just bc i thought it would be interesting.

Aug 3, 2007 at 9:30 PM
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this is for NO apparent reason.
i just wanted to do a little project...
just to see how much international arashi fans have SPENT bc of arashi.
so if you dont mind...
please do comment and leave me an amount...
when i say spent...

up to this point...
how much money have you spent on arashi?
for example...
airplane tickets...
hotel fees...
concert tickets...
CDs...
DVDs...
magazines...
photobooks...
concert goods...
auctions...

if you have the time...add it up and leave me a reply.
ONLY THINGS YOU BOUGHT IN 2007 PLEASE
lets see how much we as a group have spent up until now. :)
i'm going to go through my closet to see how much i spent on CD, DVDs, photobooks, and goods. :O

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Hmmmm... Although its not an exact figure.

(I think its impossible for me to go calculate. lol XD)

$550.

Mostly I spent on buying their albums. Although I've been a fan of arashi for 2 years, closing to 3, I've only started to be able to buy n collect the past singles n all. Been ordering the old Jap singles online, plus AAA dvd and Time and the singles. =)

Well I've only been a fan for...three or four months...xD Ahaha! And I've only gotten two DVD's. Iza Now and AAA...so...I think that's.

So...I think I spent...$84 or close to that. o_o; whew...xD

hmmm... just on the CDs, DVDs, mags, photobooks, calendar and con goods (fuyu, dome con and natsucon)... around $1500. i bought LE of their old albums recently so that cost me a lot. plus having things shipped to our country is so expensive! the shipping costs more than the item itself most of the time.

you know i stopped computing my expenses coz it just amazes me how much ive spent on them. i dont even know how i got to pay for all of those.^^

2 Popolo, 3 Potato, 1 Josei Jishin, 3 Myojo, 1 Duet, 1 Switch + Arashi's 1st album + Arashi Single Collection 1999-2001, Arashi 5x5 NE, One NE, Kitto Daijoubu NE, Aozora Pedal NE = $180
AAA LE DVD = $75
AAA photo book = $70
TW Concert Jun

Heehh it's cut >.< Well total is about $1200. Not that much compared to other fans who can go to their concert of course. But you know what... being an Arashi fangirl = priceless XD

umm.. i guess im the only person here who spent the least amount on them as of now.. heehee.. ive just started buying march this year and as of now i only have like 3 arashi stuffs.. and their less than a hundred bucks.. wah i hate being poor.. >_<.. i need a job but i cant get myself one.. and so im depending on my allowance.. but its not enough.. wahh..

ahh.. im ranting again.. gomen gomen! just dont mind me..^_^

ahh.. what i have right now is the AAA LE, arashigoto- marugoto, and the aozora pedal with the dvd.. huh.. i need money.. >>__<<

hm.... forgot ne... in 2007 i bought AAA DVD LE, arashigoto, love so sweet, time, kiroii namida photo book, happiness.. i think it's about $156 for this year..

Well... i´m from Brazil, so the shipping price costs the triple...

I´m spend over $600... with magazines, DVDs, Cds and concert goods... everything from internet...

.. at least i´m happy now... but really poor...

How much I spent?

Well, I won't count my plane ticket to Japan, since it wasn't exclusively for them, but:

Poster, 3 CDs, photos from JE store, 4 maagazines....$200 so far, but it'll go up this year, I know it.

Hm...I would say roughly $300, but that will probably be at least doubled by the end of the year.

for me this year was the AAA LE DVD , it was about us$65.99 , and that's it i guess ..

- and i think it would be a good idea XD ganbare ~

This year has been expensive no doubt about it. So far, I'd say roughly AUD$2000

mmm....i probably would say around USD$300

Well, I'm new in the Arashi World, you know o.o Actually, I'm a fanboy of them for like... nine months. And I live in Brazil.

Anyway... I only have spent with them one time, and it was around 80 dollars I guess. With an album and some singles... xD Of cours that's because it's just the first time I spent with them. This year I think I will can spend $400 with Arashi.

almost 1000$ usd ;_;

lol~ i probably spent the least among the fans... 2007 alone?
AAA photobook = $53 CAD
.... that's it. XD
i'll get TIME and AAA dvd as well... sometime soon.. that would be around $70 CAD

if just for 2007, i think i have already spent around USD1000 on them? or even more? =x

Hmm... Roughly about $500.
I've bought some old and new albums/singles, AAA dvd + photobook, this year's calendar, Pikanchi Double dvd and CxDxG no Arashi dvd vol 2.
And I'm still deciding whether to buy Kiiroi Namida dvd or not...

i'm kind of new ne, but this year it looks like, between osaka dome, concert goods, AAA dvd, time cd, seeing kiiroi, idol-shop-money-hemorrhaging and various magazines i've amassed, about 450$US i think. ;_; it makes me feel sad to think how poor i am and how much arashi has to do with it. but im happy when i look at all my wonderful stuffs ne. :3

i have not yet made a trip to japan to see them (although I am planning on doing so my senior year of college) so i haven't spent in the thousands like some of you.. but they sure are costing me money either way!

$450 so far and I'm planning on getting more.. this is pretty much all i spend my money on nowadays )=

to much..( Everything Deliver from Japan , then , + transportation cost )

CALENDER / Arashi Around Asia photo book / Kirroi Namida photo book /

Single Love so sweet / Single We can make it (Limited ver.) /

Arashi Around Asia (DVD Limited ver.) / Time Album (Limited ver.) /

T-shirt (Time concert) / Poster Ohno 'picture / CxDxG no Arashi dvd vol. 1 - 2./
Single Aozora Pedal ( buy in Thai ( 2 CD) buy frome Japan ( 1 CD+DVD) /
Bambino DVD /HYD 2 DVD / Magazine ....

ammmmm..around.. $ 550 so far ..

~ $850 would have been less if I'm not so much of a pictures addict. Also I have this thing with "must have both ver. NE & LE" I'm poorer but very much happy ^^;....

I bought a magazine and a concert bag, which in total was $44
Not much, but it's a start ^-^

close to 7000usd.

i've been trying really hard not to spent a lot this year because i spent so much last year so i havent even bought any albums this year except the love so sweet single :O

so the total for this year is only $285! :D (shipping from amazon.co.jp for magazines is murder)

Around $90 CND... AAA LE... I only started liking Arashi in March of this year... the stores near me don't have Time yet... so for now only 90...

$647.92

yes i did theh math and wow..omg..LOVE ARASHI..duhh...never too much spent on them!

haha

*takes her calculator and walks over to the closet*
.....

$230.... or a little less... but yeah, that's it oo

that's just, cds, dvds and the AAA photobook

Well...

I'm from Brazil, so as arachique said we have triple costs for shipping xD
Until now I'm like $200 with magazines + singles + some goodies, but I'll buy more in this year xD~
I'll buy Time and the AAA DVD so... ;__; my pocket is really empity

For me...

ARASHIC - $20

Myojo - $12

so its $32 Canadian... ><;

I'm still a student and my parents don't approve of me buying CDs and magazines.

When I go to Japan next year, I'm spending tons of money on JE. :D

I'm still a new fan, but so far I have bought TIME....Arashic...and The Best Selection Of 2002-2004 CD....including shipping...about $90-95 so far...I tend to tear mags so bad I try to avoid them. ^.^ even if they DO have arashi in them; same with photos. I'm the worst. -.-

hmm..I've been a fan for... 8 months now. xDD the only Arashi stuff I've got is the Limited Edition TIME album, and Korea version of AAA. xDDDD so that's around... $60-90. I'm not sure how much dollars really. But in my currency, that's 3000+ pesos. lol. If I had money, I'd buy more.. but I'm still a student, so my parents pay for everything...

oh, I have a question... is it alright to buy [and use] a DVD that's for region 2 countries when I live in a region 3 country? [region 2: japan, east asia, europe? region 3: philippines, south east asia, korea]

Hmm, this year I haven't spent as much as in past years, but

ack, it ate the rest of my comment for some reason. Well I was GOING to say that I spent a little over $200 so far this year, and that was using left over money from my last job cause I've been unemployed all year. XD Arashi makes me spend money I shouldn't, but I don't care~

Personally I don't WANT to add it up - I live in Japan so I don't have shipping costs but when my ticket *just to get to* the concert last week cost me £100 I don't want to add up everything else. All the magazines, all the posters, books, CDs, DVDs, merchandise.. No, don't make me add it up ^_^

(Maybe one day when I am not a poor suffering student I will add it up and laugh at how stupid I was in my youth!)

Three words: WAY TOO MUCH.
Since I'm a new fan (2007), I bought their entire discography (those that are not out-of-print) this year: 9 albums, 10 singles, 3 concert dvds, 1 JE sports day dvd, Nino's movies/special drama/drama dvds: haikei..boxset, stand-up boxset, tekkon boxset, ao no honou, sukoshi.., amagi goe, iwo jima, kiroii namina (preordered).. etc. Then there's AAA photo book, arashigoto, magazines plus very expensive shipment cost from amazon japan, cdjapan, hmv; oh and I'll be flying to Japan hoping to get tickets lol. So, rough estimation: over $4,000USD. Luckily I work full-time, but then I still need to severely reduce my food budget, household toilet paper budget to survive..(I'm a bit stingy and don't spend in fashion to start with, hence have quite a bit of savings, so that's good) ... think Yamada Tarou haha.

..forgot to add, I had to upgrade my internet bandwidth package because of Arashi plus all those time I've invested.. as time=money I'd say it's well over $5,000USD and it's a conservative figure lol. Arashi is like five expensive children I'm supporting lol.

okey not sure if this counts but I moved from LA for Arashi, no kidding. So it's been around $13,000.00 USD so far. Moving killed me but this way I get to go to their concerts often. Hollywood entertainment is good but can't beat Arashi. Oh yes no regret.

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This is just information..ne..

I think.........

Arashi fan have between 15 - 40 year old ( i guess!!)

It have stretch , i can buy arashi goods , cause i am

working already but i'm have limit too , example i can go

to japan and see arashi concert , but i am not going

because i learning MBA and i must to spend book expenses

i choose my "Future" more than i choose "Arashi" .. amm..

spend $ 50 or spend $5000 , not a point , the point is

You are Still Arashi fan .. if you can buy and happy you do it!

if you can not buy , because you have some reason , you don't .

^ 0 ^ ^ 0 ^

i didn't realize how much i've spent until i counted it up just now. way too much for me. i have spent roughly US$3000 ... and the year's not even over yet T__T

well i just became a fan in febuary and i only have two arashi merchandise! XP

but yea its the TIME album and AAA DVD

so all together that was..... $102

Just got into them this year, after I saw em perform Love So Sweet on Music Station. So far here's what I've spent on em:

USD AAA Limited Edition DVD 89.46 Iza Now Concert DVD 46.75 AAA Photobook 20.72 2007 Concert postcards & pamphlet 24.59 Sunrise Nippon Single CD 12 Arashi Korea concert shirts 28.35 Kiroi Namida DVD (pre-order) 75.43 Total 297.3

Here are the stuff I'm getting next month.

Time CD 24.23 Arashic CD 15.99 How's it Going concert DVD 47.49 Total 87.71

So the total would be: $385.01 by this year (unless they release something else before the year ends that I have to get. lol!!! )

mh, i have only some single cds....so.....but i've ordered some more cds yesterday....so....must be roundabout 65€, but.....well money is paper.....oh, nowadays money is even only data...

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cool XD.
sorry for being so inactive! (i'm not a very good neighbour am i?)

anyway mine is pathetic :p.
about SG$10. -.-.........
(arashi photos)

oh well. i dont really have that much money so i depend on my sis instead :p
my sis bought waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay more than me.

Well...for this year...

I spent around $54 buying the RE for AAA..That's quite a sacrifice for me, I had to beg my sis to lend me the money first. -.-;

..yup..I apologise..but I do belong to do the poorer fans circle >_<;

@@ oh.. I think I will flood this section if I write everything in detail..
I think I spend most on con tix, transportation...I'm trying not to go back to the past ^^; but it's hard ne. By the end of summer, 8 cons, DVD/CDs, Pics adding up to roughly 10万.. kk time to save *_*!

oh. I forgot to include DVD recorder.. that doubles the amt ^__^;
I'm probably forgetting a lot of other stuff.. maybe I'll take some time to go through them later...