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Frugal and Energy Efficient Living

Kolesar

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9. How would I know if I am being taken in by the advertising and newness?

Reply to Curmudgeoness (Original post)

Mon Feb 13, 2012, 11:19 AM

Feb 2012

I am sure that most Americans think they are wise with money.
Most Americans think they are better drivers than everybody else.
Most Americans think they can get a better deal at the car lot than most others.

Am I being used?

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I wonder if frugals minds just work differently [View all] Curmudgeoness Jan 2012 OP

i dunno, hubby and i spend a lot of time laughing at ads on TV NMDemDist2 Jan 2012 #1

Laughing at ads doesn't count. Curmudgeoness Jan 2012 #2

Won't you have fun! pengillian101 Feb 2012 #18

Possibly Sherman A1 Jan 2012 #3

I completely agree that there is nothing wrong with advertising. Curmudgeoness Jan 2012 #4

Sometime I think it is genetic. JDPriestly Feb 2012 #5

Nature/nurture. Curmudgeoness Feb 2012 #6

I hate shopping -- except gardening shops. JDPriestly Feb 2012 #7

Ah, yes, that is where I have seen you before. Curmudgeoness Feb 2012 #8

How would I know if I am being taken in by the advertising and newness? Kolesar Feb 2012 #9

I suppose that none of us know for sure Curmudgeoness Feb 2012 #10

I am affected but I don't necessarily act... Phentex Feb 2012 #11

LOL. My first suggestion to you is Curmudgeoness Feb 2012 #12

In very strange news... Phentex Feb 2012 #15

Has anything on infomercials ever been good? Curmudgeoness Feb 2012 #16

Two things... Phentex Feb 2012 #17

My frugal brain will ask me, "Can you live without this?" RebelOne Feb 2012 #19

Ads on TV either make me laugh or make me mad Irishonly Feb 2012 #13

LOL. That's the truth. Curmudgeoness Feb 2012 #14

I don't like clutter. Which is one reason I really don't like thrift stores... Flaxbee Mar 2012 #20

Ah, lust, that is a big downfall. Curmudgeoness Mar 2012 #21

it used to end up on the dining room table, and a piece on the coffee table, and the tools scattered Flaxbee Apr 2012 #22

Are frugals "normal?" Absolutely! txlibdem Apr 2012 #23

It is sad when "society" makes me wonder Curmudgeoness Apr 2012 #24

the ads on tv are why I stopped watching it stuntcat Apr 2012 #25

Now that's what I'm talking about.... Curmudgeoness Apr 2012 #26