68% of Us Can’t Resist Urges to Buy Crap
Posted by Cap in Even More Ramblings |The number, of course, is pulled out of thin air. I can vouch for one person that definitely had a hard time resisting the urge to spend needlessly, but through my short life span, I’ve also seen the very same action done by many others.
I just want to go to the mall and buy something. It’ll make me feel better.
Ever heard something along this line? The tag line would usually be preceded by a negative event, whereby buying something may balance out the crappy day.
It’s simple, you’re just buying a little gift to yourself, something to smooth out the bad day, bad week, etc. No big deal, right?
How often do you say the ‘harmless’ tag line above?
How long does the perceived happiness from the goods and the purchase actually last?
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June 23rd, 2006 at 11:20 am
Just like with most addictions, the high is in the chase. How’s that deep fryer thing going?
June 23rd, 2006 at 11:48 am
I feel BETTER when I don’t buy anything and know I have saved a bunch of money.
But there IS this HomeMedics shiatsu massage mat that the nice folks at our local Walmart have had sitting out in a chair for people to sit in and get a sample massage, boy, it is nice and ONLY $98.00! :-( I could put it on layaway with &9.80 down and 10 easy payments of $9.00 and it would be MINE!
Maybe when I feel icky after having a nice meal of batter fried chicen strips, homemade french fries and fried squash cooked in my deep fryer it’d make me feel much better?
June 23rd, 2006 at 9:09 pm
Actually, shopping makes me nervous. I suppose it’s being raised in a very, very tiny allowance in a family where “we can’t afford that” was my mother’s common refrain. My mother grew up in a family that struggled through the Depression, and when she first married my dad there wasn’t much money, so she never shopped just for recreation. I think she would have dropped dead of apoplexy if she’d been made to shop for recreation. I wore a lot of hand-me-downs, and the few times I did get to shop for clothes, I knew my mother had this grim sort of “this is all too expensive” thought going on behind those tight lips. Funny thing was, though, we weren’t poor. Not even close. I just grew up thinking we were.
June 25th, 2006 at 9:27 am
ah I’m still debating on the fryer. this has nothing to do with the fryer though, I’ve been debating over it for a long time now. hah
interesting perspective stock mama, thanks for sharing. I think I’ll elaborate on the post some more, I had this whole thing typed up but kinda deleted it…
June 25th, 2006 at 8:42 pm
how do you think i got into so much debt in the first place? thank god i’ve over that.
June 28th, 2006 at 7:51 am
I’ve got to the point where if I see something I want….ike that nice linksys wireless access point, I start searching for the best price, lowest and fastest shipping. But I’ve found that usually I really just like the hunt more than actually getting the item.