This might be a strange concept, and in general i know the answer will be no, but bare with me i have a point.
Also yes i accept the many hundreds of positive aspects of the internet for purchases, such as researching, reviews etc.
However this is my point:
With the internet, i feel compelled to make the perfect buying choice, on every single item, every single time.
Which is a lot of hassle, i recently realised i was spending hours over looking for a perfect beard trimmer, a time i could have just bought something, realised i hated it and bought something else in. (If you equate time to money i'd come out on top).
But lets look at a bigger scale, a TV for example, thats a big purchase.
You don't want to buy a £100-500+ object and realise it's not the right one for you, or you could have gotten a better deal elsewhere, or there is a better from a different make.
But when you finally buy that TV, are you happy? for me there's not the fun of a purchase that i used to have when i was younger (only 20 now...).
Personally i always see some review online about x or y wrong with my product, or then see a better product, or someone suddenly says something better is out in 3 months (ignore PC parts here for obvious reasons, also this is a pc forum... i like researching those parts
), and it just kills it for me.
To put it into context, i've seen family members go and buy a TV in the past, nothing amazing, but not cheap. They brought it home and raved to everyone about how great it was, top of the range, has this has that. They were overjoyed. And i knew it wasn't close to being the best it could be for their money. I knew i wouldn't buy that tv when you could buy other tvs for a better price, with better features.
However me with my stupid search for the best, wouldn't be as happy as the ignorant buyer who got a shiny new toy that functions just as good any other tv.
Now this might be because when i was younger i spent quickly and regretted it, not really wasting cash but i never had much so it felt bad.
But it's just been something i've been thinking about, does anyone have similar thoughts? maybe i should make a few more impulse purchases.
Also yes i accept the many hundreds of positive aspects of the internet for purchases, such as researching, reviews etc.
However this is my point:
With the internet, i feel compelled to make the perfect buying choice, on every single item, every single time.
Which is a lot of hassle, i recently realised i was spending hours over looking for a perfect beard trimmer, a time i could have just bought something, realised i hated it and bought something else in. (If you equate time to money i'd come out on top).
But lets look at a bigger scale, a TV for example, thats a big purchase.
You don't want to buy a £100-500+ object and realise it's not the right one for you, or you could have gotten a better deal elsewhere, or there is a better from a different make.
But when you finally buy that TV, are you happy? for me there's not the fun of a purchase that i used to have when i was younger (only 20 now...).
Personally i always see some review online about x or y wrong with my product, or then see a better product, or someone suddenly says something better is out in 3 months (ignore PC parts here for obvious reasons, also this is a pc forum... i like researching those parts
), and it just kills it for me.To put it into context, i've seen family members go and buy a TV in the past, nothing amazing, but not cheap. They brought it home and raved to everyone about how great it was, top of the range, has this has that. They were overjoyed. And i knew it wasn't close to being the best it could be for their money. I knew i wouldn't buy that tv when you could buy other tvs for a better price, with better features.
However me with my stupid search for the best, wouldn't be as happy as the ignorant buyer who got a shiny new toy that functions just as good any other tv.
Now this might be because when i was younger i spent quickly and regretted it, not really wasting cash but i never had much so it felt bad.
But it's just been something i've been thinking about, does anyone have similar thoughts? maybe i should make a few more impulse purchases.
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