I have a huge flaw

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rydawg5
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Feb 12, 2015 11:01pm
If things depreciate I sell.

I have had over 50 cell phones, 25 cars, 15 game systems, and countless electronics.

I just buy something, realize it's worth a value and gauge what the value will end up being. I panic and sell.

Rinse & repeat.

Whether it's cell phones, tv's, game consoles, cars, etc.

A lot of people have sentimental value on things. I have an opposite trait.

How do you fix this and just enjoy what you bought?
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sportchampps
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Feb 13, 2015 1:43am
Fear of commitment
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ZWICK 4 PREZ
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Feb 13, 2015 7:47am
Nothing you listed has any real value anyways, and depreciated as soon as bought it. So not sure why you buy it in the first place.
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jmog
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Feb 13, 2015 7:54am
I am the exact opposite, but not for sentimental reasons. I buy a car and keep it until it basically falls apart on the side of the road.

I look at these type of things that severely depreciate as soon as you buy them as 'utilities'. You need them (well a car and a phone), so you buy them and just use it until it doesn't work anymore then go buy another, like clothes.

My last 2 cars had well over 200,000 miles when I got rid of them, my current one I bought new and it has 145,000 miles on it. I will get 200+ out of it easy before I get rid of it.

Just look at them as things you use until they have zero value instead of trying to view them as 'assets'.
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Tiernan
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Feb 13, 2015 9:02am
I have a huge flaw too...only thing is I've never heard it called a flaw.
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Old Rider
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Feb 13, 2015 9:09am
rydawg5;1705401 wrote:If things depreciate I sell.

I have had over 50 cell phones, 25 cars, 15 game systems, and countless electronics.

I just buy something, realize it's worth a value and gauge what the value will end up being. I panic and sell.

Rinse & repeat.

Whether it's cell phones, tv's, game consoles, cars, etc.

A lot of people have sentimental value on things. I have an opposite trait.

How do you fix this and just enjoy what you bought?
Get married and have kids....
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steubbigred
Posts: 1,392
Feb 13, 2015 9:48am
rydawg5;1705401 wrote:If things depreciate I sell.

I have had over 50 cell phones, 25 cars, 15 game systems, and countless electronics.

I just buy something, realize it's worth a value and gauge what the value will end up being. I panic and sell.

Rinse & repeat.

Whether it's cell phones, tv's, game consoles, cars, etc.

A lot of people have sentimental value on things. I have an opposite trait.

How do you fix this and just enjoy what you bought?
storage wars.....


you could be one of the people on that show . they all have that problem .. make a discount store for yourself. you sound like a collector .
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sleeper
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Feb 13, 2015 10:09am
I feel the same way about women.
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Belly35
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Feb 13, 2015 10:15am
sleeper;1705461 wrote:I feel the same way about women.
So all your women are plug and play.. :)
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rydawg5
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Feb 13, 2015 10:24am
I think I just impulse buy and realize I could care less about the item in like 2 months and want to ditch it while it has most of the value. I basically rent things.
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queencitybuckeye
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Feb 13, 2015 10:36am
rydawg5;1705471 wrote:I think I just impulse buy and realize I could care less about the item in like 2 months and want to ditch it while it has most of the value. I basically rent things.
If it flies, floats, or fucks, rent it, don't buy it.
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Old Rider
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Feb 13, 2015 10:39am
queencitybuckeye;1705474 wrote:If it flies, floats, or fucks, rent it, don't buy it.
This...REPS! LOL
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thavoice
Posts: 14,376
Feb 13, 2015 11:25am
"Grass is always greener on the other side" complex???? Meaning that 'something else' is always better than what you currently have? Doesnt matter what it is...but something else, some place else, is better than where you are or what you have
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friendfromlowry
Posts: 6,239
Feb 13, 2015 8:59pm
So you just can't resist the urge to buy new stuff?