Comments on: Can You Resist a Bargain?

By: Andrew

Andrew — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 17:37:00 +0000

I do that alll the time. If there’s a great bargain and it’s something we would use (even if we don’t normally get it), I will totally buy it just to get the satisfaction of the great bargain.

By: frugal zeitgeist

frugal zeitgeist — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 12:46:00 +0000

Heh. “. . . walking my happy ass. . .” That made me laugh.

I definitely do this with things I know I’ll use, like shampoo or canned tomatoes. I don’t do it with gifts. My family all agreed to stop gift-giving for Christmas and holidays; among friends, I’d rather target the (affordable) gift to the person than just buy things and give them out when the opportunity arises. Besides, living in New York, there just isn’t room to store a lot of stuff.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 14:14:00 +0000

I just fell victim to this yesterday at CVS. I am addicted to CVS and those damn extra bucks and the weekly circulars that tempt me with they’re devilish deals….

Yesterday I went in for an 8 roll pack of paper towels — on sale for $4.99 from the usual price of $7.49. Well, instead of just walking my happy ass directly over to the register, I cruised through a couple of aisles and noticed the Sunlight dishwashing liquid on sale for 88 cents. And then there was a bottle of Advil PM for $1.99. I grabbed one of each and headed to the register. Sure, both of those extra items were great deals, but HELLO — I don’t need medicine to help me fall asleep and I have four bottles of dishwashing liquid already occupying space underneath my sink. I need help!! 🙂

By: Bobbie

Bobbie — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 13:08:00 +0000

I always like to keep my money in my pocket so I would never buy these items unless I was sure I would need them.

By: Kimbery

Kimbery — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 05:23:00 +0000

I buy all sorts of crap I don’t need because it’s a good deal. I’ve actually gotten better about not doing this (especially with food) but I still buy stuff I don’t need usually thinking I will resell it on Ebay but that doesn’t always happen. I end up giving a lot of stuff away … either way, it’s fun to find a deal and very hard to resist.

By: beth

beth — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 03:42:00 +0000

The only way I can see that being a worthwhile purchase for that woman is if she has a large social circle that currently is in the child-baring years. In my workplace, there are a lot of young women. One fairly large department constantly has at least one person out on maternity leave. If I worked in that department, I'd probably be constantly on the lookout for baby bargains for the inevitable baby showers.

I don't work in that department, I don't have that many friends in a position to be having children, so I have no stock of baby clothes.

By: bluntmoney

bluntmoney — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 03:19:00 +0000

I wouldn’t buy things just because they were good deals, unless I thought I could resell them at a higher price. (For instance, I bought a clarinet for $20 and resold it for $100, when I had no need for a clarinet.) Bargains are only bargains if you’ll actually use them 🙂