Economy blues poll

[dsaundry]

So after observing how fast and slow things are selling here and abroad on the forum my poll is this: The majority of people don't seem to be spending as much or are downsizing or getting out of the hobby altogether. I would have to atribute this to lay-off's at work, slower business or business closure etc. So I will put in a few options for your views.

[reefwars]

I voted things are the same for me I thought it was gonna get slow but I work for a rental company and when the recession hit they started buying cheap properties , they have been waiting years for this and when it happens they buy it all up. Lately I've been working 16 hr days with little tank time but I'm building a huge custom tank so I'm still spending, orob mire now than ever lol

[amoreira]

For me things are great! The only problem I have is LFS not stocking the stuff I want and waiting for slow shipping.

[Sebae again]

My spending has slowed mainly because of 2 reasons; HST and City Bank cranking up my credit card from 5% to 25% and increasing the payments. Thanks for bailing them out Mr. President of "A."

[The Grizz]

There is no option for ' business partner stole all the company assets and left you with the debt and refuses to be a civil human being '.

So then the next closet thing is option 1, but I have no plans to get out or down size if at all possible.

Starting a new company and looking into opening a SW shop here in Red Deer if I can get approval from the BD of C.

[Albertan22]

I was under the impression that the recession was over and things were picking up again? We've been busier at work during Q2 and Q3 than we were during the boom years.

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

Tutoring overseas university and college students seems to be fairly recession proof so far.

Spending what I need to (but a lot more carefully & less) on the hobby, especially with the conversion of the cube into sw anemone tank & building (a second time) a new big "tang" tank. It seems like every time I think I'm done spending for a little bit, I find I need more salt or there's some cool coral or another tang for sale.

Fortunately, got sooooo much extra equipment lying around that I haven't had to spend alot on that stuff for the new sw tanks.

But definitely not spending as freely as I used to on my hobby and have shut down my fw tanks to create the space for more sw. I think if I didn't have a lot of equipment already & had to buy everything, then these new sw setups would have been on hold.

I've also noticed a lot more stuff for sale and tanks being shut down or downsized in the last year.

[Nanoized]

but really its my kids that are so damn expensive (Equestrian and Figure Skating) that is slowing my reef spending.

[dsaundry]

Yes kids can cost a fortune sometimes, I have 4 and have put 3 of them through various forms of post education, automobiles etc. My wife and I have a business that is doing ok for now, but we have definately seen economic slow down.

[reef-keeper]

I have been down sized to 32 hours a week This year. Three years I budgeted on a 40 hour week and bought a truck. Now we are living on a cheque to cheque basis. Plug gone through my six month emergency savings account. Yes down sizing suck But you have to what you have to do. Hobbies in my house get a budget of spend only enough to keep them alive nothing more nothing less. So far I have not lost but gained.