These threads don't make any sense to me. Are they supposed to be some sort of dick-measuring contest like who drives the most expensive car or who has the biggest flat screen? Shit, I've easily spent $8000 to $10,000 in the last five years on airsoft. That's plenty more than a lot of these guys saying $1500 or whatever. Am I now an airsoft god? Does the fact that I've spent more money on imported, poorly made toys than 95% of the people on AP make me a revered legend? Does it make me better than the guy with the Chinese clone and surplus BDUs? shazaam no.
Some people have a bunch of disposable income. Some people have very limited income. Some choose to spend what they have on fake guns instead of other things like a nice car or a better apartment or taking girls out to dinner. Some people prioritize their finances differently than that. For a lot of people, airsoft is a second or third hobby. So I guess what I'm getting at is what is the point of these kinds of threads?
Knowing how much someone has spent on the hobby doesn't correlate in any way to their integrity as a player or their knowledge or their character or any other facet of their involvement with airsoft and therefore whatever follows the dollar sign in their post is completely arbitrary and meaningless.
TL;DR- Big numbers don't impress anyone.