How do I cure it? I'll be bankrupt before long....

Eggster
How do I cure it?

Just do what Bapu did ... buy all of them. 

Eggster
How do I cure it? I'll be bankrupt before long....

Strong Union!

try to justify the purchase whether it be $1 or $1000.
 
you will find you double up on things also, that should help cut a few things out.
 
wait for sales. I HATE how some vendors play marketing poker with us...

Block the deals forum somehow!

Double posted.

Slick marketing+addictive tendencies= serious financial investment, but almost nothing compared to 20+ years ago.
 
As an owner of around a thousand plugs and a user of only about 20-30 I recommend you follow these steps:
 
1. Can you resell the plug you're considering?  If so, give urself some slack in considering it.  If not, try to resist.  I have way too much wonderful stuff I don't use but cannot resell... 
 
2. Some vendors like Orange Tree & the Plug in Guru Have great intro pricing and/or ridiculous sales... check first and wait if what you're thinking about falls into this category.  For example, Greg at OT just had an unbelievable group buy sale on all his guitars and other awesome stuff... 50% off and more, with orange peals.... 
 
3 Find a buddy to bounce ur thoughts against... I have one.  We co each other, like a couple drunks trying to stay sober... Also ask the forum at times... I put in the due date in google calendar and research till then... most things are redundant.  I REGRET most of my impulse buys... many thousands of dollars worth...MANY!!!
 
4 Buy used if possible... reuse is good.  Ask Larry... he passes on good stuff all the time!
 
5. If there is NO DEMO, I say forget it these days unless it is TRULY special like the Bohemian Violin/Cello, which is a landmark and turned all of the amazing folks over at VI Control upside down in a jizz freak out (I participated, wildly!)... In such cases, EXTRA due diligence is REQUIRED...
 
6. Get one or two amazing quality plugs instead of a sheistload of cheaper ones...within a category.
 
7. Many of us started where you are... we are here to help.
 
8. Sonar has most of what you need in the Pro Channel... great sales, killer quality.  
 
9...lots but I'm done for now!
 
 
 

Another option...
 
Let yourself get old like me. Benefit is your memory goes and you forget what you already bought.
 
I think it's safe to say that many of us scarf up the latest to die for plugin. Use the crap out of it for less than a week and then it naturally recedes into the digital hoard pile.
 
I resist buying anything new and when the temptation gets too strong, I look into my carefully cataloged arsenal of effects and synths. Always find something I have no clue about how it got there. It's the same as getting something new.
 
Figure the more amnesia sets in over time, I can probably recycle the same plugin several times. Only risk associated with this is that I found myself trying to buy a spendy echo unit and got the message back that I'd already purchased it a year earlier.
 
Proud to proclaim that I haven't purchased a damnable thing since the GTR-3 sale wrenched the security chip out of my credit card. How many of you mortals can claim a sober spree for that long. Am I cool or what?
 
John

Yo cool. Gonna let myself get old like you.

May Allah grace you with the health and all good things to do so. Like someone said, getting old ain't for wimps.
 
Not to worry though. All reading this will either get there or not, sooner than expected.
 
Sworn off new purchases out of principle, but the next time GTR-3 goes on sale...