http://www.pffirewall.com Comments on: Equal or Lesser Value http://www.pffirewall.com/personalfinance/equal-lesser/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:11:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Jesse Michelsenhttp://www.pffirewall.com/personalfinance/equal-lesser/comment-page-1/#comment-1358 Jesse Michelsen Mon, 31 Aug 2009 22:54:21 +0000 http://www.pffirewall.com/?p=567#comment-1358 Ashley, I am right there with ya. My parents would always stock pile. I grew up in a really big family (one of seven kids, big to todays standards, not so much back then) and we had several months of just about anything we used saved up.Now I find there are certainly some situations where I buy in bulk because I will actually use all of it eventually, like rice. But I second guess myself far more than I used to which is a good thing.

Ashley, I am right there with ya. My parents would always stock pile. I grew up in a really big family (one of seven kids, big to todays standards, not so much back then) and we had several months of just about anything we used saved up.

Now I find there are certainly some situations where I buy in bulk because I will actually use all of it eventually, like rice. But I second guess myself far more than I used to which is a good thing.

]]> By: Ashleyhttp://www.pffirewall.com/personalfinance/equal-lesser/comment-page-1/#comment-1357 Ashley Mon, 31 Aug 2009 22:21:15 +0000 http://www.pffirewall.com/?p=567#comment-1357 My mom raised me to have a mentality that a really good deal on just about anything is always worth buying because you can either use it later, give it as a gift, or at some point will find someone that needs what you picked up for a bargain basement price. As I got older I found that mentality results in you having a bunch of junk that you'll never use. Nowadays, if I can't use it in the moment or near future (6 months to a year) I don't buy it no matter how hard my inner frugalista tugs at me. My mom raised me to have a mentality that a really good deal on just about anything is always worth buying because you can either use it later, give it as a gift, or at some point will find someone that needs what you picked up for a bargain basement price. As I got older I found that mentality results in you having a bunch of junk that you’ll never use. Nowadays, if I can’t use it in the moment or near future (6 months to a year) I don’t buy it no matter how hard my inner frugalista tugs at me.

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