3/7 Do you have a habit of buying things you don't need or use?
What did you buy last?
\_ We bought a timeshare in SAN FRANCISCO because according to the
sales guy it was suppose to be easy to transfer to other places
like Hawaii (but we found out later you need to book at least
1 year in advance). We ended up selling the timeshare. I didn't
even want it in the first place. My gf has this tendency to want
to buy everything she sees and accumulates a lot of junk. Ditto
with my mother and my sister and pretty much all the women I
know. They think the garage is a place to store shit they'll never
need to use. Women like to buy junk, LOTS of junk and it just
never stops. All women are the same. -pissed off guy
\_ My wife frets over buying a new pair of shoes. Your family &
gf just suck.
\_ Hey stop insulting my people. We (Chinese) are better consumers
than you America hating green-peace hippies that mostly live
in Northern California. Just look at the way people in
Beijing and Hong Kong spend lavishly on frivolous
Western goods. Consumerism
drives the economy, thus we are being good citizens.
\_ Hey stop insulting my people. We (Chinese) are better
consumers than you America hating green-peace hippies that
mostly live in Northern California. Just look at the way
people in Beijing and Hong Kong spend lavishly on frivolous
Western goods. Consumerism drives the economy, thus we are
being good citizens.
\_ Sorry, but your chicom troll impersonation is a failure.
Your grammar is far too consistent -- though I will admit
you nailed the tone and general irrationality. Overall,
I give you a 6.31/10.
\_ My in-laws like to buy food while my wife likes to buy junk food.
My fridge is constantly full. If I can close the freezer door
without pushing, "let's go shop for food because the freezer is
'empty'". My stockpile of junk food is actually growing, because
my wife buy more than she eats.
\_ My wife is an even bigger cheap-skate than I am, which is
saying something. She does make fun of most American women
for being spendthrifts though.
\_ Travel in poor area/country to cure yourself of that.
\_ Really honestly think about how much use you will get out of
something before you buy it. If it's an improvement on
something you already have, think about how much actual use
the new features will be. (Like a faster computer) In some
cases it helps to have a common "real-life" denomonation you
can use to think about it abstractly, such as: "How many
hours of work did it take to make $price?" or "How many
candy bars is this?" If you get in the habit of thinking
carefully, you can break the spending habit.
\_ I rented a Jaguar and drove it through some really poor
parts of the Ozarks. I'm not really sure why that would
'cure' anyone of anything.
\_ Nope. One tool I use is to stick stuff on my online wishlist
rather than impulse buying it. It satisfies that immediate urge
to "do something about getting it" If in a few months I still want
it (and no one's bought it for me) then I'll get it, maybe. |
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