"If You Buy Things You Do Not Need, You May Soon Have To Sell Things You Need"Well, this article is not preaching you to be frugal, but to share my "system" wherever I want to buy something. Just recently I started asking myself these questions before buying stuffs, and the effect is actually quite amazing. I am now can decide well if I really need to buy or not. Practice and let me know what you think.
#1. Do I really need this?
#2. Do I have something else of the similar function?
#3. If I really need this, can I get somewhere cheaper (or free!)?
#4. If I cannot get it cheaper or free, how can I get the price down?
These are the questions I would ask myself before deciding to buy something. Here are some examples.
Thinking of buying an Android Tablet.
#1. Do I really need this? Nope! This is a WANT, not a NEED
#2. Do I have something else of the similar function? Yes, my laptop and Nexus 4 are more than sufficient.
Decision - Do not buy
Looking at Digital weighing machine
#1. Do I really need this? Yes! I am too fat.
#2. Do I have something else of the similar function? Nope, my previous weigh is not functional
#3. If I really need this, can I get somewhere cheaper (or free!)? My housemate use to have it and I can use it for free, but not anymore. I think I do not need digital one, the normal weighing scale will do (cheaper).
Decision - Buy cheaper weighing scale
Malcom Gladwell's bestseller book Outliers
#1. Do I really need this? Yup, a lot of friends recommends this book
#2. Do I have something else of the similar function? Not really
#3. If I really need this, can I get somewhere cheaper (or free!)? Yes! I can read it free at library
Decision - Do not buy, instead read it at library and making own notes
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