Comments on: Why Can’t I Kill the Desire to Spend Money?

By: Bobby

Bobby — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 00:13:47 +0000

You spent $893 for a timing belt and those other items change?

As a recommendation, I recommend you stop by a honda dealership, I did mine at 120,000 miles for $300.

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By: Lacey

Lacey — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 20:00:12 +0000

WoW! I am so glad I found your page! I am reading a book right now, called “Its Not About the Money” by Brent Kessel. The first chapter hits on EXACTLY what this post is all about! Rather than explain it to you, I’ll let you check it out yourself. You should really enjoy it!

There’s a link to his book on his site.
Happy reading!
http://brentkessel.com/wordpress

By: James

James — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 18:51:37 +0000

I feel what you are going through. I had a car that was working just fine, until I decided I want a new car. My reasoning for this was that I would have a care that was under warranty so I wouldn’t have to worry about repairs. Unfortunately I was wrong. I just chipped the windshield and it cost me a substantial amount of money for it to be replaced because it wasn’t covered under the warranty. Be comfortable with what you have, Save for your retirement and be more thrifty with your decisions.

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By: JonnyV

JonnyV — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 21:35:50 +0000

Yeah, I have heard similar things Hazzard. And at this point I would wait until Black Friday anyway. I keep trying to give myself reasons, aka: If the Brewers made it to the Series then I would buy one. But that didn’t happen.

Either way, I won’t be buying one this year. I just have to keep looking at my only 3 debts (Mortgage, Student Loans, and Car) and motivating myself that it is always better to pay off a loan. Maybe once the $9K car loan is paid off later next year.

By: Hazzard

Hazzard — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 18:57:47 +0000

JonnyV,
Don’t buy one yet. I just read an article that says LCD tv’s are due to crash hard on price. They expect by Black Friday that a 32″ LCD tv may go for under $350 and 40-46″ LCD’s will go under $1000 at about the same time. With the increase in production and the massive drop in the economy, there is an expectation that there will be far more supply than demand!

By: JonnyV

JonnyV — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 18:55:21 +0000

I completely agree with you. The internet is not your friend when it comes to wants vs. needs. Currently in my house, I sit with a 10+ year old Samsung CRT TV. The one thing I want is a nice 46″ flat screen TV. At least once every 2 months, I surf the internet looking at all the newest TV sets and pine over them. Then I think, what else could I do with at $2K? Maybe put it towards some of my wife’s and I student loans? Pay off more on our car loan (I already pay extra when I can)? Or put it towards the home loan?

And of course it is frustrating going over to friend’s houses who have these, and I know for a fact that they are struggling with cash and credit card debts, but they have them.

The internet is EVVVVIL!