do you go 'overbudget' when you play online?

[Green-Moo]

I don't play online as much as I do 'live', mainly because I don't seem to have the same self control on-line. Normally I'm pretty good at setting myself a Bingo budget for the evening & stopping once I'm through, but on-line I seem to have trouble sticking to it. Perhaps it's because I haven't got other people around to distract me when I ought to stop. Does anyone else find the same thing?

Green-Moo

[tater03]

I honestly can say that I am usually pretty good about staying on a budget when it comes to playing bingo. I live paycheck to paycheck the majority of the time so really don't have much choice but to do so.

[bd333]

I usually set myself an amount that I'm going to play with and don't usually go over that amount. I tend to try to out my card away once I've deposited, so that I'm not tempted to spend more!

[tater03]

I will spend some of the winnings if I win but I always try to leave with something. But again I have a certain amount to play with and then I am done.

[lena_mae1983]

I find it hard to budget for anything I do online especially bingo and stuff like that, but shopping is my online weakness. If there is money in my bank I am so tempted to spend it to buy things online. Do you think they have self help groups for that?

[trick-r-treat]

Well, since they say that we can't actually play for money here in the states, I don't even bother with it. But if I did, I am good at staying within my budget.

[justontime]

I have become much better at being strict with myself about what I spend on online games. In the past I have been shocked at how quickly and easily I can spend online. I think adding it up and realising that I could have spent it on something I really needed made me much more self disciplined.

[Green-Moo]

I think equating your play money to a real object that you could buy instead is probably a very good way of sticking to a limit JOT. This would work better for someone like me who isn't particularly attracted by the possibility of winning more angle though.

[tater03]

It is shocking how fast and easy you can spend money online. I hear you about the shopping being easy. I tend to spend more online shopping then if I actually went to the store and bought what I needed. I have no idea why that is?

[justontime]

Originally Posted by tater03

It is shocking how fast and easy you can spend money online. I hear you about the shopping being easy. I tend to spend more online shopping then if I actually went to the store and bought what I needed. I have no idea why that is?

I think you are right, I spend more online too. Partly it is because I try to make my order big enough to get free shipping, but sites like Amazon have so many tempting offers that I end up spending more than I intended.