How do you hide the cost of our hobby?

[BestTwitterer]

Wow, that is way too much work.

Lol… yeah, it’s really heavy lifting! Whatever works!

 

[sxpm]

Cash back

 

[Porkchop]

I overpay on bills like the Cable. If it’s $150 I’ll pay $180. They become my bank account and when there’s a few hundred as overage I just call and ask them to refund the amount. As I do the bills, the Mail and the check is in my name. Found money!

Don’t most of the companies just give you a credit on future bills?

 

[BestTwitterer]

Don’t most of the companies just give you a credit on future bills?

They do but if you ask them they will send a refund. I do it all the time on my Cable and it’s easy. It’s like a bank account.

 

[Reachme.here091]

Cash back

Works only if you use your debit card at Costco and your shopping list is already several hundred . Make sure to lose the receipt

They do but if you ask them they will send a refund. I do it all the time on my Cable and it’s easy. It’s like a bank account.

Sounds like your SO doesn’t keep an eye on expenses at all. Usually cable is a fixed amount.

 

[PorterD]

I am single. Problem solved.

Sometimes it gets lonely. But after reading this thread; not so much. Because I can’t imagine living in a world where I have to answer for account withdrawals or where i happened to be at such and such a time.

 

[sxpm]

I am single. Problem solved.

Sometimes it gets lonely. But after reading this thread; not so much. Because I can’t imagine living in a world where I have to answer for account withdrawals or where i happened to be at such and such a time.

Quote. Unquote.

 

[Mendacity]

I have been reading here about how much some of us spend each year, credit card usage, and EZPass paper trails. Now the feds want banks to report "aggregate account outflows and inflows" of private bank accounts to the IRS. How do you keep an SO from seeing the "outflows"? I had a part time job that paid me on an debit card which was handy, but they stopped that practice. I need a new strategy. Maybe fake being a closet alcoholic?

who the hell cares how you spend your CASH-give me a break

 

[Reachme.here091]

Quote. Unquote.

I am single. Problem solved.

Sometimes it gets lonely. But after reading this thread; not so much. Because I can’t imagine living in a world where I have to answer for account withdrawals or where i happened to be at such and such a time.

Alot of us here came to the hobby after getting hitched and such. For me personally, pre-marriage sex with SO plus a weekly trip to the strip club and getting a lap dance until I nutted was good enough. Didn’t do much else for 10 years. Unfortunately daily responsibilities ate away at all that. If the clubs open up again in my area like they used to, probably will drop all other options. They don’t produce the same satisfaction.

As far as marriage or single, I don’t have regrets about the former. All of this is a hobby and not a life style.

 

[PorterD]

Alot of us here came to the hobby after getting hitched and such. For me personally, pre-marriage sex with SO plus a weekly trip to the strip club and getting a lap dance until I nutted was good enough. Didn’t do much else for 10 years. Unfortunately daily responsibilities ate away at all that. If the clubs open up again in my area like they used to, probably will drop all other options. They don’t produce the same satisfaction.

As far as marriage or single, I don’t have regrets about the former. All of this is a hobby and not a life style.

Yeah; to each his own. I wasn’t really putting down married life. Just a solution to this is to be single.

Dating market is terrible now in about 1000 different ways. I’m an introvert. Covid has cemented me further into that position. I just don’t need all that.

 

[Max737]

It depends on the length of time the profit investment has been sitting. I've had things building up for a few years. Pulling your initial investment won't have need for a report because it's like for like. For your profits, Anything pulled within a 12 month calendar cycle is reported to the IRS as earned income. Any investment after 12 months is reported differently. At that point making use of multiple wallets and a little "ingenuity" you can withdraw off the grid.

You are going to get a 1099 any way when converting to FIAT.

 

[Blue Swede]

Luckily for the last 20 plus years I’ve been a small business owner and have a lot of ways to move money to this hobby (2-4 times a week).
Before that when I worked in corporate life, my hobbying was very limited to once or twice a month, nickel and dimming where I could.
The only thing now is finding the time!

 

[Peteny]

Luckily for the last 20 plus years I’ve been a small business owner and have a lot of ways to move money to this hobby (2-4 times a week).
Before that when I worked in corporate life, my hobbying was very limited to once or twice a month, nickel and dimming where I could.
The only thing now is finding the time!

many years ago when I was single I worked for a company with a pension plan. When I turned 55 I started collecting it to fund various activities. Wife has no idea. Been funding my fun times for years.

 

[Honeypotlover]

Cash back, poker or gambling if you have a history of that behavior and she is cool with the discretionary spending. Reimbursement checks for something like an FSA, get a paper check. Got a friend in the trades you trust? Overpay and let them kick back the difference.