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Brainstorm69 
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 Topic: How much do you spend annually on TT?Posted: 01/26/2008 at 9:25am |
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So I am just curious as to how much everyone spends during a year on TT. I have only been playing again for about 10 months and just added everything up (blades, rubbers, glue, shipping, rec center membership, etc.) and it's over $600!!! In 10 months!!!
Maybe I should have just bought 1 very expensive blade and 1 set of very expensive rubbers and called it a year (and saved money)! But then again, where's the fun in that?!?!
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IceDefence
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Posted: 01/26/2008 at 12:27pm |
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Everything have spended on TT is about 500-1000$
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speed_king
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Posted: 01/26/2008 at 12:34pm |
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I dont spend any money on TT equipment. My club buy me everything I want in last 1 year!
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IceDefence
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Posted: 01/26/2008 at 12:37pm |
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Wow, you are on lucky dude
The local dealer here in Iceland lets players be sponored by Stiga
So I am hoping to get sponsored by Stiga
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speed_king
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Posted: 01/26/2008 at 12:47pm |
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I wish you luck IceDefence. I am not sponsored yet. I wish to be sponsored with Stiga also!
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tommyzai
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Posted: 01/26/2008 at 12:50pm |
Please don't ask me to add it up. I might see the figure, then jump off a bridge or be thrown off by my g/f. |
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anixon
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Posted: 01/26/2008 at 12:56pm |
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I've been playing for about 4-5 months.... I think I have spent ~850-900.
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Posted: 01/26/2008 at 1:24pm |
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$200 in 4 months.
However, I tried out lots of different types of rubbers, but now found the combination I like the most, so I now have the same combo on my two blades. |
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ttman
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Posted: 01/26/2008 at 1:32pm |
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I/my parents spend about $50 a month on tournament entery fees $600 a year, I get most of my equipment for free but I still end up spending about $50 a month on extra stuff I really dont need $600, club membership is $50 a month $600, and coaching is $50 a week $2500 a year so you can figure that, plus airfair and hotel to 3 major tournaments a year is around $2,000 and petrol/train tickets my family is spending a total $6500 a year on table tennis for me to play at a relatively high level, but im prolly getting around $2000 a year of that back from equipment sales and doing a little coaching myself I use that money to pay my share in the costs of playing.....
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liXiao
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Posted: 01/26/2008 at 1:47pm |
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200$ in about a month and ahalf, just on one blade and two rubbers. |
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Posted: 01/26/2008 at 2:11pm |
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Believe me, if you stop visiting this forum, you'll spend a whole lot less...lol
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JimT
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Posted: 01/26/2008 at 2:19pm |
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Let's see - about $160 on the rubbers for the last half-year or so, and approximately $270 on the blades, so that's $430. Then around $140 on various accessories like bag, balls, clicky press, glue, Tibhar CTE... I am not counting here the money I spent on sneakers because they are not TT-specific...
The thing is that I am more or less done with spending money on blades so from now on it will be about $120 annually on rubbers and about $100 on accessories - balls, protection sheets, glue and CTE, etc. Oh, yeah - entry fees for the tourneys... gas... etc... I am not sure if that needs to be counted here. If you do count all that, then you probably need to take into account the amount of money you are NOT spending on buying weight-loss pills or money you are NOT paying for fixing your health problems and other similar things... So I'll just stick to the equipment. |
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Posted: 01/26/2008 at 2:34pm |
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hmm around 270 last year. I'm not changing my blade anymore. So it will be less next year.
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Posted: 01/26/2008 at 2:48pm |
Good point there JimT! Just on a side note, I've dropped almost 50lbs playing tt this past year. Picked up the game for almost 2 1/2 years now and started really playing 5-6 times a week since the past year. As for last annual expenditure: 3-4 tournaments > $100 per tournament = $400 Blades: TBS2x = $200 DHS Rubbers 350x+= ........... Yea....... LoL Plane Ticket to get to China and back 2x > $800 per ticket = $1600 Total: $2200+ !?!?!?!?! (h3/h2/tg3/tg2)^350 Analysis: .... I think I spent a bit too much? |
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reachie85
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Posted: 01/26/2008 at 2:58pm |
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i think if it's the first year of playing, and starting to get serious, one would spend quite a decent amount, but after you've settled down with a setup, you'd stick with it for years, only replacing the rubbers every couple of months. i'd estimate on average, 1st years spending would be close to 600 to 1000, after that, under 200 per year. obviously this wouldn't be the case for tommyzai, =P
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Posted: 01/26/2008 at 3:01pm |
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about �300 in last 6 months
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Posted: 01/26/2008 at 3:04pm |
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keep doing what u have been doing.
life is too freagin' short,so do you get the picture ,yet?
it is a very personal question"how much"..you people made tommy come to this!!!!
if you did not buy his blades,he would not say,what he said
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Posted: 01/26/2008 at 3:12pm |
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1) $1.5 per time including entrance fee and Coke x 300 days/ year = $450
2) 3 x 729 Pre-made, Energy Wood, Kreanga Carbon, Allround Classic, Clipper, 2 x Power 40 = $450/3 years = $150. 3) 4 x Magna, 1 x Higher, 6 x Globe 999, 1 x Sriver FX, 1 x Juic 999 = $300/3 years = $100 4) Clothes, shoes, balls...= $80 5) CDs, DVDs, books = $60/ 3 years = $20 6) Internet download fees = $20/month x 12 = $240 7) TT class = $210/3 years = $70 8) $900 re-take univ. class due to lack of attendance checks (went out for TT)/ 3 years = $300 9) Competition fees = $80 Total, let me see: $1,490 Oh man. That's a freaking expensive sport. My God, I've never expected this number. Return: A lot of pals, health (3 years, no sickness whatsoever), a little bit more good looking, lots of wisdom...mostly abstract, invisible things. Thanks for giving me a chance to look back. I'm so lazy and don't expect to do the above things unless there is a chance like this. Oh, TT = T_T. So expensive. |
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Posted: 01/26/2008 at 3:19pm |
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Hey tommyai, tell us how much
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Posted: 01/26/2008 at 3:27pm |
But you also get to deduct all the money you made back by selling it, tommyz. I haven't sold anything, so no deductions for me.
 It's good to know I'm not alone in spending on the sport.
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Posted: 01/26/2008 at 8:10pm |
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Ab0ut $500-$1000 for me in the last 6 months
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Posted: 01/26/2008 at 8:16pm |
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About 1000 the past year. Equipment is part of the fun :D
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Posted: 01/27/2008 at 10:15am |
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~400$ in 8 months
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Posted: 01/27/2008 at 2:57pm |
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last year:
3 x premades = ~85 US$ 2 x blades = ~90 US$ 1 x rubber = 13 US$ net(s) = ~25 US$ 2 x books = ~30 US$ 2 x glue = 16 US$ 45 x balls = ~35 US$ entry fee for table tennis tournaments = ~9 US$ misc. stuff (protective sheets, bag, clothing) = ~32 US$ total between 330-340 US$, that's less than 1$ per day!  |
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Posted: 01/27/2008 at 3:44pm |
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a lot!!
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