Comments on: Christmas Signs of the Goofy Consumer http://toughmoneylove.com/2009/12/21/christmas-signs-goofy-consumer/ The Hard Truth about Money and Personal Finance Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:37:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: cjbr549 http://toughmoneylove.com/2009/12/21/christmas-signs-goofy-consumer/comment-page-1/#comment-6980 cjbr549 Mon, 28 Dec 2009 18:16:44 +0000 http://toughmoneylove.com/?p=5068#comment-6980 We went to Wal Mart the day before thanksgiving and bought up what I thought would be enough supplies to keep us from going there till next week. Sadly, I did not calculate in the voraciousness of the birds for the outdoor cats' food and I have had to go back to purchase more cat food for the cats and birds. Although it was pretty bad, it was not as bad as the go-go years, but I will have to make sure I consider that I am feeding every bird in a 10 mile radius next year. We went to Wal Mart the day before thanksgiving and bought up what I thought would be enough supplies to keep us from going there till next week. Sadly, I did not calculate in the voraciousness of the birds for the outdoor cats’ food and I have had to go back to purchase more cat food for the cats and birds. Although it was pretty bad, it was not as bad as the go-go years, but I will have to make sure I consider that I am feeding every bird in a 10 mile radius next year.

]]> By: TMN http://toughmoneylove.com/2009/12/21/christmas-signs-goofy-consumer/comment-page-1/#comment-6976 TMN Fri, 25 Dec 2009 15:31:26 +0000 http://toughmoneylove.com/?p=5068#comment-6976 I'll agree you "just don't get it" :-) Memorizing where you're going and optimal route planning are skills that a GPS makes available to more people with less effort, saving everyone time in the long run. It's still a ridiculous purchase, though, because they are rapidly being replaced by a subset of the functionality in new cell phones. Buying a completely separate unit JUST for navigation is a very bad idea unless you're a person who routinely leaves your cell coverage areas. If you go camping every other weekend, you might need a GPS, otherwise it's silly. I’ll agree you “just don’t get it” :-) Memorizing where you’re going and optimal route planning are skills that a GPS makes available to more people with less effort, saving everyone time in the long run.

It’s still a ridiculous purchase, though, because they are rapidly being replaced by a subset of the functionality in new cell phones. Buying a completely separate unit JUST for navigation is a very bad idea unless you’re a person who routinely leaves your cell coverage areas. If you go camping every other weekend, you might need a GPS, otherwise it’s silly.

]]> By: Lefty33 http://toughmoneylove.com/2009/12/21/christmas-signs-goofy-consumer/comment-page-1/#comment-6959 Lefty33 Tue, 22 Dec 2009 05:30:25 +0000 http://toughmoneylove.com/?p=5068#comment-6959 "Being able to navigate without directions (or at least pretending that you can) is an important masculine trait that will soon be lost. Sigh …" Thanks TML, this is the best line ever on your site. “Being able to navigate without directions (or at least pretending that you can) is an important masculine trait that will soon be lost. Sigh …”

Thanks TML, this is the best line ever on your site.

]]> By: MasterPo http://toughmoneylove.com/2009/12/21/christmas-signs-goofy-consumer/comment-page-1/#comment-6958 MasterPo Tue, 22 Dec 2009 04:03:14 +0000 http://toughmoneylove.com/?p=5068#comment-6958 Well, I hope the stores are in fact doing well. One of my ventures is an E-commerce website that sells outdoor sporting goods. This year has been the WORST holiday season in 10 years!!! Both in terms of the number of orders and size of the orders. Glad I didn't stock up on inventory in anticipation. Funny thing too: this year I didn't get any calls or emails from my suppliers *pushing* me to stock up! Maybe they knew it was futile? I take this as a bell-weather/leading indicator. Outdoor sports is definately a disposable income activity. If people don't have (or feel they have) disposable income that doesn't bode well for next year's economy. :-( Well, I hope the stores are in fact doing well.

One of my ventures is an E-commerce website that sells outdoor sporting goods.

This year has been the WORST holiday season in 10 years!!! Both in terms of the number of orders and size of the orders. Glad I didn’t stock up on inventory in anticipation. Funny thing too: this year I didn’t get any calls or emails from my suppliers *pushing* me to stock up! Maybe they knew it was futile?

I take this as a bell-weather/leading indicator. Outdoor sports is definately a disposable income activity. If people don’t have (or feel they have) disposable income that doesn’t bode well for next year’s economy. :-(

]]> By: Evan http://toughmoneylove.com/2009/12/21/christmas-signs-goofy-consumer/comment-page-1/#comment-6953 Evan Mon, 21 Dec 2009 15:28:08 +0000 http://toughmoneylove.com/?p=5068#comment-6953 "If I were a serious golfer, I could understand being influenced by a Tiger Woods endorsement. But watches, Buicks, and business consulting services – who gives a flip what Tiger thinks about any of them?" Want to know what I understand even less? When there is a celebrity voice over for a product that has nothing to do with the celebrity. Example: Queen Latifa is the voice of Pizza Hut - (1) As to your point? Why do I care what Pizza she endorses? and (2) Who brokered the deal where she doesn't even have to show up for a taping? “If I were a serious golfer, I could understand being influenced by a Tiger Woods endorsement. But watches, Buicks, and business consulting services – who gives a flip what Tiger thinks about any of them?”

Want to know what I understand even less? When there is a celebrity voice over for a product that has nothing to do with the celebrity. Example: Queen Latifa is the voice of Pizza Hut – (1) As to your point? Why do I care what Pizza she endorses? and (2) Who brokered the deal where she doesn’t even have to show up for a taping?

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