How often do you buy things...

Wanda

28 Nov 05, 14:48

....that are nice to have, but not necessary?

E.g. I'm eyeing this nice reference picture book, and it's something nice to refer to, although 50%-60% of the content is not new knowledge to me. The cost is about $40. Would you buy such a nice-to-have but no-need-to-have thing? Or it could be the Fujitsu Lifebook or the Powerbook - another nice-to-have item.

Need vs want - who wins? Mr. Green

stellazio

28 Nov 05, 14:50

most of my stuff are uncesscary.. Laughing

elindra

28 Nov 05, 14:52

Erhmmm too often for my own good Confused

Example. I don't need a stingray but bought it anyway because I think it's cute Surprised

poon cho tang

28 Nov 05, 14:55

needs always come first Laughing

Rhonda

28 Nov 05, 14:56

Sometimes, when the eye settles on something aesthetically pleasing and the heart gets seduced by it, it's very difficult to fight a clear-cut case with one's logical brain! Laughing

Afterall, we're creatures of passion at times! Defies all logic! Laughing

So, I know what you mean, it's going to be a white elephant, most likely, but it's sooooo preeeeety that you just can't get it off your mind! It's as if you have suddenly morphed into an octopus with all eight tentacles clinging on to the object for dear life! Laughing

If something has captured my attention THAT way, it's very hard to let it go. Hard, but still possible!

So again, it depends on how deeply into it I am! Wink

(For eg. there's this coffee table book 'A Passion for Flowers', that I've yearned for for donkey years already! And then, there are other books that I've seen just ONCE, and HAVE to have it NOW! Laughing

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Rhonda

28 Nov 05, 14:57

I forgot to add, it also depends on the cost of the item.

No matter how much you yearn for it, if the price range is outrageously out of your budget, then like it or not, you'd have to live with not owning it! Razz

stellazio

28 Nov 05, 14:59

wait, it seems that everything i buy suddenly gets an excuse for becoming nesscary... Laughing

shinta

28 Nov 05, 15:08

ah....that'd be my mangas...

i have no use for them.

Laughing

elindra

28 Nov 05, 15:11

Originally posted by shinta:
ah....that'd be my mangas...

i have no use for them.

What titles you have? No use gimme Laughing

Rhonda

28 Nov 05, 15:14

Originally posted by elindra:
What titles you have? No use gimme

Wah liao!! So opportunist one ah, elindra!! Twisted Evil

It's a shame you aren't on that Trump show, 'The Apprentice'! With your quick-thinking and thick-skin ah, you might just get that elusive job in Trump's companies! Twisted Evil

Steph84

28 Nov 05, 15:16

Originally posted by stellazio:
most of my stuff are uncesscary..

same here.... but i can't do without getting new stuff often... when too long never shop, i actually will develop this urge to shop!!

i think i buy new clothes/accessories almost once every week.
Skincare/makeup at least once a month.
oh if electronic gadgets all those, once in a blue moon....

Ladies, how often do u all buy new shoes?? lately i've become addicted to new shoes. gotta stop it! Mad

choco B

28 Nov 05, 15:18

More often than I should haha

Lots of factors are involved when one is trying to decide on a Want purchase, but then the factors actually are useless if I observed the most basic rule of "do not indulge Wants". Oh well. :p

Anyway with regards to your book, Wanda, it depends on cost per wear too. If you have a habit of re-reading books that you love, then the book is put to really good use and worth the money (it isn't that pricey either ).

I tend to have a soft spot for books because spending on something that nourishes the mind and inspires the imagination has got to be much more worthwhile than spending the same money on lots of other frills & trinkets I can think of...

elindra

28 Nov 05, 15:18

Originally posted by Rhonda:

Wah liao!! So opportunist one ah, elindra!!

It's a shame you aren't on that Trump show, 'The Apprentice'! With your quick-thinking and thick-skin ah, you might just get that elusive job in Trump's companies!

I'm only thick-skinned online la.
RL I shy shy one Embarassed