Finally under 50 bucks a month.

[Big Hitter]

I spent some time a couple of months ago putting every vape purchase since I started 2 years ago in to Excel. And I've kept up with it since.
My best 6 month period was 8/11 through 1/12 coming in at 36.26 per month.

If I go 9/11 through 2/12 it goes up because I bought 15 Cisco atomizers but I'm still happy with it.
I have enough of everything here for over a year except juice. Right now I could go 7-8 months on my supply.

I didn't get into vaping to save money (thats the wrong reason IMHO) but it has been a pleasant side affect.

I spent almost exactly 300 dollars per month on cigs so 36 bucks per month for a 6 month average is pretty pleasing.
I have to do an average because I tend to buy in bulk when it comes to attys, cartos, and juice.
Almost all my vape orders are between 90 and 180 bucks.

 

[Rhapsodies Fire]

We can't say that ever....cuz he's always buying other things. But I can say that our Maintanence is costing us under $100/mo. And that's exciting! Our monthly cigarette expenses were $900. With the increase in prices...we would be easily spending over $1,000/mo right now if we were still smoking.

 

[olwildbill]

I've found if you just purchase what you need and leave the wants out of the equation its alot easier on the pocketbook.

 

[Big Hitter]

I've found if you just purchase what you need and leave the wants out of the equation its alot easier on the pocketbook.

Yep, I'm getting better at that. Not fully there yet, but I've gotten where I can tell by just by looking how well most new vape toys are going to work. Gone are the I need to try everything days ...... thats for dam sure.

 

[Delilah718]

Congratz Tim! ​

 

[washvap]

Congrats!! That's a good idea to put them into Excel and wish I did that when I started. All I kept is receipts and would hate to take them all out. Organize them and then calculate the savings month by month. Your method is a lot less tedious and messy. Anyways, I'm sure those savings are going to rise again once the months starts to pass.

 

[canoeist]

I kept up with all of my purchases too but deleted a months data prior to buying my first REO. For the last 9 month, I am a little over 1500 dollars. 600 of that was on REOs.

I figure starting DIY should reduce my monthly costs to less than 50 dollars.

 

[tmcase]

I also use a spreadsheet to keep track of everything I spend on vaping. Not to see how much money I spend or save...save? (cough) but so I know where to go to buy the things that I like. I also have a column for like or dislike so I don't buy the same thing that I didn't like. What's scary though is that I have almost 600 entries.