I would like 99 of these, and 99 of those, and 99 tents to pitch at the hottie.

I'm definetely guilty of this habit.

I don't nescessarily buy 99 of each item as fast as possible. Usually throughout the course of the game, I usually buy items in multiples of 5. Items are usually the last thing I buy when I go into any item shop. All my money is usually reserved for weapons/armour/magic. Usually if I have any surplus money it goes to maxing out my item list. Sometimes there are just games in which money is so tight i just keep my items at a healthy count, as long as I have one of each item esepcially if the game keeps an item completion list I'm the happiest kind.

I'm in the process of playing a game in which money can be pretty tight and thats Dragon Quest VIII. I'm actually getting pretty close to finishing it but I still want to do everything possible such as getting all the items and finishing the entire alchemy recipe list. I highly doubt that'll be getting 99 of every item, but in rpgs that specialize getting a lot of money relatviely quickly and easily more than likely I'll have 99 of quite a lot of items.

Jam it back in, in the dark.