My limit on yoyos, unless it is EXTREME circumstances, is $65 with $70 at MOST.
Passive-aggression negates your intelligence, doc.
150 is my limit. I apologize for nothing.
Any limit I had is about to be obliterated this weekend at Nationals… My bank account is probably peeing itself at the thought
I personally don’t like to spend much more than 125$-130$ on a Yo-Yo. Some of the more expensive models look nice, but I just can’t convince myself to drop that much cash on a single throw.
For you to make a groundless statement indicates exactly how low you are on the food chain. If by chance you are going to Nationals tomorrow and Saturday look me up. We’ll talk for a few minutes. At that point you will recognize and realize your assumption was based on insufficient information. Obviously you’re pretty new to the forum. Stick around you may learn something eventually.
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My yoyo is better than yours because it cost more than 150 bucks. ;D
And it came with a limited edition poop eating dog.
Don’t have a limit…
You certainly are a piece of work Doc.
You do realize that saying “look me up. We’ll talk for a few minutes”; might imply that you are going to physically assault him should you meet at Nationals? If someone was as disrespectful to me as what you wrote above, I would be ready for combat.
That is what you meant… right?
Keep in mind, that Yoyodoc simply said to look up who he is, and he offered to talk. Whatever else people want to invent in their minds, has absolutely nothing to do with what he actually wrote. :
I agree YoyoGeezer! 
VERY sad… But to me, I would assume he is calling someone out at nationals. NOT cool, I may go to Nationals on Saturday but I do not want to see arguing over others limit/budget… Who’s “wallet” (or whatever) is bigger! “talk for a few” to me is calling me out… I would not be happy. Some places, those are fighting words. Choose your wording wisely!!!
But come on people… we are talking yoyo’s and others spending limit, no need to get pushy!! :
You know what they say about “assuming.” :
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Honestly, there’s enough limits in life to put one on yoyo spending. I can’t go buy a $100,000 car or eat 10,000 calories a day. If a yoyo solicits the price, it’s fair game.
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One thing I noticed with my spending habits…Before I felt that spending $50 for a yoyo was outrageous. Then I spent $60 on a Galaxy Shutter, and another $60 on the Benchmark. I guess I took baby steps as far as increasing my limit (that I technically put on myself). Financially, I could easily buy a $300 yoyo but so far happy with what I have…plus I have more money to get more yoyos
The Leviathan 7 is tempting if it’s as good as what the reviews say (and the shape looks comfortable too). But at the same time, I want to step up my game before I move onto the next tier of yoyo prices, keeping it at the occasional $100 throw for now. In fact, I’m looking at snagging one of those Yoyofficer Raves, they look pretty great. At the same time, I have my eyes on a Quash, also from Yoyofficer. I’ll end up getting both tomorrow when the Rave drops.
…and now $40-60 seems “cheap” for a yoyo (as much as the general public would look at me like I’m some maniac. I actually try not to tell the GP how much my shiny bimetal cost as they think of a yoyo as just one of those basic toys that sit in the bargain bin at Walmart.
It is generally a foregone conclusion that Totalartist is the voice of reason and logic on this forum. The reply she made to yoyo geezer was exactly on the mark. I have no idea if Lechuck is even going to Nationals. He made a statement that my posting an opinion was passive aggression. He said in essence that passive aggression negates or another words eliminates any semblance of intelligence I may possess. My view would be that my opinion did not indicate any passive aggressive stance. And giving Lechuck the benefit of the doubt even if it did that has no reflection on my actual level of intelligence. Because words statements or entire paragraph can be completely misconstrued and I know him no better than he knows me except reading words on a forum I made an offer. To give both of us the opportunity to speak in person and recognize that I am NOT without intelligence and he’s probably a nicer guy than his words would indicate by suggesting I was being aggressive on the forum.
Meeting and communicating with somebody in person is a lot more three dimensional than reading somebody’s words and giving your own twist on a forum. I intend to be at Nationals on Saturday and also on Friday for the prelims like a lot of other people that are going to be there. To the best of my knowledge none of us and that includes me are going to be wearing big name patches on their shirts so unless you know somebody you don’t know who they are. I’m going to be making the rounds like everybody else helping the guys like I usually do however I can. I may be here I may be there I may be anywhere but I’ll be there. So if somebody wants to find me they will have to look me up. How did they do that you may ask? I’ll tell you. Alot of regulars know me at Nats or at least know what I look like. So if they see me wandering around they might know where I’m at. So look me up simply means when you get to Nationals you just run into people you might know and say hey do you know the Yoyodoc? And somebody says,‘Sure, he’s over there talking to Andre’. The short guy with the hat thank you okay. That effectively is the look me up part. Now I will continue. We’ll talk for a few minutes what does that mean?
Exactly what it sounds like. 'Hi I’m Mo and your name is … glad to meet you. Oh about that thread on the board blah blah blah whatever hahaha yeah no big deal yeah same here. I look forward to meeting any of you guys that don’t already know me that think I’m somehow related to Darth Vader.
… I have absolutely no idea whatsoever how my post would lead somebody to think that I would use a forum to Challenge someone to a physical confrontation at a major yoyo contest.
… That doesn’t even make any sense. What if the guy is 6 foot 8 weighs 350 pounds and is some type of a ninja or something. I would be putting myself in quite a jam, ya think, lol
. … the reality is exactly what Totalartist stated.
Yoyogeezer, you perplex me with your interpretations of what others say? Yoyogeezer you said, 'that’s what I meant, right? Wrong…
Look me up and we will talk = I challenge you to mortal combat?
Huh?
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Nobody with the right mind would ever wanted to purposely create a ruckus and ruined his years of earned reputation, over a petty argument on the internet talking about how much you should spend when buying toys. And even IF Doc did really wanted to challenge him on a fight, he would’ve done it over PM or whatever instead of posting it publicly, and in any place other than a national yoyo contest venue.
I think it should’ve been obvious.
Also when disagreeing with anyone, please elaborate why. Downright calling out certain people with no backing argument is simply disrespectful and won’t ever make you right.
I find that people seem to act differently when they are behind the screen. Over the internet you can say anything, insult people, and then simply run away. People tend to misunderstand things when not seeing someone’s face directly, like when someone write anything, you can only assume what the writer’s emotion is, because you don’t see the person directly. When meeting someone face to face, you have to think before saying anything, and it’s crucial that you can ‘feel’ the emotion of the person talking, something you can’t see on a text. Things tend to end up better this way.
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My limits are more related to when I buy yoyos rather than how much I sped on them. I do stay sub-$80, but I haven’t bought anything retail in a long time, so that number is down to around $40-50.
Each person will see things differently, both men and women.
I was trying to point out that sometimes people write things that might be interpreted in a number of ways. Everyone should read their posts with a critical eye in that regard. What was written was very arrogant and very inflammatory to my eye. Whether everyone else sees it that way hardly seems the point.
As for spending, I spend what I want to on yo-yo’s. I will say, however, that this has recently reached a milestone with the release of the something TISS. Every time I have hovered my finger over the “Add to cart” button when it is briefly in-stock; and I have hesitated. I have never done that for a yo-yo before. In addition, all indications are that this yo-yo is truly a jump in performance. …But $900? Say what…?
I have collected petrified wood for years. This is natural progression that I have noticed among purchasers of unique items. When they first get in to “collecting”, or acquiring items, they are resigned to the price-level and usually are comfortable with paying top-dollar for high-quality items. As time goes by, the prices of these unique items generally increases. It is at this point that price-anxiety begins to creep in. What was once “reasonable” starts to become unreasonable; then “ridiculous”, leading ultimately to rejection.
I think that limit is a function of how far along in that process you are. I am seriously wanting to buy a TISS, but my inner-voice just can’t do it.
… Besides, my wife would kill me if she found out I spent that much on a yo-yo.
When I first read the subject for this post, I immediately assumed the OP was referring to the NUMBER of yoyos they had purchased, not the cost. When I got into yoyoing, and by that I mean 1A style, my first yoyo was a Dark Magic II because that was the one Andre used in his videos. Then I wanted a metal yoyo so I got one recommended by a friend - a DV888. Then the flood gates opened. CLYW, One Drop, SPYY, ILYY (of which I purchased every model they made), YoYoJam, sOMETHING, Werrd, General Yo… Is my point coming across here? Before I knew it, I had well over 100 yoyos and most of them didn’t see the light of day. I had like 9 cases and only 1 of them held yoyos I actually threw. When I realized that, I started selling them back to the community (thank goodness for the BST board). Now I’m down to 4 yoyo designs that I truly love and, while I have multiples of them, I feel that I’ve found my limit in that regard. Their prices actually vary between $50 and $110, but I love them all the same.
Ultimately, though, when I read skitrz post, it sounded more to me like he didn’t find any more value in a higher priced yoyo than he did a lower priced one. And for me, as I explained above, that value comes from whether or not I actually throw the yoyo. I just want the enjoyment of it. Maybe skitrz doesn’t get any more enjoyment from an expensive yoyo than he does with a moderately priced one and doesn’t see the need to venture into the world of $100+ yoyos. Nothing wrong with that. Conscious decision or not, I think it’s a legitimate one.
I’m not going to bother trying out new designs of yoyos anymore now that I have found the 4 that I like. I’m getting the enjoyment out of yoyoing from these 4 designs that I’ve been seeking from this hobby. Should I be made to feel like my purposeful denial of newer yoyos is somehow foolish? I sure hope not. I hate looking foolish.
I just buy all the yoyos.
Nah, not true. There are ultra-expensive yoyos that I can’t see ever buying. And yeah, it relates directly to the price tag. When I’m just as happy playing my TooHOT as I am playing my Evora, it becomes mighty hard to say “Next up is a $650 Dazzler”.
Don’t get me wrong-- the Evora is expensive, but I have no regrets on that purchase. So I guess “Somewhere around the Evora price” ($300 or less) is my limit, and only on rare occasions or if I plan on selling a few to recover a bit of the money.
I think it’s a pretty high limit that covers most of the yoyos under the sun, so I’m good. $650 is just never going to happen for me for a single yoyo purchase.
Obviously you seriously need your Eyes checked, lol.
You… Like in ‘you’ are the only person on this Forum that can Completely misinterpret another persons’ words. Nobody even comes in second place. It is you and you alone.
If I said, ‘black truck in the desert at high noon’; you would paint an image of a red sailboat on a beautiful blue ocean vanishing into the Sunset.
Sadly that is an issue that you have to deal with…
I honestly don’t think the Forum Mods even know how to deal with you?
Periodically I give a Guest presentation at Tech Trade Schools in my area. Amazingly it is titled, ‘Effective Communication For Productive Results’.
Your convoluted reasoning is completely outside of my zone of Understanding.
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