How do you stop going to the LFS? - Page 3

whatcaneyedo · #21 06-09-2010, 01:43 AM

This just made me realize I haven't bought anything saltwater related from out LFS since last September. I've actually made around $100 off of them selling them easy to keep frags.

But yeah, I'm in there loitering every week anyways... Those poor bastards.

DiverDude · #22 06-09-2010, 01:50 AM

If you really want a cheaper, less-addictive past time, try heroin.

Short of that, you can try going berzerk in the LFS in the hopes they bar you for life but most LFS owners are quite shrewd and see right though that ploy. Besides, if you're really hooked, you spend far more than it takes to rebuild the store once in a while so they keep welcoming you back !

Face it, you're screwed.

Welcome to the club.

PoonTang · #23 06-09-2010, 02:09 AM

Once your credit card melts, then there is not much point in going.

Zoaelite · #24 06-09-2010, 02:40 AM

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Originally Posted by DiverDude

If you really want a cheaper, less-addictive past time, try heroin.

Short of that, you can try going berzerk in the LFS in the hopes they bar you for life but most LFS owners are quite shrewd and see right though that ploy. Besides, if you're really hooked, you spend far more than it takes to rebuild the store once in a while so they keep welcoming you back !

Face it, you're screwed.

Welcome to the club.

Haha did you place reef keeping below meth and higher than heroin?

#25 06-09-2010, 03:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Milad

Just want to get some ideas on how to stop going to the LFS.
Its 5min from where i work and im there everyday. I was thinking of busing to work but then that would be annoying.

Also how do you keep from buying more livestock?! I keep itching to get more but i know i shouldn't yet. But my clowns really look like they need an anemone!

maybe there is a reefers anonymous club i can join?!

I don't think anyone can stop going to the LFS but you have to leave your walet at home so you don't spend any money.

Bill

bignose · #26 06-09-2010, 04:01 AM

Keep all your receipts and then add them up after a few months. When you find the total show it to you significant other. That should do the the trick.

fishoholic · #27 06-09-2010, 04:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Leah

Laurie,

I thought you just camped out at various LFS's.

Pretty much

blacknife · #28 06-09-2010, 05:54 PM

its working for me.. but the problem with that i think is when the money comes back in if it ever does you rebound and go crazy nuts buying stuff

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Originally Posted by lastlight

Doh beat me to it.

Be broke. I'm successfully beta testing this strategy and so far so good.

#29 06-09-2010, 06:09 PM

being broke does not work I still buy stuff been lay-ed off for 8 months now and starting to look at jobs for places like Mal mart. Or buying a business they will lend a person that has not worked for a while allot of money and I mean allot of money. It does help my credit score is very high.

Bill

Parker · #30 06-09-2010, 06:27 PM

My wife has some sort of radar in her head that lets her know within 45 seconds if I have spent any money.

"Sir, that will be $300.00, (swipe visa) (30 seconds later the phone rings) Hey Honey, so I was just curious what you bought at *******"

My wife and I have an allowance system for mad money. We both get X amount of dollars per month to spend on what ever we want. Corals / Fish / Crack / Liquor and Whores, whatever. If spend above my allowance the above happens, which is a good deterant!