 10:47:06 PM
So I just figured what I make as a commercial artist, and how much I can bring in per client, and how much goes to my mentor.
ONE real bad ass tattoo would pay for all my fanime expenses. Like, seriously. I had to bust out the calculator just to make sure. That's not including walk ins and other appointments before Fanime.
Of course, I highly doubt I'd work like that. XD~!
holy sh!t, make that work.
Quote from: otakuapprentice on November 09, 2008, 11:26:14 PM
Quote from: XpHoBiaX on November 09, 2008, 10:47:06 PM
So I just figured what I make as a commercial artist, and how much I can bring in per client, and how much goes to my mentor.
ONE real bad ass tattoo would pay for all my fanime expenses. Like, seriously. I had to bust out the calculator just to make sure. That's not including walk ins and other appointments before Fanime.
Of course, I highly doubt I'd work like that. XD~!
holy sh!t, make that work.
I will if I can. I have a client that has a bday during fanime that will come up a day in advance before the con. Get inked, then we'll all go together to fanime. It's an arm cap/sleeve.
Quote from: XpHoBiaX on November 10, 2008, 12:14:33 AM
Quote from: otakuapprentice on November 09, 2008, 11:26:14 PM
Quote from: XpHoBiaX on November 09, 2008, 10:47:06 PM
So I just figured what I make as a commercial artist, and how much I can bring in per client, and how much goes to my mentor.
ONE real bad ass tattoo would pay for all my fanime expenses. Like, seriously. I had to bust out the calculator just to make sure. That's not including walk ins and other appointments before Fanime.
Of course, I highly doubt I'd work like that. XD~!
holy sh!t, make that work.
I will if I can. I have a client that has a bday during fanime that will come up a day in advance before the con. Get inked, then we'll all go together to fanime. It's an arm cap/sleeve.
holy crap, good luck with that.
wait, if its the day before the con, does that basically mean you wont be here the night before fanime?