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		<title>Beat Impulse Purchases</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 09:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Impulse purchases are those &#8220;see-grab-buy&#8221; purchases without really thinking hard about the purchase before making it. It&#8217;s a phenomenon especially in the electronic work with a trend that many want to have a device or software on launch day. Say video game systems, mp3 player and even computer games.
The matter is even getting more pressing [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Impulse purchases are those &#8220;see-grab-buy&#8221; purchases without really thinking hard about the purchase before making it. It&#8217;s a phenomenon especially in the electronic work with a trend that many want to have a device or software on launch day. Say video game systems, mp3 player and even computer games.</p>
<p>The matter is even getting more pressing if the supply is limited, say a limited edition of a computer game or a super duper price for a product that usually costs a lot more. That&#8217;s like putting more pressure on the consumer and it usually works.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m sometimes hard pressed to stop myself from buying a device after reading about it on the Internet. I came up with a system that is beating impulse buying fair and square and it will definitely save you some money.</p>
<p><span id="more-5497"></span>It&#8217;s actually a pretty easy system. If I see or read about something that I want I think about it for a second. Do I really need the device right now? The answer would be yes in the case of a crashed hard drive but no for a gamin system or computer game. </p>
<p>Every item where I come to the conclusion that I do not need it right away lands on my 90-days list. I add the date and the name of the product on that list. I check back after 90 days and see if I still want to buy that product. If I do I buy it but more often than not I don&#8217;t care anymore. Let me give you an example where this worked perfectly.</p>
<p>You might remember that I wanted to buy a SSD (Solid State Drives) for my new computer. SSDs were expensive and rare at that time and most could not really live up to the promise. I put that SSD drive on my 90 days list and ordered one just a few days ago because I still wanted one. Those 90 days however saw some great product releases of reliable and fast SSD drives and I was able to grab one of the fastest for a third of the price that I would have paid back then. As I said, it works pretty well and more often than not it saves you money.</p>
<p>Ladies, this works extremely well for non-tech related products like shoes, perfumes, clothes or books. </p>

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