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Old 10-23-2018, 06:35 PM   #4817
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Originally Posted by poohbear_nc View Post
And I share your attraction to 'retail therapy' -- one strategy that has worked for me is to put shortcuts on my desktop to those titles I'm tempted to buy, rather than click the buy button. Having them on my desktop reduces the impulse to buy them - esp. at full release price while in hardcover, and checking them periodically lets me delay clicking on that pesky buy button.
I suspect my Amazon wishlist serves much the same purpose. It's true, at least for me, that constant exposure can reduce the yen; at least it serves to help me keep my wishlist pruned. After a while, I find I can let at least some titles go.
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