GRcade

GRCade Annual gaming budget's for 2009 - THE RESULT:

Adam Pollard = £200 (Spent £202.74) Balance = £-2.74 (101.37%)
akijones = £400 (Spent £160.92) Balance = £239.08 (40.23%)
Alex = £350 (Spent £217.00) Balance = £133.00 (62.00%)
AlexHarman = £200 (Spent £39.80) Balance = £160.20 (19.90%)
Alpha eX (w.e.f. 22/08) = £200
Avon = £300 (Spent £295.54) Balance = £4.46 (98.51%)
bigcheez2k3 = £500 (Spent £37.06) Balance = £462.94 (7.41%)
Buffalo = £500 (Spent £250.78) Balance = £249.22 (50.15%)
cooldawn = £700 (Spent £369.42) Balance = £330.58 (52.77%)
Cropolite = €350 (Spent €478.00) Balance = €-128.00 (136.57%)
Dante = £1200 (Spent £1382.75) Balance = £-182.75 (115.23%)
F-Heonix = £300 (Spent £334.33) Balance = £-34.33 (111.44%)
FatDaz = £400 (Spent £305.34) Balance = £94.66 (76.33%)
final-fx = £250 (Spent £272.07) Balance = £-22.07 (108.83%)
gaminglegend = £200 (Spent £110.00) Balance = £90.00 (55.00%)
Garth = £300 (Spent £188.66) Balance = £111.34 (62.88%)
HailTTKB = £500 (Spent £173.26) Balance = £326.74 (34.65%)
hamm sandwich = £600 (Spent £79.26) Balance = £520.74 (13.21%)
Harry Bizzle = £250 (Spent £188.01) Balance = £61.99 (75.20%)
Henke = £250 (Spent £55.00) Balance = £195.00 (22.00%)
HSH28 = £1200 (Spent £2931.76) Balance = £-1731.76 (244.31%)
IronHide = £600 (Spent £601.60) Balance = £-1.60 (100.26%)
IronMaiden = £500 (Spent £14.18) Balance = £485.82 (2.83%)
JayGo = £500 (Spent £91.10) Balance = £408.90 ** Withdrawn **
JiggerJay = £500 (Spent £629.90) Balance = £-129.90 (125.98%)
Jimmy Shedders = £650 (Spent £151.71) Balance = £498.29 (23.34%)
Joer = £300 (Spent £67.42) Balance = £232.58 (22.47%)
KingK = £200 (Spent £489.32) Balance = £-289.32 (244.66%)
laggyjim = £300 (Spent £313.91) Balance = £-13.91 (104.63%)
Loire = £150 (Spent £2.08) Balance = £147.92 (1.38%)
marillion Col = £300 (Spent £1025.63) Balance = £-725.63 (341.87%)
mcjihge2 = £600 (Spent £624.49) Balance = £-24.49 (104.08%)
Neph = £350 (Spent £496.06) Balance £-146.06 (141.73%)
Nook29 = £500 (Spent £657.73) Balance = £-157.73 (131.54%)
Nova = £100 (Spent £30.00) Balance = £70.00 (30.00%)
Oh Teh Noes = £300 (Spent £32.34) Balance = £267.66 (10.78%)
Peter Crisp = £300 (Spent £374.63) Balance = £-74.63 (124.87%)
plaido = £300 (Spent £527.49) Balance = £-227.49 (175.83%)
Project = £300 (Spent £262.93) Balance = £37.07 (87.64%)
Project Rain = £300 (Spent £155.09) Balance = £144.91 (51.69%)
Prototype = £250 (Spent £347.03) Balance = £-97.03 (138.81%)
PurplePenguin = £500 (Spent £316.68) Balance = £183.32 (63.33%)
Rex Kramer = £100 (Spent £195.50) Balance = £-95.50 (195.50%)
Rik = £1200 (Spent £4947.00) Balance = £-3747.00 (412.25%)
rikkit = £250 (Spent £181.27) Balance = £68.73 (72.51%)
Roonmastor = £120 (Spent £166.95) Balance = £-46.95 (139.12%)
Rubix78 = £500 (Spent £541.48) Balance = £-41.48 (108.29%)
Sarge = £750 (Spent £1488.00) Balance = £-738.00 (198.40%)
Seven = £1200 (Spent £1820.06) Balance = £-620.06 (151.67%)
Shadow = £1200 (Spent £67.70) Balance = £1132.30 (5.64%)
$ilva $hadow = £200 (Spent £137.00) Balance = £63.00 (68.50%)
Skarjo = £1000 (Spent £431.50) Balance = £568.50 (43.15%)
Slayerx = £300 (£1.81 in credit)
Something Fishy = £400 (Spent £220.00) Balance = £180.00 (55.00%)
suzzopher = £500 (Spent £241.21) Balance = £258.79 (48.24%)
TigaSefi = £300 (Spent £62.00) Balance = £238.00 (20.66%)
tomvek = £300 (Spent £248.04) Balance = £51.96 (82.68%)
TruGamez = £350 (Spent £367.01) Balance = £-17.01 (104.86%)
Weapon of Choice / Mommy / Eyes Of God / Trinity = £250 (Spent £194.94) Balance = £58.06 (77.97%)
Wedgie = £200 (Reduced from £300) (Spent £285.90) Balance = £-85.90 (142.95%)
White Rabbit = £250 (Spent £75.77) Balance = £174.23 (30.31%)
WKD = £350 (Spent £671.00) Balance = £-321.00 (191.71%)
Zenigame = £450 (Spent £58.97) Balance = £391.03 (13.10%)

I've included percentages aswell which show the percentage of your budget spent. Thought I was going to be the worst, but fortunately Rik managed to spend an unbelievable amount of money this year, having set the joint highest budget and managing to spend over 4 times his budget.

Although I've set myself a higher budget for 2010 at £500, it's still less than half of what I spent this year so is going to be a challenge. I think I set my budget far too low this year as I'd never kept track of my spending before.

My work here is now done!

Good job Col.

Yep, well done...although in the end I didn't manage to really change my spending at all, its been good keeping track of it all the same.

If I hadn't bought a PS3, then I would have only been £27 over budget, which is pretty good IMO.

Great job on the thread Col, Seven has a hard act to follow

Nice job Col. Looking back on this year, it really hasn't been my sort of gaming hence a relative simple spend. Though Street Fighter & MW2 more than made up for that

So the people who went ridiculously over budget i.e. HSH and Rik, have you learnt anything from this or to carry on as normal?

Floex wrote:So the people who went ridiculously over budget i.e. HSH and Rik, have you learnt anything from this or to carry on as normal?

Well I've upped my budget for next year by half, obviously that still leaves me with a good £1200 to cut somewhere. I'll set out to do that, but really who knows where we'll be by the end of the year.

HSH28 = £1200 (Spent £2931.76) Balance = £-1731.76 (244.31%)

strawberry floating hell

I've learned that I spend far more than I thought on games, £20 here and there doesn't seem a lot but over a year it has obviously added up to a substantial amount, £5,000 is pretty shocking to be honest as I honestly thought it would be nearer £2,500 at the most.

Ok my PC purchase made it far worse than a normal year and I got a load of retail PC games as well as 100 games on Steam in six months

I will do better this year, I could have taken the family on a cruise for that amount of cash.

I've stickied the new thread, so I'll have to unsticky this one now or the top will end up quite cluttered!

Move this thread to the archive maybe.

Not to good from me but will do better this year

Thanks for the support guys. I hope you've found it interesting.

I stopped posting in this thread after I failed miserably at this. It wasn't games that I bought, but peripherals that shot me way over my budget. I failed miserably. On the other hand, I DID buy less games meaning this year will see me get what I wanted last year for dirt cheap.

So, Rik, c'mon did you win the lottery?

Photek wrote:So, Rik, c'mon did you win the lottery?

Afraid not.

I just have no life outside games & working