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Originally Posted by Katsunami
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I don't go and actively look for newer books, no. Just as I don't go and look for newer games because I've got such a huge backlog I (still) want to play at least one more time. I'm just not that interested in having new stuff to be honest.
If someone mentions something and it looks good, I buy it if the price is right. I have bought books after 2015 of course, but not in the thousands.
I have a weird buying pattern according to others. Even if a series looks good, I won't buy it before it is finished. (If the series is going to consist of multiple trilogies, for example, I'll buy it per finished trilogy.) There are quite a few series on my list that are still going and as soon as the author declares them finished I'll buy the entire series in one go. Actually, if I discover a new author I like after reading 1-2 books, I'll just buy his or her entire (finished) work.
Same thing in clothing stores. When I shop for shirts, I find the the type I like and then I buy it in every available color that I like. I'm also the guy that causes you to not be able to buy dish washing detergent or hand soap at your favorite online store for at least a week, because I was just there five minutes earlier and I bought the last 87 flasks because they were on sale for 50%.
I hate shopping. I hate browsing. Both online and IRL. It costs too much time and effort, especially with my poor vision. I have lists of what I want or need, and as soon as one of those items is needed I shop around and buy so much of it that I'm done for at least a year.
Obviously I don't buy 20 computers in one go; but WHEN I buy a computer, it is so massively overpowered that I could keep it for at least 7-8 years if I so wanted. Often my computer is still in the midrange of available NEW devices with regard to computing power, memory and storage, 5-6 years after I bought it. When it starts slipping into lower quarter compared to newer computers I'll start to look for something new.
I'm sure you get the drift. At some point I'll probably go on a massive e-book shopping spree again.
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Yeah, I get it, although my own habits are different in many things. While I don't particularly enjoy shopping and browsing either, I dislike buying things in bulk even more as they would clutter up my small apartment terribly (except for ebooks, which I also bought in huge batches when I replaced my paper library. I still buy new ebooks regularly, though).
As to computers, I've actually gone the same route as you for several years now. I used to buy low- and midrange stuff and got dissatisfied with it in a couple of years. Now I buy a top tier device and expect it to last for 5 or more years at the very least.