Month: August 2012

Month: August 2012
Financial Management

The Really Special Age Occasion Spending

Today I was having a conversation that got me a little skeptical as I was talking to a person about chipping in for a surprise as it was the person’s birthday. It was one of those “really” special ages I guess you can say as it seems like everyone believes that every age within multiples

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Business

Considering A Counterfeit As A Deal

This is such a strange mentality I thought as today a person was telling me that they bought this cell phone for so cheap where the regular price is normally like $600 except this particular one was about $300 only. However, it was pretty clear that it wasn’t an authentic item and the funny thing

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Financial Management

Price Figure Shopping

This was kind of funny today as I went to a store with some people who were ready to make some big purchases. The funny thing was it wasn’t so much what they needed in terms of determining what to buy but rather they brought in X amount of money for various things and so

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Financial Management

Last Minute School Shopping For Big Items

Today I got a phone call as someone needed help to buy a laptop and therefore they needed some opinions. I thought it was interesting to try and buy one right now as school was starting soon and at the same time this kind of forces them to buy anything just to have one. So

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Financial Management

Letting Elders Pay For Discounts

This was kind of interesting I thought as today as I saw an elderly couple who was being insistent that they pay for everything at both a restaurant and a store as because of their age they would be able to get about 10% off their bill as well as other free stuff. Of course

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Business

Waiting Until The Very Last Day of Store Closing Sales

I was at a store today that was advertising that it was having a store closing sale and sure enough there were a lot of 70% off signs. The thing was it seemed like they were selectively putting certain items on sale where a large majority of the items were still at regular prices. That

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