Mazz 0 #1 March 20, 2009 Not Including Beer. What number ya get?In the Navy, you can't put your hands in your pockets but I was always told not to put my hands in my pockets by people with their hands in their pockets. Kinda funny huh? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PhreeZone 15 #2 March 20, 2009 I've dropped upwards of $20K jumping so far in just lift tickets and then another $8-9000 in gear including multiple video cameras and stills along the way. Toss in travel costs and tunnel time and I'm sitting at about $40-42K. My Fiance has spent about $10-12K over slightly less time. Looking at what we are going to spend this year our total will be up another $4-6k at least, maybe more. Yesterday is history And tomorrow is a mystery Parachutemanuals.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pilotdave 0 #3 March 20, 2009 = Lots of fun. I have no idea how much I have spent over the last 10+ years. I don't want to know. All I know is that it was worth every penny. Don't worry about the cost of skydiving. It costs every dollar you'll ever make. The less you make, the less it costs. It's an amazing thing. Dave Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andy9o8 1 #4 March 20, 2009 QuoteDon't worry about the cost of skydiving. It costs every dollar you'll ever make. The less you make, the less it costs. It's an amazing thing. Nature abhors a vacuum. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mazz 0 #5 March 20, 2009 Quote I've dropped upwards of $20K jumping so far in just lift tickets and then another $8-9000 in gear including multiple video cameras and stills along the way. Toss in travel costs and tunnel time and I'm sitting at about $40-42K. My Fiance has spent about $10-12K over slightly less time. Looking at what we are going to spend this year our total will be up another $4-6k at least, maybe more. Not bad, $28.50 per jump.In the Navy, you can't put your hands in your pockets but I was always told not to put my hands in my pockets by people with their hands in their pockets. Kinda funny huh? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnRich 4 #6 March 20, 2009 If I could retrieve the fortune I have spent Worrying where it came from not caring where it went I could live the heady lifestyle of Playboy magazine I would see the worldly sights, that still remain unseen. I must amount to thousands I've squandered on the sport The mark of any jumper a balance close to nought But if I had it back in one financial lump I'd go south in the winter and jump and jump and jump. - Skies Call Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
grannyinthesky 0 #7 March 20, 2009 Nice +1 "safety first... and What the hell..... safety second, Too!!! " ~~jmy POPS #10490 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
grimmie 180 #8 March 20, 2009 Student-"How much will my first jump cost?" Skydiver-"If you really like it, about $180,000, three wives and all of the friends you currently hang with." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mazz 0 #9 March 20, 2009 Quote Student-"How much will my first jump cost?" Skydiver-"If you really like it, about $180,000, three wives and all of the friends you currently hang with." I wish it would cost 180.00 I gotta fork out close to $400 for mineIn the Navy, you can't put your hands in your pockets but I was always told not to put my hands in my pockets by people with their hands in their pockets. Kinda funny huh? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mazz 0 #10 March 20, 2009 basically, I thought it would be cool so see what it cost per jump over a long period of time. 28.50 per jump ain't bad at all.In the Navy, you can't put your hands in your pockets but I was always told not to put my hands in my pockets by people with their hands in their pockets. Kinda funny huh? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hellis 0 #11 March 20, 2009 Quotebasically, I thought it would be cool so see what it cost per jump over a long period of time. 28.50 per jump ain't bad at all. i dont think you will ever get a good answer. those who count the money they spent in the sport has either stoped jumping or just started. those who jumped over a long period of time dont care since its their life. i dont think you can ask this kind of question to anyone that has had a hobby for a long time. how much does it cost to collect stamps? coins? it has alot to do with quality. 'nice coins' or the ones you find on the street? new gear every year or used gear till it goes boom? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 2,822 #12 March 20, 2009 Going through the numbers I can reconstruct, about $8 a jump. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
countzero 7 #13 March 20, 2009 $28.74- that's jumps so far and the gear to get me going in the sport. i don't think i'll be buying any gear soon so the number will go down as the year progresses. but the friends and memories i've made so far are priceless.diamonds are a dawgs best friend Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
madhatter 0 #14 March 20, 2009 Great! +1A VERY MERRY UNBIRTHDAY TO YOU!!! D.S # 125 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mazz 0 #15 March 20, 2009 Quote Going through the numbers I can reconstruct, about $8 a jump. Must get a lot of free jumpsIn the Navy, you can't put your hands in your pockets but I was always told not to put my hands in my pockets by people with their hands in their pockets. Kinda funny huh? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 2,822 #16 March 20, 2009 >Must get a lot of free jumps Well, the estimates I used were: 1000 student jumps (AFF/tandem) 200 first jump courses (per student) 100 video jumps 50 working jumps (commercials, demos etc) So those I actually got paid for. 300 jumps as an organizer of one kind or another So those were free. 2500 fun jumps for normal price 350 team jumps at slightly higher rates (team discount but add in video) 400 bigway jumps at significantly higher rates Those cost the money. (And of course gear - three new rigs to date and an assortment of used ones - jumpsuits, camera helmet etc) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Reginald 0 #17 March 20, 2009 Quote Quote Student-"How much will my first jump cost?" Skydiver-"If you really like it, about $180,000, three wives and all of the friends you currently hang with." I wish it would cost 180.00 I gotta fork out close to $400 for mine You missed the point go back and read it again. And as a hint it's not $180 It's $180,000 (one hundred eighty THOUSAND). "We've been looking for the enemy for some time now. We've finally found him. We're surrounded. That simplifies things." CP Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Arvoitus 1 #18 March 20, 2009 I started last year so the number is a bit skewed. If I count in everything skydiving related (jumps, gear, trips, licensing fees and whatnot) the total is about 8300 eur and I got 140 jumps last year so for last year its about 60 eur per jump. I don't really care though. Whatever it costs I'll pay it as long as I get to skydive.Your rights end where my feelings begin. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mazz 0 #19 March 20, 2009 Quote Quote Quote Student-"How much will my first jump cost?" Skydiver-"If you really like it, about $180,000, three wives and all of the friends you currently hang with." I wish it would cost 180.00 I gotta fork out close to $400 for mine gah! How did I miss that comma?In the Navy, you can't put your hands in your pockets but I was always told not to put my hands in my pockets by people with their hands in their pockets. Kinda funny huh? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diablopilot 2 #20 March 20, 2009 Yeah, just roughing it out I get about $8 a jump as well.---------------------------------------------- You're not as good as you think you are. Seriously. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dgw 8 #21 March 20, 2009 Is that index linked? $8 10 years ago would be, I don't know, $10 on average index linked? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
beowulf 1 #22 March 20, 2009 I don't like to think too much on how much I have spent on skydiving. Most of my jumps have been at Skydive Dallas and they keep track of everything. When I ask for a print out of the jumps for the weekend it shows the total amount of money I have spent at Skydive Dallas and that amount is past the $40,000 mark!! Of course that doesn't count the other dropzones I have jumped at and I didn't start jumping at Skydive Dallas till I had almost a 100 jumps. But I can't think of anything I would rather have spent the money on!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
heavydude 0 #23 March 20, 2009 Including playing with flying Airplanes and Gliders....I gave up counting a long time ago. You pay whatever it takes to punch the fun ticket as long as its fun. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheCaptain 2 #24 March 20, 2009 Since becoming a tandem instructor the amount I fun jump has dramatically decreased so running the approx. numbers I have made $3 per jump so far. That is taking the amount I have spent and subtracting that from the total I have made then dividing that number by # total jumps Kirk He's dead Jim Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airtwardo 7 #25 March 21, 2009 I use to keep better track for tax time, I almost always broke even...the last couple years i have been making a lot more fun jumps than work jumps, which means i really dont wanna know! ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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