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How much $$ is this playing this game costing you?
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eb
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Joined: 30 Aug 2004
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How much $$ is this playing this game costing you?

I don't know about other people, but I've spent more than a few dollars paying for parking, gas, and long distance phone calls in pursuit of making axons got hot. What about other people?

Besides all the time and brainpower expended, what other costs incurred playing this game?

PostPosted: Fri Oct 22, 2004 2:25 am
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HitsHerMark
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Joined: 22 Aug 2004
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Location: Austin, TX

Answering the pay phones at UCI (there are four) costs 50 cents. Parking is $1 per hour.

Other then gas, that's about it.

Not bad bang for my entertainment buck I guess.

Though making sure I have enough in change is a pain some weeks.
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 22, 2004 2:41 am
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colin
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Joined: 13 Oct 2003
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Gas: $5.00

Parking ticket: $75

Answering a phone: priceless

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weephun
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Lots of gas.

~$20 for recording equipment.

WAY TOO MUCH buying all the stuph I want from HitsHerMark's cafepress shop. Wink
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 22, 2004 8:27 am
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thunderclap8
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I've managed to keep it mostly pretty cheap. I walk to the axons so no cost there, or take the bus free with my student ID.

I did spend maybe $5 on low-budget props for the GPAA photo that we sent in on 10/12. We were next to a goodwill store right after talking to Melissa live, so figured why not.

Other than that I don't think I've spent any money on the game besides one cell phone call to the voicemail. Quite the good entertainment value!

Now if you factor in lost productivity its another story entirely...
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 22, 2004 9:07 am
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thebruce
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ditto that last statement for me Smile
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 22, 2004 9:15 am
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daboking
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thank goodness parking is free at Der Waffle House, but I cannot enter their fine establishment week after week and not reward them for tolerating me... $6/week on brunch. I got it good. Razz
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 22, 2004 9:30 am
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CoffeeJedi
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the gas to drive all the way from Lititz(work) to Millersville U(axon), its about a 45 minute drive, i live right in the middle... with the cost of gas, a buck-50

the coffee that i bought at the movie theater cafe so i wouldn't look like i was loitering- 2.00

the loss of productivity for my company??? priceless
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 22, 2004 9:31 am
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Dragonrider
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I've managed to keep my cost down to roughly $1 a day for parking at the U. I would've parked in paid parking anyway, as I've got classes around the same times, but I stay after class and go early to answer axons WAY too often for this student's buget. Razz
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 22, 2004 9:49 am
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Centipede
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Joined: 17 Sep 2004
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Location: Bronx, NY

I surf the web on the city's internet connection. I have a trasnit check, which is an unlimited ride MEtrocard which I need to get to work and comes out of my pay before taxes. I make sure not to lose any productivity cause I just started here a few months ago. So basically this costs me nothing and is a lot of fun.

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HitsHerMark
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I did ask Melissa about when and to whom I should submit an expensice report....

No answer on that oddly enough... Smile
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KirstenS
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Joined: 02 Aug 2004
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Location: Loveland, Ohio

Gas: Negligible. My axon is less than a mile from my house.
Red Balloons: $2.00

Definitely not bad for my entertainment dollar. Very Happy

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rufo
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Joined: 01 Oct 2004
Posts: 81
Location: Rochester, NY

Digital Camera Pictures: Free
Candy to give out to people in exchange for picture: $3
Recording equipment: $6 (worth it? questionable...)
Balloons to help CPONate take this pic: $1
Gas: Unknown, $6-$8
Getting to sing Happy Birthday to the repressed childhood memories of a half-crazed AI from 2552: Priceless

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