Comments on: Two incredible wastes of money http://www.mightybargainhunter.com/2006/07/21/two-incredible-wastes-of-money/ Personal finance, commentary, and spending less the easy way Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:24:44 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Jerry http://www.mightybargainhunter.com/2006/07/21/two-incredible-wastes-of-money/comment-page-1/#comment-104848 Jerry Sat, 24 Nov 2007 06:01:28 +0000 http://www.mightybargainhunter.com/2006/07/21/two-incredible-wastes-of-money/#comment-104848 That's an outrageous amount for a TV! They are cheaper now since you first wrote this but honestly! And, for our 2 year old, you can bet you'll see homemade cake (it's healthier) and thoughtful and inexpensive gifts. What matters is the time we spend with her and not the things she gets. It's not an insurance policy but few things are nowadays. I can't imagine selling a $72,000 plasma TV!! Jerry www.leads4insurance.com That’s an outrageous amount for a TV! They are cheaper now since you first wrote this but honestly! And, for our 2 year old, you can bet you’ll see homemade cake (it’s healthier) and thoughtful and inexpensive gifts. What matters is the time we spend with her and not the things she gets. It’s not an insurance policy but few things are nowadays. I can’t imagine selling a $72,000 plasma TV!!

Jerry
http://www.leads4insurance.com

]]> By: mbhunter http://www.mightybargainhunter.com/2006/07/21/two-incredible-wastes-of-money/comment-page-1/#comment-5914 mbhunter Mon, 31 Jul 2006 02:51:43 +0000 http://www.mightybargainhunter.com/2006/07/21/two-incredible-wastes-of-money/#comment-5914 Sounds like some folks have read The Long Emergency -- or at least would be nodding their head "yes" throughout the whole book. Sounds like some folks have read The Long Emergency — or at least would be nodding their head “yes” throughout the whole book.

]]> By: mom2fur http://www.mightybargainhunter.com/2006/07/21/two-incredible-wastes-of-money/comment-page-1/#comment-5901 mom2fur Sun, 30 Jul 2006 14:04:30 +0000 http://www.mightybargainhunter.com/2006/07/21/two-incredible-wastes-of-money/#comment-5901 Well, if you're a gazillionaire, knock yourself out. But...never mind the giant eyes. Who wants to look at every flaw and bump magnified? Yuck! And I think even $600 for a little kid is ridiculous. They won't even remember 90% of it! Why is it that some kid's parties are equal to wedding receptions these days? What's special for the future, then? When I was a kid (I'm 50, for the record), my mom would send away for freebies from the backs of boxes to put parties together for us. I can still remember the cake with the paper carousel on top--and that has to be over 40 years ago. A kid can have lovely memories for a few bucks. Well, if you’re a gazillionaire, knock yourself out. But…never mind the giant eyes. Who wants to look at every flaw and bump magnified? Yuck!
And I think even $600 for a little kid is ridiculous. They won’t even remember 90% of it! Why is it that some kid’s parties are equal to wedding receptions these days? What’s special for the future, then? When I was a kid (I’m 50, for the record), my mom would send away for freebies from the backs of boxes to put parties together for us. I can still remember the cake with the paper carousel on top–and that has to be over 40 years ago. A kid can have lovely memories for a few bucks.

]]> By: Nicole Humphrey http://www.mightybargainhunter.com/2006/07/21/two-incredible-wastes-of-money/comment-page-1/#comment-5598 Nicole Humphrey Tue, 25 Jul 2006 06:38:32 +0000 http://www.mightybargainhunter.com/2006/07/21/two-incredible-wastes-of-money/#comment-5598 I just shake my head and wonder why. I can think of thousands of things I could buy with all that money - and a plasma screen is just not one of them! Thanks for the great blog! I just shake my head and wonder why. I can think of thousands of things I could buy with all that money – and a plasma screen is just not one of them!
Thanks for the great blog!

]]> By: claire http://www.mightybargainhunter.com/2006/07/21/two-incredible-wastes-of-money/comment-page-1/#comment-5565 claire Mon, 24 Jul 2006 20:00:47 +0000 http://www.mightybargainhunter.com/2006/07/21/two-incredible-wastes-of-money/#comment-5565 Wow, Lindsey. You and my mom should hang out. Wow, Lindsey. You and my mom should hang out.

]]> By: Lindsey http://www.mightybargainhunter.com/2006/07/21/two-incredible-wastes-of-money/comment-page-1/#comment-5500 Lindsey Mon, 24 Jul 2006 04:48:28 +0000 http://www.mightybargainhunter.com/2006/07/21/two-incredible-wastes-of-money/#comment-5500 How many have thought about how to make it through the next economic Depression? Who would buy a $71k tv if you needed to sell it? What preparations have you made for survival once the lights go out, and the trucks stop delivering to the grocery stores, hardware stores, or pharmacies? Do you live on enough land to grow your own food, to hunt and fish or just be able to forage? How about trees, do you have any to cut for heat in the winter? Can you burn your own garbage where you live to keep from dying of plague? These are things we need to think about. Was that 800Sf $650k 1Br condo really the way to go? Or that 7800Sf McMansion sitting on a postage-sized lot in the desert? We deserve what's coming, and we're well on our way. The US is a bankrupt country, our Fed prints money just to pay the interest on the gov't debt. Debt that future generations are expected to pay back to our foreign creditors, but we are a long way past that, and a long way past the point of no return. My advice is to get out of the cities and buy lots of land. Build your own home with a basement, learn to do for yourselves without society now before it happens. Arm yourself well, stock food in the basement, and get off the grid. Build windmills or water wheels or put up solar panels, quit paying utilities. Then you just might survive.. How many have thought about how to make it through the next economic Depression? Who would buy a $71k tv if you needed to sell it? What preparations have you made for survival once the lights go out, and the trucks stop delivering to the grocery stores, hardware stores, or pharmacies? Do you live on enough land to grow your own food, to hunt and fish or just be able to forage? How about trees, do you have any to cut for heat in the winter? Can you burn your own garbage where you live to keep from dying of plague?

These are things we need to think about. Was that 800Sf $650k 1Br condo really the way to go? Or that 7800Sf McMansion sitting on a postage-sized lot in the desert? We deserve what’s coming, and we’re well on our way. The US is a bankrupt country, our Fed prints money just to pay the interest on the gov’t debt. Debt that future generations are expected to pay back to our foreign creditors, but we are a long way past that, and a long way past the point of no return.

My advice is to get out of the cities and buy lots of land. Build your own home with a basement, learn to do for yourselves without society now before it happens. Arm yourself well, stock food in the basement, and get off the grid. Build windmills or water wheels or put up solar panels, quit paying utilities.

Then you just might survive..

]]> By: Tricia http://www.mightybargainhunter.com/2006/07/21/two-incredible-wastes-of-money/comment-page-1/#comment-5387 Tricia Sat, 22 Jul 2006 04:38:39 +0000 http://www.mightybargainhunter.com/2006/07/21/two-incredible-wastes-of-money/#comment-5387 I look at the TV this way....it costs twice as much as my house! WOW! I look at the TV this way….it costs twice as much as my house! WOW!

]]> By: samerwriter http://www.mightybargainhunter.com/2006/07/21/two-incredible-wastes-of-money/comment-page-1/#comment-5351 samerwriter Fri, 21 Jul 2006 17:03:52 +0000 http://www.mightybargainhunter.com/2006/07/21/two-incredible-wastes-of-money/#comment-5351 The adults paying $71K for a TV hopefully have the means to pay for it, so good for them I guess. The worrisome thing is that their kids will see that as "normal". Those kids are the future Paris Hiltons of the world. They're being trained to think that money is required to create a meaningful experience. The adults paying $71K for a TV hopefully have the means to pay for it, so good for them I guess.

The worrisome thing is that their kids will see that as “normal”. Those kids are the future Paris Hiltons of the world. They’re being trained to think that money is required to create a meaningful experience.

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