Comments on: Leaving the Sale Behind

By: tehnyit

tehnyit — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 12:09:53 +0000

One way that I have tried, with various degree of success, is to make it difficult for me to pay for it. Eg, carry no cash or card with me when I go to the shops. My wife carries all the cash or the cards.

It kinda work until I went to the shop by myself.

By: Hilary

Hilary — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 06:13:47 +0000

I struggle with this all the time (who doesn’t, right?). The worst for me are the times when I do walk away, and then I totally regret it. I still remember this wonderful goat’s milk soap that was on clearance for $1 a bar, and I only bought two bars (when there were like 10 available). I haven’t found it since…

But now, when I find something on clearance, I recall the soap and think “Oh, it’ll be like that soap and I’ll regret not buying the entire stock!” Then I walk away with waaay too much of what I don’t really need. I have like four Burt’s Bees lotions on my shelf just waiting to be used unenthusiastically by me because they were 50% off.

The struggles continue…

By: Miranda

Miranda — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 02:20:53 +0000

I’ll bet plenty of people have had this experience. 30% of our purchases are impulse buys. It can be hard to resist the impulses because we’re raised to look for deals. But, as my mom once said, “Spending money is spending money. It doesn’t matter if it’s a ‘good deal.’”