how did you stumble across the cash to snab your first decks?

im currently 16, i love the art, but dont have my own setup, and been trying to put pieces of money together since im 14. my parents have always had a no allowance policy, and no lunch money, and no money to go out, and nada. basically, i get 3 meals a day and my bed, if i want something extra, thats my problem. in a way, it had really taught me the value of money, not like most kids my age that just throw it away. i dont really have transportation, and i live in a suburb of sorts, so i cant really get a job. true, there were ZERO vinyl shops or music related shops that had ANYTHING to do with electronica what so ever till just last friday (first record store opened, woohoo!) so it was a bit harder before, now it wont be so much.

the store doesnt carry gear, but the owner is very cool and said he could hook me up with a pair of used techs for $170 US, i was free to test them out before paying, so thats quite a deal. still, i'd need a mixer, but thats another ballgame.

so, tell me about your experiences to get cash, odd jobs you did, that time you sold crack to buy yourself an Allen&Heath, etc etc :P

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well, i broke a deal with my parents. i bought my gear in september, and my birthday is in october. So the deal was no birthday or christmas presents, and i have to pay half of the total money paid back to them. when i bought the gear i owed them 900 USD, now i owe them about 500 USD.

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It has to start somewhere,
It has to start sometime,
What better place then here?
What better time than now?
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nice... but please, be explicit, describe it all, what you told them, what gear it is, whether is was worth the hard work/conning/stealing, etc :P

dunno why, i enjoy reading this type of stuff... hehe

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I sold off a lot of stuff. My bass guitar, for one thing. And I still haven't bought the second turntable.

I saved and saved, and sold my drum kit, my bass, and other stuff. I bought a TT and a mixer, and I use my lap top as the other TT..

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your best bet is to kill your parents and end all your troubles + claim the insurance money!

sold a 68 fender strat on ebay for 4k

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I bought two used Tech m3d's off ebay, total was over $600. Parents payed for one deck (christmas present), and I owe them for the other. Bought my mixer for $200 used on ebay, paid for it myself. Got some records for my b-day (just came in too ).

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i started when i was 17

i got a job, worked hard and saved my money

my first set up was lower end stuff and then i upgraded to tech's some 5 months or so later and sold off the other equip.

Find a job and work it to death. Its all about the sacrifices you want to make, I'm 17 and have a $1000 record collection and a $800 turntable setup. Its all about how badly you want it.

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actually I got a kick ass job making $15/hour. so living at home the money piled up...


I bought the decks/mixer/phones/ and a oile o 10 records with a few checks....


but then school started and I am broke...so I don't have so many records.

i had a paper route when i was 9 for 5 years and i saved 5,000$...

i paid for all my equipment w/ that, and then i did landscaping & DJ'd my high school dances throughout high school...