Author Topic: How are you saving up for the con? (Read 23721 times)

nikkiolie · « **on:** January 10, 2009, 08:50:33 pm »

Sakuracon is coming up and kumoricon is less than a year away. I was just wondering how people were saving money for the cons and what they will be spending the money on.

The main way I am getting my money is through working as well as tax returns. I am also going to be taking cans in and saving the spare change I have.

I'm going to be getting a hotel room for both cons and I am already registered so the rest of the money will go to merchandise.

oslapedo · « **Reply #1 on:** January 10, 2009, 08:56:30 pm »

I don't save up

I spend my my money on cosplay, registration, and hotel rooms so by the time that's all done with I just waste away any of my remaining money on random con stuff.

nikkiolie · « **Reply #2 on:** January 10, 2009, 09:00:16 pm »

ok but how do you get the money for that?

tofutakeout · « **Reply #3 on:** January 10, 2009, 09:07:41 pm »

I get allowance when I work around the house. and then I'm trying to get a job as a babysitter or something. :/ money is also given for my holidays and good grades. hope both of those go well. >_<

I plan on spending it on a room, doujins, manga, art, and any misc items I can't find anywhere.

I usually set a plan of what I can spend on cosplays and pre con stuff and then what I get to spend at con.

oslapedo · « **Reply #4 on:** January 10, 2009, 09:11:04 pm »

Quote from: nikkiolie on January 10, 2009, 09:00:16 pm

ok but how do you get the money for that?

OH! XD

Allowance on occasion, "stipends" from Upward Bound :3

nikkiolie · « **Reply #5 on:** January 10, 2009, 09:14:51 pm »

I see. that is one way to do it ^_^

Trumby · « **Reply #6 on:** January 10, 2009, 09:53:46 pm »

Work, work, and some more work after that. I really only spend my money on a few things: electronics, costuming, cons, and PDXLAN. I make good money where I work so I can usually save up money fairly easily. I'm going to attempt to go to AX this year so I'll have to be saving a bit more than normal up to the summer.

nikkiolie · « **Reply #7 on:** January 10, 2009, 09:54:52 pm »

Well that is good to hear. I will try very very hard not to spend the money on other things. I have a very hard time with that >_<

What do you do Trumby?

Trumby · « **Reply #8 on:** January 10, 2009, 10:04:20 pm »

Quote from: nikkiolie on January 10, 2009, 09:54:52 pm

Well that is good to hear. I will try very very hard not to spend the money on other things. I have a very hard time with that >_<

What do you do Trumby?

! You are quick, haha.

I work at a place called Precision Castparts. We make parts for the howitzer, a ton of different airplane engines, and other gas turbine engines. If you've ever flown Southwest your plane had a part that my company makes in it. What I do is hard to describe to people that have never done something like it, but I'm a grinder. We grind out the defects the other departments (like x-ray) find in the parts then blend the welds that are put into those areas.

KogaRyu · « **Reply #9 on:** January 10, 2009, 10:11:23 pm »

So far ive got my hotel and registration for SakuraCon done. I plan to continue working part time and pay for the majority of everything with my Tax Return.

nikkiolie · « **Reply #10 on:** January 10, 2009, 10:20:18 pm »

I think that my tax returns will cover most of it. But just in case I will have some. Plus it would be a good idea to start saving, maybe even opening a savings account

makichan · « **Reply #11 on:** January 10, 2009, 10:25:39 pm »

The way I save for cons is being frugal. xD
Unless if I'm spending on cosplay supplies.

nikkiolie · « **Reply #12 on:** January 10, 2009, 10:28:27 pm »

I have spending issues so a savings account would really help me get control over it. I think if I put half of my pay check into savings by the time I get out of college I should have more than enough to pay for many cons till I get a good job XD

DancingTofu · « **Reply #13 on:** January 11, 2009, 02:53:12 am »

Well, by the end of this month, I'll have somewhere between $300 and $600 sitting in a savings account, depending on a lot of various factors. I'll hopefully be getting a job, internship, commission, contract, or SOME form of income this year as well. My classes are pretty much all paid for at this point, and I do chores for my home and board, so my income, besides what I'm spending on conventions, is going right into investing in better musical equipment, which will hopefully be paying for itself in a few years.

For Sakuracon, I'm going to hopefully be signing up for Gaming Staff and staying in a super-duper-cheap hotel I stayed in last year. I don't go anywhere other than gaming, so besides admission, hotel, and gas, all the money I'll be spending there is $10 on a Magic Booster Draft tournament.
Next up comes a project I have for MEW Con which will cost me about $350 after shipping expenses, which I'll be working on over the summer.
Then comes Kumoricon. I've already paid my staff dues, I'll just have to worry about getting there. I'll hopefully be staying with friends. If not, that'll be $60. Again, I won't be leaving the game room except to sleep and play piano, so I don't need any more money.
I'll hopefully be going to Orycon in the fall, which will cost me some money. Not sure at this point. Like every other con ever, I don't plan on spending money anywhere other than reg, room, and transportation.
Finally, MEW Con. Hopefully, the con will have the funds to pay for a Programming Suite and the con won't cost me anything other than those $350 I mentioned earlier. If I do wind up having to pay for the room myself, I can probably handle that. Besides that, the money I spend will depend on the money I have. If I have $2000 lying around, I'm buying 10 more 27" Flatscreen CRT's for Gaming. That's probably not going to happen though.

nikkiolie · « **Reply #14 on:** January 11, 2009, 02:55:43 am »

more flat screens would be nice in the gaming room. I'm sure they would really appreciate that

It seems like you have a solid plan for your money

nikkiolie · « **Reply #15 on:** January 11, 2009, 03:03:29 am »

I always found it useful to save left over lunch money when I was trying to save up for something. Or starve myself a little to save like $5 per week or so.

oslapedo · « **Reply #16 on:** January 11, 2009, 03:04:50 am »

I always did that! I just mooched off my friends for food! Too bad my dad gives me checks now for lunch

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nikkiolie · « **Reply #17 on:** January 11, 2009, 03:05:54 am »

how do you use checks at school?

oslapedo · « **Reply #18 on:** January 11, 2009, 03:07:25 am »

We give them to the lunch lady and they deposit it into our account. Then we get our lunch by scanning our student body car ^w^

EveofAbyss · « **Reply #19 on:** January 11, 2009, 03:11:26 am »

Well I won't be going to Sakuracon and I don't have a job so really there is no way for me to save up, heh. I can put a little of my financial aide away for later, but by the time Kumoricon gets here I will have had to start paying it all back anyway, so...yeah...and I will have a wedding to save and plan for, which is no cheap thing, lol.

But hopefully I get this job I've got a call back for. I may work at Noodles & Co. soon! ^_^

nikkiolie · « **Reply #20 on:** January 11, 2009, 03:12:02 am »

Quote from: oslapedo on January 11, 2009, 03:07:25 am

We give them to the lunch lady and they deposit it into our account. Then we get our lunch by scanning our student body car ^w^

wow that is fancy. We had to use cash =/

oslapedo · « **Reply #21 on:** January 11, 2009, 03:15:45 am »

Quote from: EveofAbyss on January 11, 2009, 03:11:26 am

But hopefully I get this job I've got a call back for. I may work at Noodles & Co. soon! ^_^

Noodles & Co? What is that magical sounding place?

@ Dana, I meant *card

Quote from: nikkiolie on January 11, 2009, 03:12:02 am

Quote from: oslapedo on January 11, 2009, 03:07:25 am
We give them to the lunch lady and they deposit it into our account. Then we get our lunch by scanning our student body car ^w^
wow that is fancy. We had to use cash =/

Pshaw, this be the 21st century yo.

EveofAbyss · « **Reply #22 on:** January 11, 2009, 03:17:52 am »

Quote from: oslapedo on January 11, 2009, 03:15:45 am

Quote from: EveofAbyss on January 11, 2009, 03:11:26 am
But hopefully I get this job I've got a call back for. I may work at Noodles & Co. soon! ^_^

Noodles & Co? What is that magical sounding place?

http://www.noodles.com/
It's a restaurant specializing in noodles, of course!

nikkiolie · « **Reply #23 on:** January 11, 2009, 03:19:19 am »

at OSU we have a card that they use. It's really nice. They are thinking about making it a bank card too, which would be very useful

oslapedo · « **Reply #24 on:** January 11, 2009, 03:29:40 am »

OMG EVE THAT STUFF LOOKS SO GOOD. Where is it?

nikkiolie · « **Reply #25 on:** January 11, 2009, 03:30:33 am »

I like noodles. Is that the one at Bridgeport?

nikkiolie · « **Reply #26 on:** January 11, 2009, 03:33:59 am »

But I don't get to go to Clackamas often, only for meet-ups.

EveofAbyss · « **Reply #27 on:** January 11, 2009, 04:02:01 am »

The one I applied for a position at is out in Beaverton, near Uwajimaya and Fred Meyer.

melchizedek · « **Reply #28 on:** January 11, 2009, 07:09:51 am »

Cool, I'll have to stop by and see how good the noodles you make are

EveofAbyss · « **Reply #29 on:** January 11, 2009, 08:19:38 am »

Yup yup, of course I will only be washing dishes if I do get the job, but still, heh

nikkiolie · « **Reply #30 on:** January 11, 2009, 09:41:29 am »

Quote from: EveofAbyss on January 11, 2009, 04:02:01 am

The one I applied for a position at is out in Beaverton, near Uwajimaya and Fred Meyer.

I see. I may have to visit you if you get the job, even if you are only washing dishes

EveofAbyss · « **Reply #31 on:** January 11, 2009, 12:44:19 pm »

I've got an interview today, so we'll see. ^_^

nikkiolie · « **Reply #32 on:** January 11, 2009, 01:03:07 pm »

I wish you the best of luck ^_^

Cassiopeia · « **Reply #33 on:** January 11, 2009, 01:12:54 pm »

Hopefully people will buy buttons from me when I get my machine. :0

nikkiolie · « **Reply #34 on:** January 11, 2009, 01:53:47 pm »

I would buy a button from you. What kind are you making?

nikkiolie · « **Reply #35 on:** January 11, 2009, 01:59:14 pm »

O.O it would be great to have a button the size of your face with a picture of your face on it XD

I would so buy one

Cassiopeia · « **Reply #36 on:** January 11, 2009, 02:01:06 pm »

o___O Those would be huge. The biggest size I know of is 6". That could fit most of one face, depending on the size of the face... xD

I'm making 1.25" sized buttons.

nikkiolie · « **Reply #37 on:** January 11, 2009, 02:02:35 pm »

are they going to have anything in particular on them?

Cassiopeia · « **Reply #38 on:** January 11, 2009, 02:04:05 pm »

No, I'll make anything that people request to the best of my abilities. I don't want to limit my market.

(Though at K-con if I get a table with my friends at the artists alley we'll have a set selection there.)

nikkiolie · « **Reply #39 on:** January 11, 2009, 02:07:28 pm »

it would be pretty cool to have some of those friends make a small artwork and make buttons out of that

makichan · « **Reply #40 on:** January 11, 2009, 02:08:36 pm »

did you decide on a price per. button? If you get a table I'll be sure to check it out ;P

nikkiolie · « **Reply #41 on:** January 11, 2009, 02:10:28 pm »

I would check it out too. I may even buy buttons from you before hand to help you raise money

Cassiopeia · « **Reply #42 on:** January 11, 2009, 02:19:56 pm »

Quote from: nikkiolie on January 11, 2009, 02:07:28 pm

it would be pretty cool to have some of those friends make a small artwork and make buttons out of that

That's the plan.

I still have to figure out the exact cost of materials per button but I think they're going to be $1. I feel like the most people would probably buy them at that price and it would be the easiest to handle.

nikkiolie · « **Reply #43 on:** January 11, 2009, 02:22:23 pm »

I would so buy one. If they are $1 I may buy lots

Cassiopeia · « **Reply #44 on:** January 11, 2009, 02:41:36 pm »

Hooray.

Secret_Agent_V · « **Reply #45 on:** January 17, 2009, 01:50:21 am »

I actually have an entire separate savings account at my bank reserved for Kcon. I won't be able to go to Sakuracon (maybe next year...) so every paycheck I'm setting aside $15 for the con. By June I should have $300 saved, 100 of which will go to hotel, another 100 probably to my cosplay, and the rest of that to food for the room. After that though I'll still be saving for con stuff and art.

nikkiolie · « **Reply #46 on:** January 17, 2009, 09:13:49 am »

that is a good way to do it. I will have to look into something like that

tofutakeout · « **Reply #47 on:** January 17, 2009, 09:33:59 am »

0_0 my dad just told me he'd give me money for con. like a lot. not like he's gonna give me 500 or something but something sort of close to it.

and I think I might've found some possibilities for a some jobs. I think I'll be able to handle everything I need too for each con. :3

nikkiolie · « **Reply #48 on:** January 17, 2009, 01:49:19 pm »

that would be really nice $500 would easily cover all your expenses

nikkiolie · « **Reply #49 on:** January 17, 2009, 09:00:23 pm »

I think my parents would give me some money if I asked but it wouldn't be too much >_>;

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