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<blockquote data-quote="LawTalkingGuy" data-source="post: 1456880" data-attributes="member: 21943">I still have my PS1, PS2, PS3, and PS4.I have all of my original systems from Regular Nintendo to SNES and N-64. They&#039;re all in pristine condition because they were well-built and I always took care of everything I had because I understood the costs associated with each item.Very early in life, around age 8-10, my father sat me down and explained his financial situation to me, so I never asked for anything along the lines of preppy jackets, elite shoes, or flashy clothing the way the majority of the other kids at school seemed to. They were always sporting the latest trendy fashion and I was wearing functional bland Big Box retail store jeans. If I got an electronic item of some sort, such as a gaming console, I took exceptional care of it.My father bought me a $150 dollar graphing calculator in 8th grade which lasted me until my second year of undergraduate university when it finally just died. A lot of my classmates went through 3-4 graphing calculators in junior high school and high school because they dropped them, tossed them around, left them unattended to get stolen, sat on them, etc., they didn&#039;t care, their parents just bought them another one.My father was very clear, &quot;take care of what you have, if it breaks or wears out, we can get it replaced, but if you are trivial with it, frivolous with it, or you throw a fit and hurl it against the wall, don&#039;t expect to get another one.&quot;I have a cousin who always got a new phone by destroying her existing phone. Her father would tell her, &quot;you don&#039;t need a new phone&quot; she would destroy her phone by smashing it against the wall or dropping it in the toilet, and then he would get her a new phone. If I had ever even thought to dare try to pull a stunt like that my father would have said, &quot;congratulations, you now have no phone until you work and save your way to being able to get one, enjoy being without a phone.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="LawTalkingGuy, post: 1456880, member: 21943"] I still have my PS1, PS2, PS3, and PS4. I have all of my original systems from Regular Nintendo to SNES and N-64. They're all in pristine condition because they were well-built and I always took care of everything I had because I understood the costs associated with each item. Very early in life, around age 8-10, my father sat me down and explained his financial situation to me, so I never asked for anything along the lines of preppy jackets, elite shoes, or flashy clothing the way the majority of the other kids at school seemed to. They were always sporting the latest trendy fashion and I was wearing functional bland Big Box retail store jeans. If I got an electronic item of some sort, such as a gaming console, I took exceptional care of it. My father bought me a $150 dollar graphing calculator in 8th grade which lasted me until my second year of undergraduate university when it finally just died. A lot of my classmates went through 3-4 graphing calculators in junior high school and high school because they dropped them, tossed them around, left them unattended to get stolen, sat on them, etc., they didn't care, their parents just bought them another one. My father was very clear, "take care of what you have, if it breaks or wears out, we can get it replaced, but if you are trivial with it, frivolous with it, or you throw a fit and hurl it against the wall, don't expect to get another one." I have a cousin who always got a new phone by destroying her existing phone. Her father would tell her, "you don't need a new phone" she would destroy her phone by smashing it against the wall or dropping it in the toilet, and then he would get her a new phone. If I had ever even thought to dare try to pull a stunt like that my father would have said, "congratulations, you now have no phone until you work and save your way to being able to get one, enjoy being without a phone." [/QUOTE]

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