Social Why are people so obsessed with saving a dollar?

[666]

Everytime I go to the grocery store and there's even a 30 cent sale on something the shelf is cleared. Last time I went to buy some rice of the brand I usually get and it was all gone and on 'sale' for a dollar. Out of spite I decided to buy the most expensive rice. Why do People do this?

 

[Contempt]

Shitty economy?

I know it's a cliche on here "you sound poor" but damn, there's a lot of people doing it tough around the world currently.

 

[StonedLemur]

Probably because groceries are outrageous prices and saving money is never a bad thing sir.

 

[666]

Probably because groceries are outrageous prices and saving money is never a bad thing sir.

I hear you but my feeling is like leave some for the rest of us. You don't need your 12 rice bags. Save some for the rest of us.

 

[Fedorgasm]

Out of spite I decided to buy the most expensive rice.

Keep doing this with everything and report back to us in a year

 

[StonedLemur]

I hear you but my feeling is like leave some for the rest of us. You don't need your 12 rice bags. Save some for the rest of us.

Well that I can agree with sir.

 

[666]

Keep doing this with everything and report back to us in a year

Sorry but I have a perception level of 8 and believe this is bad advice. I will however buy the most expensive shite when I get pissed off at the grocery store.

 

[M4rk]

I'd buy that for a dollar.

 

[zuffazombee]

I hear you but my feeling is like leave some for the rest of us. You don't need your 12 rice bags. Save some for the rest of us.

You have NO way of knowing whether 12 families bought one bag each or whether one family bought 12 bags.
Ultimately, what you're complaining about is that the brand you wanted was sold out.

 

[zuffazombee]

Sorry but I have a perception level of 8 and believe this is bad advice. I will however buy the most expensive shite when I get pissed off at the grocery store.

Great thinking. Retailers HATE selling expensive products

 

[ferrisjso]

There was a study that nominal discounts(like x.99) sends people brain chemicals that makes them much more likely to buy than a .00 even if its functionally the same. This is why you seldom see something on sale for 10.00 or 20.00.

So if 1-5 cents matters to people(subconciously) 1.00 is going to seem like a huge sale.

 

[666]

You have NO way of knowing whether 12 families bought one bag each or whether one family bought 12 bags.
Ultimately, what you're complaining about is that the brand you wanted was sold out.

You weren't even there man!

 

[Satur9]

Some people are stuck with it mentally. Some grew up poor and famine mentality runs deep. I can't help but look for sales and discounts, no matter the situation.

Like it or not, money is needed to do pretty much anything, so saving some here and there is only in your best interests.

 

[666]

There was a study that nominal discounts(like x.99) sends people brain chemicals that makes them much more likely to buy than a .00 even if its functionally the same. This is why you seldom see something on sale for 10.00 or 20.00.

So if 1-5 cents matters to people(subconciously) 1.00 is going to seem like a huge sale.

Yeah that makes the most sense. Like that robot from the show 'Reboot' back in the day. 'Only 99.99.99.' I don't know how to post clips yet so you'll have to look it up yourself

 

[kahiljabroni]

I'm always looking to save a buck but I do that by shopping at grocery stores with good value, doing home and car repairs myself, etc....not by buying rice in bulk.

 

[Bornstarch]

That's how you become a millionaire. All the people you see driving Mercedes and Lamborghinis are up to their eyeballs in debt.

 

[Ima5starman]

That's how you become a millionaire. All the people you see driving Mercedes and Lamborghinis are up to their eyeballs in debt.

Millionaires are up to their eyeballs in rice?

 

[djacobox372]

Everytime I go to the grocery store and there's even a 30 cent sale on something the shelf is cleared. Last time I went to buy some rice of the brand I usually get and it was all gone and on 'sale' for a dollar. Out of spite I decided to buy the most expensive rice. Why do People do this?

Who the hell are you spiting other than yourself?

It's completely rational to stock up on an imperishable item when it's on sale. It's shortsighted not to.

 

[Contempt]

That's how you become a millionaire. All the people you see driving Mercedes and Lamborghinis are up to their eyeballs in debt.

Most definitely not all but yeah, there are obviously some that take on massive amounts of debt to impress others.

The above thinking is what poor people typically tell themselves to feel better about not having money (not saying that this is the case here).

 

[djacobox372]

Millionaires are up to their eyeballs in rice?

You wouldn't believe the rice-hoards I've seen in some of my rich friends pantries.