I was looking at this deal today for a product I was interested in as It could help me do things more productively. There is currently a coupon sale where I can buy the product for about half price that expires in the end of the month. This isn’t just small change too as it is close to about a $800 savings and it rarely goes on sale.
This would definitely be classified an unexpected purchase if I bought it and so I was seeing if there was anything I could sacrifice out of my regular spending to justify buying this. One funny thing though is at times like these I usually think back to any kind of extra income sources that I usually don’t pay attention too much to where it is more of a surprise if I generated a decent pool of funds. Examples of these are like say interest from a savings account or even credit card cash back bonuses.
Surprisingly enough, I found about $400 dollars floating around and so this makes it even more tempting to make the purchase. As well, with bonuses such as reward point programs I view the numbers to see if I can redeem anything of value which I would in-turn sell that to generate the funds to place towards these types of purchase. Essentially, budgeting for a sale for me in these cases isn’t just about cutting back but what I can do proactively to generate the funds as well with what I already have.