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> <channel><title>gHacks Technology News &#124; Latest Tech News, Software And Tutorials &#187; impulse purchases</title> <atom:link href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/impulse-purchases/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.ghacks.net</link> <description>A technology news blog covering software, mobile phones, gadgets, security, the Internet and other relevant areas.</description> <lastBuildDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2012 21:54:04 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1</generator> <atom:link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com"/><atom:link rel="hub" href="http://superfeedr.com/hubbub"/> <item><title>Beat Impulse Purchases</title><link>http://www.ghacks.net/2008/07/22/beat-impulse-purchases/</link> <comments>http://www.ghacks.net/2008/07/22/beat-impulse-purchases/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 09:00:27 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Martin Brinkmann</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Advice]]></category> <category><![CDATA[computer]]></category> <category><![CDATA[devices]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Hardware]]></category> <category><![CDATA[impulse buy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[impulse purchases]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ssd]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.ghacks.net/?p=5497</guid> <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 [...]]]></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> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.ghacks.net/2008/07/22/beat-impulse-purchases/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>3</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
