What is this sorcery?!

[racerx_]

So I have a couple days of diving coming up and I'm noticing a strange phenomenon. Any time I'm about to dove I feel compelled to buy some sort of new dive toy. I know my equipment will last for ages, and I don't need anything, yet any time the prospect of diving is around the corner I feel compelled to spend more money!!! Is this normal?



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[DevonDiver]

It's normal for enthusiastic beginners. Otherwise known as the "Christmas Tree Syndrome".

 

[racerx_]

LOL thankfully I'm avoiding Christmas tree syndrome like the plague so far but I keep wanting to replace stuff I already have!

You fully recovered from your scorpionfish sting? Or was it a stonefish


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[tstormdiver]

It's normal for enthusiastic beginners. Otherwise known as the "Christmas Tree Syndrome".

6 1/2yrs & it hasn't stopped for me,... yet. Welcome to the addiction.

 

[Wookie]

Yeah, I can't drive past a dive shop without stopping, and it must be a crappy shop indeed for me not to buy something. It's just how it is. I have boxes full of unused widgets.

 

[MXGratefulDiver]

It's genetic. Divers tend to have very active "play" genes, and playing is always more fun when it involves new toys ...

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

 

[SeaHorse81]

I have boxes full of unused widgets.

Now for sale at highly attractive prices??

 

[Crowley]

Same thing used to happen to me with my motorbike. I would walk into the shop needing a new oil filter and suddenly get distracted by the array of shiny new bling. It's not limited to divers!

 

[Wookie]

Now for sale at highly attractive prices??

Let me know if you need a widget. I may even pay shipping.....

 

[DivemasterDennis]

Once I got past your current syndrome by buying one ( or more ) of everything, the next issue I encountered was "dive shop hunting," which is cruising dive shops and looking for dive "things" you don't have so there is something new to acquire. This is a life long condition that cannot be cured, only controlled, sometimes, by an intervening family member, most often a spouse.
DivemasterDennis