cha ngo
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YOU SPENT HOW MUCH!!!!McCall St. Brewer said:My wife just bought a new camera and two lenses. We felt that we got a good deal when we paid just under $700 for it.
*faints
<----- uber cheapskate!
YOU SPENT HOW MUCH!!!!McCall St. Brewer said:My wife just bought a new camera and two lenses. We felt that we got a good deal when we paid just under $700 for it.
Me thinks you haven't priced out a Nikon D200 and a couple of IS lenses lately ! And yes, I absolutely have to have 5 fps. I need to capture a few images of our cat in full motion. Otherwise they don't look good on the fridge.cha ngo said:YOU SPENT HOW MUCH!!!!
*faints
<----- uber cheapskate!
You should see the movie Memento.brewman ! said:When its all said and done, you have 2 things. Memories and pictures.
BTW: I've as cheap as the next guy.
brewman ! said:You guys are confusing capital investment with operating costs. You have a capital investment ratio of $2.50 per beer brewed. Nothing wrong with that because the equipment you've purchased is a long life asset and will withstand many, many years of brewing.
What you guys are doing is like buying a new car, driving it to the grocery store and saying it cost $5,000 per mile !
What you need to do consider is your return on capital. How many beers did you brew and how much did you save on them ? Then, take the savings and divide them by the capital employed.
So Yuri brewed 75 gallons. That's 852 beers. And he saved 75 cents a beer or $639. He has spent $2.50 per beer on capital equipment. His ROC is 75 cents/ $2.50 or 30%. That's a darn good ROI ! That's an after tax return as well ! And he will get that return year after year, for as long as he brews. Its darn hard to match that return in the stock market year after year.
See... we should all sell our investments and buy brewing equipment ! *laughs
brewman ! said:You guys are confusing capital investment with operating costs. You have a capital investment ratio of $2.50 per beer brewed. Nothing wrong with that because the equipment you've purchased is a long life asset and will withstand many, many years of brewing.
What you guys are doing is like buying a new car, driving it to the grocery store and saying it cost $5,000 per mile !
What you need to do consider is your return on capital. How many beers did you brew and how much did you save on them ? Then, take the savings and divide them by the capital employed.
So Yuri brewed 75 gallons. That's 852 beers. And he saved 75 cents a beer or $639. He has spent $2.50 per beer on capital equipment. His ROC is 75 cents/ $2.50 or 30%. That's a darn good ROI ! That's an after tax return as well ! And he will get that return year after year, for as long as he brews. Its darn hard to match that return in the stock market year after year.
See... we should all sell our investments and buy brewing equipment ! *laughs
Brewpastor said:The nice thing about brewing, as opposed to photograghy, is that are equiment, while specific, does not have to be exact in the way a lens or shutter does. So a piece of roadside trash that fits the bill is as good as one you buy.
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