Reckless Purchases

[rubah]

About a week ago i purchased a mechanical scale ($14, $7 shipping) to weigh things such as books (as a member of bookmooch.com, this behooves me I believe).

A few months ago, apparently I purchased a ride on a go-kart ($.35). At the time, I thought this was built into our university fees. Not so, apparently. A $.35 charge has been crouching in my student account for a month or so now. Finally today after having looked at it for two months, I see it now has an explanation of WHY it exists. See aforementioned go-kart ride. "Safe Ride" they call it.

anyways, I whip out the ol' plastic to give Dad a heart attack when he notes a $.35 charge by the university of arkansas on next month's bill.

I think I have seen people pay such middling charges with plastic or check before, but not too often. I would gloat about how the university has to pay a charge to use my card's services, but that's probably built into my university fees also.

Or else I'll have a $.40 charge NEXT semester.

(Soon I'll have to purchase postage credit I can determine by my cute little mechanical scale (pictures anyone?), but that's not so reckless a purchase, I don't think. (bookmooch HO!).)

[scrumpleberry]

I do that.

"A pair of shoes that actually look hideous but my brain hasn't acknowledged the fact yet? HECK YEAH!"

A few hours pass...

"Good lord, I'm stupid!"

And I'm always too embarrased to return them.

[rubah]

I would return them anyways. Wear a spartan mask.

[Avarice-ness]

I bought a 149$ Coach purse, then realized it was to small later.

After a while though, I realized that there are times in life that I may need only my wallet and a pen, in which the purse came in handy.

Then I bought 118$ pair of boots that I only wore twice. I prolly should have taken them back, but it's to late now because they got lost somewhere on the move from Texas to Wisconsin.

Then my dad bought me a 214$ pair of Versace sunglasses. I love them but I only regret getting him to buy them for me because he's in another country now and I can't afford to get perscription lenses specially cut into them.

Oh, and then this 64$ Guess shirt that just sits in my closet. I would take it back but I've lost my receipt.

And then the brand new desktop I bought in November, but the only reason I regret it is because my boyfriend loves it so much and it annoys me.

Oh, and then I got another WoW subscription for this month and I don't even wanna play anymore.

Oh and this CD rack that has burnable cd's that I've never even touched. It was on sale though so that's okies.

I feel kind of stupid for buying this little dish chair too, but when I got it I didn't have any other furniture in my apartment, but now that I have my sofa no one sits on it 'cept me and then I feel far away 'cause it's in the corner.

I never use the bill file either.. or my coupon book.



If we can't see, I impulse buy, if I want it then I buy it. I like stuff, even if I never use them. (Yeah I horde stuff and it IS a problem.)

[Araciel]

Things that I don't eat, I always keep and never really find that I made a bad decision in buying them. But I don't buy much anyway.

[Little Al]

I cannot say for myself because I have bad memory when it comes to things like those. But when it comes to my mom shopping, she goes beyond the limit. (And that really is saying something)

[Parker]

I bought a girl a guitar with money I didn't have and then she dumped me

[Captain Maxx Power]

Being both male and from "The North" of England I'm genetically predisposed to be an utter tight-arse when it comes to money. Hence I genuinely cannot remember the last time I bought something recklessly.

[Aerith's Knight]

i spend 2000 dollars in the last 2 weeks.. so im guessing the credit card company is pretty happy

[Vermachtnis]

Does buying anime I can get off the internet for free count as reckless, or stupid as my friend puts it? Also, probably buying the Sega Genisis Collection just for Phantasy Star IV, may have been a bit reckless.

[Caraliz]

I try not to recklessly buy things. I'm also a tight-arse when it comes to money. xD I horde like hell until I'm like "no, this purchase has depth to it"

[escobert]

I try not to recklessly buy things. I'm also a tight-arse when it comes to money. xD I horde like hell until I'm like "no, this purchase has depth to it"

you're taking care of my money from now on xD

the last few months I've been pretty good with spending but I have been known to buy things for no reason.

[Momiji]

I'm not very good with money, I'll admit. If it's an absolute need to hold onto some money, I will make sure I hold on to it. Otherwise, if there's something I want, I'll probably buy it.

...because of this, I now own a few stupid video games and lame cds that I can't get rid of now. x_x

[Caraliz]

I try not to recklessly buy things. I'm also a tight-arse when it comes to money. xD I horde like hell until I'm like "no, this purchase has depth to it"

you're taking care of my money from now on xD

the last few months I've been pretty good with spending but I have been known to buy things for no reason.

babe all we be spendin' money on is blunts and pizza.

[Heath]

Being both male and from "The North" of England I'm genetically predisposed to be an utter tight-arse when it comes to money. Hence I genuinely cannot remember the last time I bought something recklessly.

I'm originally from Merseyside and I'm an utter tight-arse.

But yeah, I honestly can't think of the last thing I bought recklessly. I only ever buy things if I've thought them through and actually have a use for them. I suppose my habit of buying more books than I can read would be considered fairly reckless but I get around to reading them eventually. And it's not like second hand books are expensive really.