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My DH is selling stuff!! Woo Hoo!

February 4th, 2010 at 09:12 pm

As I've posted before, my DH is a super sweetheart but he has one financial weakness --- he is extremely OCD when it comes to his interests. Once he gets to liking something, he goes "hog wild" and has to buy everything ever made of that whatever. Well, over the past couple of years, he's bought a ton of stuff related to what I will call "A". Let me tell you that he's probably spent a good $7K or more on all this stuff. And what's worse is that the company that promotes "A" comes out with a new product every month or so with each item costing at least $200 and up! It's crazy. Dear DH finally realizes a few days ago that he just can't keep up with all the new releases and decides to just keep his most favorite pieces and to sell the rest! He's sold $4K worth in just 2 days! And, he's only a third through his stash! He's aiming to make around $10K once he's done with it all. We are keeping the money and deciding whether to put it down on buying the rental property we've been talking about or going on a super nice vacation with the kids this summer. I will leave the final decision to him as he's sacrificing a lot in selling all his stuff. I'm very proud of him -- this is a very huge deal as he's extremely emotionally attached to "A".

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11 Responses to “My DH is selling stuff!! Woo Hoo!”

  1. creditcardfree Says:
    February 4th, 2010 at 09:25 pm 1265318730
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    Tell your husband congratulations! That is awesome. It will probably feel like a huge weight lifted to not be bogged down by the stuff, as well as future purchases.

    I'm very curious what "A" is!

  2. all4money Says:
    February 4th, 2010 at 09:28 pm 1265318914
    1265318914

    Hee hee... Just thought it would be fun to keep it mysterious... now if I can just talk him into selling all his stuff related to "B", "C", "D", etc..... Smile Gosh, that would be like winning the lottery!

  3. gamecock43 Says:
    February 4th, 2010 at 09:42 pm 1265319764
    1265319764

    holy cow! Now make sure he doesnt turn around and use the cash to buy more 'things'!

  4. all4money Says:
    February 4th, 2010 at 09:48 pm 1265320103
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    Gamecock - believe me, I've got a watch over it. DH has transferred the $4K from his paypal account over to our bank account and he never does anything with our bank accounts... so I know it's safe. Now, if he had left it in his paypal account, then I would know that the money would be at risk of being gone but so far, he's being very good with this whole thing. I hope this "improved" DH hangs around a while!

  5. wowitsawonderfullife Says:
    February 4th, 2010 at 10:17 pm 1265321868
    1265321868

    Dang, just lost my posting. I think that it's wonderful your husband is seeing reality. Imagine all of that money hitting your credit card debt! OK, everyone, now start guessing about "A"... I think it's artichokes. Seriously, everyone collects artichokes, don't they? LOL.

  6. ceejay74 Says:
    February 4th, 2010 at 10:37 pm 1265323061
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    OK, I'm guessing it's "army men"; you know, those little plastic green ones? Though I don't know if one house could hold $10,000 worth of them Smile

  7. Ima saver Says:
    February 4th, 2010 at 11:33 pm 1265326425
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    aluminum christmas trees??

  8. wowitsawonderfullife Says:
    February 5th, 2010 at 01:52 am 1265334768
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    Ima, Ceejay, you are killing me! LOL

  9. Ima saver Says:
    February 5th, 2010 at 02:11 pm 1265379095
    1265379095

    AArdvarks??

  10. all4money Says:
    February 5th, 2010 at 03:07 pm 1265382421
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    Funny guesses!! Smile Way off, but funny!

  11. whitestripe Says:
    February 24th, 2010 at 07:49 am 1266997759
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    DF is like that too. I do see the excitement in finding something that you like and then collecting everything you possibly can relating to it, but I'm rather lazy so I usually 'collect' things at a slower rate than DF. Big Grin
    DF's latest obsession is poster art (has been for the past three or four years). And while it is true that most of it has doubled (and some tripled) in value - there comes a point where you have to say 'enough!'. That point came with me when he was about to buy a $1200 subscription for the year, from a particular artist. "yes honey, it's all nice and well that you can sell them for more money - but we NEED $1200 in our account NOW, not in two years time when people WANT to buy them..." anyway...

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