Comments on: My Money Sins http://www.promoneyblog.com/personal-finance/my-money-sins Tue, 18 May 2010 08:57:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Michael http://www.promoneyblog.com/personal-finance/my-money-sins/comment-page-1#comment-295 Michael Thu, 09 Aug 2007 18:02:03 +0000 http://www.promoneyblog.com/personal-finance/my-money-sins#comment-295 A good motto which I like is if you have money - show it. A good motto which I like is if you have money – show it.

]]> By: Dennis http://www.promoneyblog.com/personal-finance/my-money-sins/comment-page-1#comment-285 Dennis Wed, 08 Aug 2007 04:15:13 +0000 http://www.promoneyblog.com/personal-finance/my-money-sins#comment-285 yeah tech stuff is killer, I have a Treo and can't let it go... =( yeah tech stuff is killer, I have a Treo and can’t let it go… =(

]]> By: Brip Blap http://www.promoneyblog.com/personal-finance/my-money-sins/comment-page-1#comment-283 Brip Blap Wed, 08 Aug 2007 03:53:42 +0000 http://www.promoneyblog.com/personal-finance/my-money-sins#comment-283 I will debate spending on a $400 useful item (for example, GPS for our family car) for months, but I'll spend $100 on a dinner with friends/family without flinching. There are about 10,000+ pages ready to be written on the psychology of human spending patterns. What appears ridiculous to one person appear perfectly rational to another. Tech gadgets can kill you. You really, really have to ask yourself whether that's money well spent or whether it's just for entertainment's sake. I have wanted a fancy new internet/email enabled phone for a while, but I honestly don't think I'll ever use it for anything other than phone calls, and my current 3-year-old crappy phone does that just fine. I have to restrain myself from wasting that money. I find that the great majority of tech-type purchases are purely fun and don't really serve any real practical purpose whatsoever. I will debate spending on a $400 useful item (for example, GPS for our family car) for months, but I’ll spend $100 on a dinner with friends/family without flinching. There are about 10,000+ pages ready to be written on the psychology of human spending patterns. What appears ridiculous to one person appear perfectly rational to another.

Tech gadgets can kill you. You really, really have to ask yourself whether that’s money well spent or whether it’s just for entertainment’s sake. I have wanted a fancy new internet/email enabled phone for a while, but I honestly don’t think I’ll ever use it for anything other than phone calls, and my current 3-year-old crappy phone does that just fine. I have to restrain myself from wasting that money. I find that the great majority of tech-type purchases are purely fun and don’t really serve any real practical purpose whatsoever.

]]> By: Chris Bloczynski http://www.promoneyblog.com/personal-finance/my-money-sins/comment-page-1#comment-282 Chris Bloczynski Wed, 08 Aug 2007 03:29:41 +0000 http://www.promoneyblog.com/personal-finance/my-money-sins#comment-282 I rarely buy anything new. I'm a big proponent of buying used... although I tend to eat out for dinners a lot, since I don't care much for cooking. I feel you, though. I rarely buy anything new. I’m a big proponent of buying used… although I tend to eat out for dinners a lot, since I don’t care much for cooking. I feel you, though.

]]> By: cube3 http://www.promoneyblog.com/personal-finance/my-money-sins/comment-page-1#comment-281 cube3 Tue, 07 Aug 2007 23:05:43 +0000 http://www.promoneyblog.com/personal-finance/my-money-sins#comment-281 don't be guilty denn..cos i am one hell of a spender too when it comes to shopping. don’t be guilty denn..cos i am one hell of a spender too when it comes to shopping.

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