mustang1
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+1. But I do a lot of impulse researching which then leads to thoughtful purchases. So in a way, none of my purchases are based on impulse. Kind of.
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Impulse purchases.
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+1. But I do a lot of impulse researching which then leads to thoughtful purchases. So in a way, none of my purchases are based on impulse. Kind of.
I'm okay with saying no to bikes or cars or other expensive things but struggle to resist the chocolate or sweets when waiting at the checkout in the shop.
I'm waiting for one of the "I went to the shop for a newspaper and came home with a rusty Maserati with blown head gasket" stories to appear in this thread.
I'm waiting for one of the "I went to the shop for a newspaper and came home with a rusty Maserati with blown head gasket" stories to appear in this thread.
byegad
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Two examples.
Friend one. In the early 90s decide to by himself a home computer. Every week he turned up complete with a What computer type magazine. Five years later he bought a computer. I calculate he spent nearly as much on magazines as he eventually laid out on the computer.
Friend two. Around the same time, decide he needed a bigger Estate car than his aging Morris Traveller. He drove miles viewing possible cars, until seven years later he bought a 5 Yr old Volvo Estate.
I'm the opposite, while not rich, if I see something I want, and I can afford it, I buy it, immediately. Life is too short to provaricate.
Mind you, friend one can't make a decision to save his life. He tried driving lessons and his instructor despaired of him ever making it through the test. advising him, that sitting at the entrance to a roundabout because 'someone might come soon' was a sure fail.
Friend one. In the early 90s decide to by himself a home computer. Every week he turned up complete with a What computer type magazine. Five years later he bought a computer. I calculate he spent nearly as much on magazines as he eventually laid out on the computer.
Friend two. Around the same time, decide he needed a bigger Estate car than his aging Morris Traveller. He drove miles viewing possible cars, until seven years later he bought a 5 Yr old Volvo Estate.
I'm the opposite, while not rich, if I see something I want, and I can afford it, I buy it, immediately. Life is too short to provaricate.
Mind you, friend one can't make a decision to save his life. He tried driving lessons and his instructor despaired of him ever making it through the test. advising him, that sitting at the entrance to a roundabout because 'someone might come soon' was a sure fail.