Comments on: Where are you holding back?

By: Juicy Gina

Juicy Gina — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 17:42:04 +0000

Just buy it at a place with a good long returns policy, ie. 90 returns and then love it, use it, and if you become bored of it during that time, return it. Otherwise you keep it and if you change your mind later I'm sure you can sell it on Craigslist for close to what you paid. For me, the not-having-it-but-want-it-so-bad desire goes away once I have it.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 22:29:58 +0000

I really wanted a new computer for a long time. Mine is really slow, the laptop battery only lasts 20 minutes, and the screen is too small to work from home. My justification for a new computer is that I work from home a lot in the evenings/weekends. However, after some thought, my boyfriend and I decided I could use his brand-new computer when I had to work from home (we live together). Saved us $1500 for the time being.

By: gwenavyre

gwenavyre — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 21:47:55 +0000

I think 2 things make me nervous about a purchase like this. 1) That I might drop it or somehow break it. 2) That I won't use it as much as I think I will and will feel bad seeing it sit somewhere knowing how much it cost. Those are what make me delay a purchase of this type of item.

By: Money Grubber

Money Grubber — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 19:45:31 +0000

Whenever I want to buy something, I try to count how many times I think about wanting a material possession is, over say… a 2 month period… and assign a dollar value to each time I think about that item.

If it costs 100 bucks, and I think about it more than like 50 times in two months, I feel like its pretty justified to pay the cost of item because it obviously brings my life equivalent joy.

By: Jesse

Jesse — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 16:10:05 +0000

Dude DSLR's are awesome but with the advancements in technology, you can get a great entry level DSLR for well under $1000. We bought a Nikon D40 a few years back and have loved the crap out of it. Its the awesomest camera ever. The newest revision of the Nikon entry to mid level cameras just came out, the D5000 and guess what, there isnt much of a change from the D40 and the D5000 except that now the D40 can be had for around 300 if ya keep your eyes open, and the D5000 now costs about $1300. You won't regret getting the D40, its such an amazing camera and even after about 3 years using it, we are still surprised at the picture quality and features we discover. We even use the camera professionally for weddings and events.

We get buyers remorse, just like everyone else, but there are two things I never had it for. One is our brand new car (purchased 5 years ago), and the other is our Nikon D40 which we paid nearly $1000.