Considering the money you have spent on Wet Shaving, in your opinion, have you:
1. Saved a considerable amount over the years (i.e., I’m frugal and this is part of being frugal)
2. Saved some money but nothing of true substance – pocket change
3. It’s a wash.
4. Yes, I’ve spent more than I should, but not significant amounts
5. It’s a hobby and I spend hobby level money on it relative to my income level.
Background
This post, #19 , http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showthread.php/474861-The-all-inclusive-list-of-shaving-myths?p=7838489#post7838489 proposes that the fact of Traditional Wet Shaving, is cheaper than alternatives. On a purely mathematical basis I believe that 100% true. The initial sunk costs on hardware (e.g., brush, DE razor) and consumable costs for software (e.g., soap/cream), is more than made up for by the consumable costs of razor blades vs cartridges over years, especially if you buy cheap hardware. I’m not sure this holds up with electric razors but lets set that aside.
However, the post also indicates that what in fact happens is that more money is spent for consumables than necessary resulting in greater costs for wet shavers.
By observing this forum, and the wet shaving consumer virtual world at large, what was a mundane, every day task has been glorified and raised to the level of hobby by many people. And it’s far worse than just consumables such as hoarding shaving creams/soaps, but moves into collecting hardware such as old razors.Worse yet, its not just collecting antiques which might rise in value but the collecting of modern brushes, which its doubtful one will see a rise in value in ones lifetime.
I have no issue with that at all. A hobby is a hobby and one should spend disposable income anyway you feel fit. Rather, I’m trying to get a feel, at least within this subset of consumers, of how many people truly use wet shaving to save money vs those that go to the opposite extreme spending hobby levels of money on what the vast majority of the public might consider a rather mundane, everyday task.
Hobby level money means when you have some disposable income, you put Wet Shaving products in your queue of how you spend your disposable income based upon YOUR level of priorities for your hobbies. For example, if you like playing golf and wet shaving, you might set aside money first from some new golf balls, and second for some new soap you want to try although you already have soap in the house. OTH, if this is NOT a hobby, then you buy a new soap when you need it and you buy something that a reasonable person would consider reasonably priced and readily available.
1. Saved a considerable amount over the years (i.e., I’m frugal and this is part of being frugal)
2. Saved some money but nothing of true substance – pocket change
3. It’s a wash.
4. Yes, I’ve spent more than I should, but not significant amounts
5. It’s a hobby and I spend hobby level money on it relative to my income level.
Background
This post, #19 , http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showthread.php/474861-The-all-inclusive-list-of-shaving-myths?p=7838489#post7838489 proposes that the fact of Traditional Wet Shaving, is cheaper than alternatives. On a purely mathematical basis I believe that 100% true. The initial sunk costs on hardware (e.g., brush, DE razor) and consumable costs for software (e.g., soap/cream), is more than made up for by the consumable costs of razor blades vs cartridges over years, especially if you buy cheap hardware. I’m not sure this holds up with electric razors but lets set that aside.
However, the post also indicates that what in fact happens is that more money is spent for consumables than necessary resulting in greater costs for wet shavers.
By observing this forum, and the wet shaving consumer virtual world at large, what was a mundane, every day task has been glorified and raised to the level of hobby by many people. And it’s far worse than just consumables such as hoarding shaving creams/soaps, but moves into collecting hardware such as old razors.Worse yet, its not just collecting antiques which might rise in value but the collecting of modern brushes, which its doubtful one will see a rise in value in ones lifetime.
I have no issue with that at all. A hobby is a hobby and one should spend disposable income anyway you feel fit. Rather, I’m trying to get a feel, at least within this subset of consumers, of how many people truly use wet shaving to save money vs those that go to the opposite extreme spending hobby levels of money on what the vast majority of the public might consider a rather mundane, everyday task.
Hobby level money means when you have some disposable income, you put Wet Shaving products in your queue of how you spend your disposable income based upon YOUR level of priorities for your hobbies. For example, if you like playing golf and wet shaving, you might set aside money first from some new golf balls, and second for some new soap you want to try although you already have soap in the house. OTH, if this is NOT a hobby, then you buy a new soap when you need it and you buy something that a reasonable person would consider reasonably priced and readily available.
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