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Looks like I've spent almost $400 so far this month so I am clearly a moron. But when I check my sales I have sold about the same so it kind of evens out.

So you've spent nothing...

I've been buying less and less wax for myself (other than Allen & Ginter) so generally I'm not spending much that way.  However, I continue to hunt for various Barry Larkin cards that I don't own so I probably average somewhere around $20 a month on those.

Spend more than that. 

I'm on the Dave Ramsey plan, so no money for cards in the budget. But there is a line for clothing, and I almost never need any of that. ; )

No specific budget and many months I would spend nothing on the hobby. However, some months I would spend a lot more, so the average would be a lot more than $20, but I have never tracked what it is.

It's valid towards over 20 as it is in the purpose to obtain cards, just done differently.

I would say on average it is about $20/month. Most of the time it is less but every once in a while when I have a nice OT check or other pay out I may splurge and buy a blaster box at Walmart

This is pretty much me. The year I tracked how much postage I spent, it was over $80 / month. I also tracked what I spent on cards that year - over $700 / month. But it all depends what is available during the year.

When I had a mortgage and more family expenses, I limited it to no more than $100 / month and often did not spend that much. Now, no mortgage and family has moved out, I can spend what I want, of course keeping priorities right side up.

I probably spend $50 or so a month on cards for my PC and supplies. My printing costs for custom cards generally runs into the couple of hundreds but I make that back selling them. Most of my hobby/shipping/suppy money comes from the custom card stuff I do for fun and I keep atleast 2 copies of everything I print for myself and my Dad, who started me collecting in 1984.