Impulse Buying

No, this isn’t some marketing theory about impulse buying, although probably that would be interesting, but this is about stuff I impulse buy (a problem I have?? probably!!!)!

You see – I have this thing that sometimes I buy this stuff without thinking twice on the real costs, if I really have time for it or if I have space for it.

I will be posting stuff on any impulse purchases I do under the ‘impulse purchases’ tag.

Last Sunday on the way to the marina where Zero (the boat not the dog) is moored I passed in front of a shop which had this Cisk branded mirror! The price was Lm18 but I got it at Lm15. I still don’t know where I am going to hang it – probably when I buy a new apartment I will set up a ‘bar’ corner where to entertain friends and will hang it there!

The Cisk branded mirror

In 2005 I did another impulse purchase!! I just went a bought a Jago Geep. A Jago Geep is basically a ‘kit car’ with a Ford Escort Mark II chassis with a ‘Jeep-Like’ fibreglass body. My Jago was red with a

Toyota

2.0 litre engine – at a cost of some Lm600 or so.  Again – I drove it for like 5 times mostly and spent the rest of the days either parked in the garage or else on the streets, where I got 3 ‘unlicensed car’ tickets!

Sister Photo of a Jago Geep!

I spent about another Lm300 on other stuff and then in early 2007 sold all for about Lm325, a total loss of Lm600.  What a waste of money!!!!

Another impulse buy in 2000 (I think) was my bike – a Honda Rebel 250cc at Lm650! Duhhhh!!! Engine ceased up on my way to the mechanic (just drove it once), after about Lm200 of repairs I got it fixed.

Although I did drive it a bit more than the Jago (maybe 20 times in all) it’s been in my garage collecting dust since 2003 or so – and I still have all those past road licenses to pay!!

 

Sister Photo of a Honda Rebel Bike