Comments on: What Is Your Purchase Personality?

By: Danny

Danny — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 05:37:36 +0000

I think it depend son the situation you are in at a particular point of time. Sometimes you would choose to be a bargaineer, sometimes you would be spending lavishly. So theres no hard line on this.

By: Food with Passion

Food with Passion — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 22:18:44 +0000

I don’t think that these are concrete examples …. the lines blur if you are like me.

I love quality food and shun supermarkets for specialist suppliers, but that doesn’t mean that I can’t drive a bargain.

When I go meat shopping, I usually get a few (quality) freebies thrown in.

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By: Sue

Sue — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 23:29:36 +0000

I am an impulse shopper so I tend to refrain from going into the stores. I can always find things that I did not know that I “needed” when I walk into Target. It is easier to buy diapers at the grocery store than walk around Target and things accidently jump into the cart>

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Lazy is the Real Mother of Invention : BorrowFromNone.com — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 12:05:12 +0000

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By: Diana

Diana — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 07:41:17 +0000

I think I am a quality inspector. But sometimes, when I have financial pressure I can be a good bargaineer.

By: Ashley @ Wide Open Wallet

Ashley @ Wide Open Wallet — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 22:58:45 +0000

I’m usually a bargineer but I’m also a refrainer too. It sucks to be a refrainer.

By: shela

shela — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 22:42:19 +0000

I would call myself a “planner.” I don’t use vending machines because it is not real food and it is very expensive.

I plan ahead and never do impulse buying at the grocery store. I pad my grocery budget by about 25% to 30% to buy extras when the items I regularly use go on sale. Today, for example, I came home with enough peanut butter to make dog biscuits and treats for the next four months or so.

I have a small “fun budget” that I set aside so that I can meet a friend for coffee and a muffin — or even have a dinner out on occasion. It never occurs to me to buy food out, unless I am meeting someone on the other side of town.

I figure that in the end, it is not what I buy that makes me wealthy, but how much I save.

By: The First Creditor

The First Creditor — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 19:57:55 +0000

I am usually the inspector, sometimes the middleman. I’m trying to be the bargaineer a lot more. But when I am on vacation, I am always the lavisher. I always say “Hey, I’m on vacation.”

By: Ed

Ed — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 17:15:38 +0000

In some of my hungry/frugal moments, I’ve tried to decide on which item to buy based on which item has more weight.
So if it is $.80 and 70grams. It’d pick it over the other item costing $.80 weighing 60grams. I guess I’m a “Middle Man”