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Originally Posted by jackie_w
You're never going to win Amazon's Customer of the Year award with that level of personal restraint  |
Nah, it's not restraint, really. I've just bought, sold, re-bought and re-sold too much stuff over the years, which cost me too much money. It goes like this:
1. "I want X."
2. "Damn, that's expensive. I'll go for A. It's about 80% right."
3. "Grrr. It's not right enough. I'll sell A and go for B. It's about 87% right."
Rinse and repeat 2 and 3, and end up with X in the end... having lost money by first buying other stuff.
I've just, at some point, decided to not do that anymore and either go for X immediately (if realistically possible), lower my expectations/demands, or, if both are not possible or desirable, forget about buying the product entirely.
I've found that in the end, spending more costs you less
