Day 37: The Devil Always Lurks

We've had a new kettle and toaster on our wish-list since starting this adventure... and they came to the top of the list.

How our wish-list purchase was smart but still tasted like sale-mania 

We shopped around the stores looking for the appliances we liked. We found exactly what we were after and didn't buy them.

Instead we took the model numbers, researched reviews online and then searched for the best price. We waited another week, looked again online and BAM Myers had a sale. The ones we wanted were heavily reduced.

We contacted our local Myers store. They did not have them in stock... and the sale was for one day only. Now the blood is rushing... we both felt it. Game on people!!

Armed with the rationale that we are clever consumers because it is on our wish-list, we rang the city store and they had both available. We paid for them over the phone and will pick them up on Monday. Yeehaa, we grabbed a bargain!

Our primary vulnerabilities in the face of the consumerism juggernaut is to be emotionally swayed by the prospect of saving money rather than a rational prioritisation of need. 

Even though we made these decision consciously and in a planned way, the rush from the drug-like juice we experience when we made the purchase, was a sobering reminder of how powerful that pull can be.

The end result is we got what we wanted for a heavily reduced price and we got to re-examine our relationship with consumerism. Powerful stuff.

What went out - 6 items

Another pile of books left the building.

What came in - 0 items

We will add the 2 purchased appliances on Mondays blog (when they arrive home)

INSIGHTS

(1) We may never lose the taste of the consumer drug
(2) Taking time to make a purchasing decision ensures a better outcome all round

TOTAL: OUT - 708  IN - 51