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Your income? gamers
Annual net income, the amount that you take home after tax/ni/pension etc.
Theres no need to reply if you dont want to... some people dont like stating their income. Just tick a relevant category, no one can see which you ticked.
Im just curious what kind of money you people are getting? Interesting to see the ratio between those who are hard done by and those who are minted.
Theres no need to reply if you dont want to... some people dont like stating their income. Just tick a relevant category, no one can see which you ticked.
Im just curious what kind of money you people are getting? Interesting to see the ratio between those who are hard done by and those who are minted.
Your income? gamers 110 votes
School
0%
1 vote
College
3%
4 votes
University
6%
7 votes
Unemployed
10%
11 votes
Less than £6k
1%
2 votes
£6-12k
7%
8 votes
£12-20k
12%
14 votes
£20-30k
28%
31 votes
£30-50k
16%
18 votes
£50k+
12%
14 votes
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(edit: Just took a look at my finances and i took home just under 20k last year, less than i thought:()
I was a student until earlier this year which paid for my Replacement PS3, 3DS (twice), PS Vita (and a replacement) and a Laptop
but since this summer when i finished uni, i've been unemployed and i've had no problem getting any games that i've wanted
I'd say it's a very broken system and even though i get jobseekers i hugely disagree with and would overhaul the system more than the tories have, without a Job i should not have all these gaming perks but i do
Now the same job, different company, recently had a tiny pay rise, im now on: (no pension yet)
£20k no overtime
£25-28k with overtime, this is what im getting.
Though its not exactly overtime as i still work 40 hours/week, i work permanent nights so my hourly rate is increased by 1.25, and i work sundays-thursdays so i get double pay for the first 8 hours.
Might be getting a tiny pay rise early 2013, just inflation i think.
Hopefully not paid for with taxpayers money! I'm sure they were needed for your studies, though
As this is on gaming board though I suppose the real relevance is what your gaming purchasing ability is.
I earn waaay more than I did when I was about 19 (i'm 28 now). However in those days I was living at home with no real responsibilities, so 90% of my income could go on luxuries like video games. Now despite earning much more it's tied up in rent, bills, transport and other dull adult stuff. So despite being wealthier now, in real terms my 19 year old self was a lot richer in his game purchasing ability if that makes sense.
I guess you don't have any other financial commitments? Because when I was unemployed I really struggled to make ends meet and I definitely didn't buy computer games, nor any other form of entertainment. The money went on bills and that was it.
Also how did being a student pay for all those electronics?
maybe his student loan or jobseekers, when you live with your parents, you have no bills..
:rolleyes:
I had financial commitments when I lived at my parents - firstly I had keep, then there was food, car insurance, petrol, car maintenance. This is why I asked about not having financial commitments
You could just give your gaming perk money away to charity but you don't do you? You want to overhaul the system but only when you are off it. Do you raise the issue that you disagree with the system every time you sign on? No. Technically you are not looking for work so you are a benefit cheat. You don't mention that either do you? Benefit cheat calls the system broken? You couldn't make it up. Not every unemployed person lives at home with Mummy and Daddy scamming the system and they do have bills to pay.
i work 50 hours a week, run a home, pay a mortgage, get two kids ready for school, buy school uniform, run a car and still get a bit of gaming in as well...
maybe mr thomas could come a work with me for a week...
not so shabby, and i bet your kids get most of it, like me
Yep kids are expensive accessories
of course
Too busy playing the Wii U he didn't buy himself in the house he doesn't own, eating the food that he didn't buy etc etc
So three days before christmas i should be out and about trying to get a job? what do you think the changes are i would get a job on sunday or monday, no employers will be taking on until the new year now, as they start to get of the temp christmas staff, so i'm not really cheating anyone by not looking for a job for a week
Just because some of my jobseekers goes on games doesn't mean that it all goes on games, i still pay my mum money to let me live at home, i pay towards the food and bills also
I said i had no problem getting the games i wanted but what i didn't mention is how many games i have bought since being on jobseekers and not that many have been paid for directly by the jobseekers, most have been bought by selling games i know longer want
Don't get me wrong i will be trying to get a job after the festive period, as broken as the current system is, i'd still end up with more money from a job, not to mention the fact i would feel much better about myself
if i was unemployed and lived with my parents i would feel a boot up the rear pronto..
not new consoles
that really grinds my gears
fair enough, so maybe in the future, dont shout your mouth off to people in the real world
Don't pretend to know my life just because you know two details
i'm unemployed and i play games
I sold my Xbox 360 and paid towards getting my WiiU with money i had saved and i had my family all pay a little bit towards it instead of getting me birthday and christmas presents
As i've already stated in another reply, i pay my mum rent, i pay towards food and i pay towards the bills, knowing two details about me means you know **** all
would i of worked 4 weeks of 30 hours each for ****ing free, just so i could get the experience if i didn't want to get a job, no i wouldn't i'd of sat at home all day playing games
I don't pretend to know your life, your just a silly little boy living at home, that's all I need to know.