Comments on: Avoiding the Impulse Buy

By: One Frugal Girl

One Frugal Girl — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 03:36:40 +0000

@Momma Jorje – I completely agree. I always feel more lured by Target than any other store!

By: Momma Jorje

Momma Jorje — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 03:15:47 +0000

It is so easy to lose an hour wandering around a Target or Walmart... and easy to spend $100 or $200 only to get home and realize you got nothin' but junk!

I think Target is somehow more browser-friendly, too. I'm not sure why.

By: One Frugal Girl

One Frugal Girl — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 02:17:21 +0000

@Cate – Why is Target so enticing?

@Grace – I completely agree. The best policy is just to avoid the stores all together.

By: Grace Hwang Lynch

Grace Hwang Lynch — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 01:35:59 +0000

I find that the less time I spend in stores, the less temptation for impulse buys. Sure, it may be the fact that I don't have the opportunity, but after three months of severely cutting back on spending (ie no clothes shopping), the instinctive pull to fill an extra hour or so by wandering around a store is much weaker.

By: Cate @ Liberal Simplicity

Cate @ Liberal Simplicity — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 02:43:08 +0000

I struggle with impulse buys. I don't know why, but when I go to Target, I ALWAYS see something that I never thought about until just then, at which point I have to have it! I don't always, or even usually, buy the item in question, but it still creates a longing for it. I try to stay away from recreational shopping as much as possible.