I wonder if frugals minds just work differently

[Sherman A1]

3. Possibly

however, it is wise to remember that we live in a consumer based economy (and while that may or may not be ideal, it's the way things happen to be at the moment) and those ads represent people working in the ad agencies, media, transportation, warehousing & the commercial outlet that would like you to come purchase whatever item from them. I don't normally succumb to advertising & do my shopping only after considerable homework on the item when possible (a year's research on a auto purchase for example),but those are jobs. I may not be interested in their product(s), but I don't ever begrudge them their efforts to sell the item(s) to me.