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UNDER 21: My parents pay most or all of my fencing expenses.
|     | 19 | 10.98% | |
UNDER 21: My parents and I pay for my fencing expenses.
|    | 29 | 16.76% | |
OVER 21: My spouse/significant other pays most or all of my fencing expenses.
|    | 2 | 1.16% | |
OVER 21: I pay most or all of my fencing expenses.
|    | 98 | 56.65% | |
PARENTS: I pay most or all of my son's/daughter's fencing expenses.
|    | 8 | 4.62% | |
PARENT: My son/daughter contributes to his/her fencing expenses.
|    | 0 | 0% | |
Other (please elaborate).
| | 13 | 7.51% | |
My corporate sponsors and lucrative endorsement contracts cover my fencing expenses.
| | 4 | 2.31% | 
10-13-2004, 11:42 AM
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#1 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Orange County, California
Posts: 775
| Who Pays?
Lessons, club dues, equipment, transportation, tournament fees--it adds up, doesn't it? Who comes up with the wherewithal for your fencing? How does your financial situation affect your fencing?
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10-13-2004, 11:46 AM
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#2 | | Senior Member
Join Date: May 2003 Location: UK
Posts: 1,565
| Me.
I don't fence competitively much though, so tournament fees are infrequent and travel costs are quite low - petrol for my car.
My financial situation means I have the minimum amount of equipment (one of everything, and I still borrow a club mask!) although I try to buy good quality, if not flashy, items. I have also had to buy it a couple of pieces at a time rather than all in one go, and have asked for some things for birthday presents.
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10-13-2004, 12:29 PM
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#3 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: calgary,ab,canada
Posts: 2,413
| i pay ALL of my fencing dues but it drains me financially so i get support from my parents in paying other stuff (bills, gas, etc..) so i guess they pay for it indirectly...i have generic "knock off" gear and i could very well take advantage of them and go all out uhlmann but i don't...can't abuse a priviledge...i'll wait 'till i'm out of school and i get my own real "job" to get the higher priced gear. | |
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10-13-2004, 01:07 PM
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#4 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Boston, MA
Posts: 4,325
| You missed the UNDER 21: I pay for all my stuff and club and membership and... | |
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10-13-2004, 01:11 PM
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#5 | | Scavenger
Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Pennsylvania
Posts: 4,537
| No category for those of us who pay for our own stuff AND pay for our children's stuff, eh?
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10-13-2004, 01:17 PM
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#6 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Tennessee
Posts: 203
| And then some
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Originally Posted by Peach No category for those of us who pay for our own stuff AND pay for our children's stuff, eh? | Well Peach from your post that makes 2 of us. And the working class fencers at our club tend to chip in a pick up some other tabs too.
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10-13-2004, 01:24 PM
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#7 | | Senior Member
Join Date: May 2004 Location: UNC
Posts: 312
| the school pays for anything that is within the NCAA rules. everything else, like tournaments that i want to go to, are from my pocket.
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10-13-2004, 01:32 PM
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#8 | | gother than thou
Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Atlanta, GA
Posts: 840
| So uh... I'm at 21 years old, and my parents still pay for all my fencing. Since it's not an option, should I be ashamed?  | 
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10-13-2004, 01:33 PM
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#9 | | Just Joined
Join Date: Apr 2004
Posts: 16
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Originally Posted by telkanuru You missed the UNDER 21: I pay for all my stuff and club and membership and... | Yep, that's where I fall.
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10-13-2004, 01:37 PM
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#10 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2003
Posts: 5,481
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Originally Posted by glowstix i pay ALL of my fencing dues but it drains me financially so i get support from my parents in paying other stuff (bills, gas, etc..) so i guess they pay for it indirectly...i have generic "knock off" gear and i could very well take advantage of them and go all out uhlmann but i don't...can't abuse a priviledge...i'll wait 'till i'm out of school and i get my own real "job" to get the higher priced gear. | Hehe, I'm slowly making the conversion.
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10-13-2004, 01:45 PM
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#11 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: West Coast
Posts: 2,350
| Where's the "Parent: I pay all or most of my child's expenses: except for the vast amount of money siphioned directly from Inquartata's dues/fees and and lavished into my child's athlete performance grant awards" choice? 
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10-13-2004, 02:05 PM
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#12 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: West coast
Posts: 815
| My parents/grandparents pay for all my fencing expenses.
Except for my colored lames and primal scream therapy, which the USFA pays for directly out of Inquartata's entry fees.
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10-13-2004, 02:20 PM
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#13 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: CC
Posts: 2,626
| Still working on the lucrative endorsement deal with the Army. I can apply in January.
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10-13-2004, 03:08 PM
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#14 | | Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 1,021
| Your poll is incomplete! It doesn't offer all the options it should!
Foul! Boo! Hiss! | |
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10-13-2004, 03:11 PM
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#15 | | Fencing Expert
Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Angel, London
Posts: 2,446
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Originally Posted by telkanuru You missed the UNDER 21: I pay for all my stuff and club and membership and... | i'm there too, ish | |
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10-13-2004, 03:15 PM
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#16 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Shipwrecked
Posts: 411
| I pay for all my stuff. Back when I was younger my county used to give me a sports bursary (sponsorship), for being top 10 nationally. Unfortunately I'm too old for that now. I only new about the money being available because my mum was a PE teacher.
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10-13-2004, 03:30 PM
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#17 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Orange County, California
Posts: 775
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Originally Posted by Victor Your poll is incomplete! It doesn't offer all the options it should!
Foul! Boo! Hiss! | *gasp, snivel, snivel, beg for forgiveness . . . *
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10-13-2004, 04:41 PM
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#18 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: SoCal
Posts: 1,117
| Can I vote twice?
I'm over 21 and I pay all my own fencing dues and equipment costs.
I'm also sponsoring a 14 year old into the sport. And I pay all his fencing dues and equipment costs.
But then as he tells his friends "How many other sports are there that you get to chase your dad around with a sword?" 
Next will be adding electric equipment for both of us $$$ | |
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10-13-2004, 05:15 PM
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#19 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Alexandria, VA
Posts: 309
| NOW the question is, "How much do you spend every year on fencing?" When people ask me this, I tell them I refuse to add it up. I don't want to know! | |
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10-13-2004, 07:01 PM
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#20 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: NC
Posts: 205
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Originally Posted by wbowman How much do you spend every year on fencing? | Precisely the difference between "what I got paid" and "where the heck did it all go?" | |
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