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Do you impulse buy sometimes or is it always a long thought out process?

moshquerade

moshquerade

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Last night I placed an order on Amazon and afterwards I thought, 'I don't really need this'. It was just such a great deal. Luckily with Amazon there's a nice window of opportunity to cancel an order and they make it so easy to cancel right online. I cancelled the order and realized that was really a dumb impulse buy.

Anyone else purchase on impulse and then likely regret it?
 
Not much of an impulse buyer. It took me 3 or 4 visits to Costco looking at the selection before I finally settled on a GPS. 😱 I prefer to research the snot out of things first.
 
Originally posted by: iamwiz82
Not much of an impulse buyer. It took me 3 or 4 visits to Costco looking at the selection before I finally settled on a GPS. 😱 I prefer to research the snot out of things first.
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I'm exactly the same.

I researched the Sharp 42" AQUOS® LC-42D64U for at least 5 hours before pulling the trigger at $1,000 with free shipping :thumbsup:
 
i almost never purchase on impulse. the one time i did, i regretted it cuz the item i bought was a POS and i returned it 😛

i usually do my research, make sure the product i am settling on is a good product, and then purchase it. my last 'impulse buy' was a 46" Sceptre LCD from Costco, which was a crappy tv, so i returned it and bought something else 🙂
 
I used to be an impulse buyer. Only lately, maybe starting six months ago, have I gotten incredibly conservative with money and my spending decisions.
 
I never impulse buy anything over $50. and very rarely things over $20. What can I say? Im a computer nerd that doesn't mind research. It took me like 4 months before got all the parts for my current C2D machine.
 
Both. I typically research the hell outta my purchases before I actually lay down the cash. Sometimes, if an item is less than a certain amount (depending on my mood), ill just buy it impulsively (typically music cds).
 
I was an impulse buyer when I was younger (read: teens & early 20's). But now that I'm older, every purchase is a long thought out process to the point of being ridiculous.
 
depends on what it is. If i want something that is expensive, i do a lot of looking for the best price and stuff or if there are many models of something, i do a lot of research on them before choosing.

sometimes i get paralysis by analysis. this means that i analyze my choices so much that i end up not buying something for a long time.

i rarely impulse buy though, unless its cheap. i almost always know beforehand what I want.
 
Impulse bought an iMac when the new ones first came out (4-5 years ago) - still happy with it. Impulse bought an iPod touch when it was announced on the website - hopefully going to be happy with it. And, just yesterday I impulse purchased a blackberry 8830 to replace my verizon xv6700 pocket pc - I'll let you know in a few days if I'm happy with it 😛
 
On a single item, $50 is no problem, but the most $50 items i buy the more i think about if i can live without it. For expensive items (over $200) i do a lot of research first. But i still use excuses like "instead of buying a used car, i'm biking everywhere so i can spend the money i saved from that on a expensive gaming rig".

I do not fall for the trap of sales, something could be 102% off and i'll think "do i even want that taking up space in my apartment?".


My spending is also based on "i want to save XXXX amount of money, after i reach this goal i'll be more lose with my spending"
 
I can stand in the toilet paper isle of a supermarket for hours trying to figure out exactly which one to buy. Option anxiety FTL.
 
$50 is the dividing line for me.

< $50 - sometimes, though I usually talk myself out of it before I get to the register.
> $50 - NEVER.

I think it's a guy thing. We don't shop. We acquire. When we enter a store, we already know exactly what we're there for and we usually go right for it.


 
I don't impulse buy simply because I know I don't have the money to keep that habit up.

That said, I was debating on whether or not to buy new shoes online for about a week, and I finally pulled the trigger yesterday (got a good deal too). It's not so much like that for me with computer equipment because I generally know what I need/want, so there isn't usually much research involved.
 
Originally posted by: Josh
Impulse bought an iMac when the new ones first came out (4-5 years ago) - still happy with it. Impulse bought an iPod touch when it was announced on the website - hopefully going to be happy with it. And, just yesterday I impulse purchased a blackberry 8830 to replace my verizon xv6700 pocket pc - I'll let you know in a few days if I'm happy with it 😛
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Verizon disabled the GPS on the 8830. :|
 
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