Flashaholics Anonymous: The Flashlight Purchase Refusal Kudos Thread

A Country and Western record asked the question: “What is the difference between a drunk and an alcoholic?”. The answer: “Us drunks don’t have to go to all them gal darn meetin’s.”

I’m just one day in and already I’m fighting the window shopping!

I’m guessing we need to add some additional rules:

4) You can be gifted, but not get - or in anyway motivate or manipulate - someone to get anything for you.

5) You can sell something, but not rebuy or replace said item.

6) You may only purchase something for someone else, but not with your own funds.

So over the next 2 weeks it will be:

7…8…9…10…11…12…13…14…15…16…17…18…… Screw it, just buy some flashlight stuff. :stuck_out_tongue:

What about “rent to own” aka “hun want to buy me this flashlight, I’ll pay you back May 31 when I am allowed to buy one”

Nope. :stuck_out_tongue:

I hear ya. It’s going to be hard with deals like this always in our faces!

Of all the perversions, abstinence is the most perverse. I wish you well in your endeavor of self flagelation as it will provide a greater abundance of lights for the rest of us. Moo ha ha haaaa!

I’ll join! I just purchased a Maglite 3D from a thrift store; looks almost new! Hopefully it’ll keep me busy enough that I won’t feel the need to buy another light for a while.

I need a intervention but first I think Rusty needs to add another rule to the op: No entering flashlight giveaways for the avowed month. 0:)

I haven’t spent anything on flashlights, or anything related, this year, and actually for several months before that. I’m not happy about it, but its easy. I’m broke. The real bummer though is how much new and cool stuff I’m way behind on. I don’t even have an XM-L2, a multi-emitter light…ugh.

can we make a thread that gives kudos for going 24 hours without a purchase?

That's cheating. You are to OP and are taunting us!

Really enjoying this one. I can see the night sweats, the shaking fingers trying not to hit the buy button. The look on someone's face while thinking, how will they know if I bought one or two and didn't tell anyone...

Love it

I can’t go a week much less a month. It’s futile to even try.

Now I’ve got to go through May 23rd since, because of Banggood’s error, I had to buy the 18650 battery tray for the SR51, or else I wouldn’t have been able to use or test the light. But if not for that, I’d be merrily on my way toward a month with no purchases.

Do you have a charger for 18650’s?

I have a Trustfire that works good, had it for a couple years now. Thankfully I bought a decent one when I had cash.

No purchases for me for at least 1 month! Must get my funds aside for Amsterdam :smiley:

A day is as a thousand years with the lord .
me and Jesus is tight

He understands the need for the light here and now ...and

I promise not to buy lights once I hit the pearly gates

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Eternity is a very long time

12 days in now. I nearly bought a light on this thread. Thank goodness that another member bought it before I could.