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Anonymous07/19/26, 02:36No.18742085Would you spend 2.5 times your salary on...
-a clothing item (ie coat)?
-a watch or jewelry?
-shoes?
In The Overcoat by Nikolai Tolstoy, the character, Akaki, buys an Overcoat that is worth 2.5 his monthly wage.
Being a poor wagie, he has spent many years saving money for it.
A few days after buying the overcoat, someone steals it from him. Not being able to get another new coat and being in Russia in winter, he dies.
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Anon07/19/26, 02:37No.18742087
*Nikolai Gogol
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Anon07/19/26, 03:16No.18742095
No, never.
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Anon07/19/26, 08:20No.18742181
The most I've ever spent at once was $2k on a set of alpine stars bike leathers. I can make $2k in a week sometimes.
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Anon07/19/26, 11:37No.18742222
Clothing used to be expensive because of the prices of the materials. Real fur, leather, fabric produced in low tech facilities, etc.
Today there's no excuse for clothes being expensive af. Everything is mass produced for pennies
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Anon07/19/26, 12:54No.18742253
A watch I'd spend a month's salary on.
Shoes, a suit or outerwear I'd spend two weeks' salary on.
Anything else, no more than a single week's salary.
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Anon07/19/26, 13:21No.18742267
salary? this is neet forum
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Anon07/19/26, 13:31No.18742275
There's not really any need to spend more than ~$1000 on any item to get great quality.
Designer wool coat, $800-1500, real nice ones up to 2k.
A loro Piana coat for +5000 you're paying for the name. You can buy the budget versions of the quiet ultra luxury styles at places like Pini parma.
Great shoe/boots from real shoemakers $500-1000, above that is fancy leathers, hand made, brand premium.
You get a decent watch for $500-1000, probably use same base movements as something that cost $1500-3000.
Luxury entry watches 5k-10k, but should hold value ok, especially if you buy used.
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Anon07/19/26, 17:16No.18742363
Why don't he just steal one from another man and kick start the buying-stealing cycle?