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A Cure for GAS (Gear Acquisition Syndrom)


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That TV ad is undoubtedly designed, like all TV product ads, to make you want to buy the advertised product. They claim that you can only be saved from your desire to purchase things by purchasing and using what is likely to be a very expensive drug.

 

Also, the fact that someone is trying to sell a solution for a particular problem doesn't prove the problem exists, only that a marketing person has determined that enough people can be led to believe that it exists.

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Somebody please do the math, to figure out a GAS budged still cheaper than the drug.

Got a point there - apparently a month's supply costs $1262 - hopefully that's covered by your medical insurance.

Apparently GAS is a real disease!

On a serious note: Vraylar is used to treat serious conditions like schizophrenia and bipolar mania - I don't think GAS falls under those categories.

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List all the equipment you have. List the things you want to do and can't do with current gear. Put them in priority order. What will it cost to solve the problem(s)? Weigh cost vs. gain and decide on a course of action. In many cases, step one is enough!

You missed one key point, GAS with its typical clinical symptoms, the ownership.

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List all the equipment you have. List the things you want to do and can't do with current gear. Put them in priority order. What will it cost to solve the problem(s)? Weigh cost vs. gain and decide on a course of action. In many cases, step one is enough!

 

Exactly. I often look longingly at equipment, but what stops me is thinking about that caused the problems I have had with recent images, or the flaws in them. Most often, the answer is the Ansel Adams quote: "The single most important component of a camera is the twelve inches behind it".

 

Recently, I showed a set of 13x19 prints. One of the two that got the most positive response was an image I took years ago with an old Canon 50D....

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List all the equipment you have. List the things you want to do and can't do with current gear. Put them in priority order. What will it cost to solve the problem(s)? Weigh cost vs. gain and decide on a course of action. In many cases, step one is enough!

 

Reasonable, but sometimes the problem is that I want a new toy! Since this is a hobby for me, I just accept that GAS is part of the fun. OTOH, since I'm not a collector, I fund it by reselling as much as I can (outside my core EOS system) once I've had my fun.

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A new TV ad for a drug called "Vraylar" shows a woman compulsively buying stuff off the internet. After taking the drug she is seen boxing up a newly purchased camera for return. Apparently GAS is a real disease!

 

I checked the price, and it's $844 for a few tablets. I think GAS is cheaper than the pills. I'll stick with gear.

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It's not GAS if you sell your gear for a profit.

Years ago I could buy a good clean used film camera, use it for a year and trade it for something else, losing very little money. Different story with digital. Most become practically worthless in a very short time. They should be thought of as appliances.

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Years ago I could buy a good clean used film camera, use it for a year and trade it for something else, losing very little money. Different story with digital. Most become practically worthless in a very short time. They should be thought of as appliances.

 

I have yet to meet somebody that has Appliance Acquisition Syndrome. But it's a complicated world out there.

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