Have you ever wondered why you walk into a store and no products have an even dollar cost? Candy costs .99 cents. A shirt costs 9.99. A TV costs 379.99. Have you ever wondered why Target puts “low price” markers on items that are not for sale? How about the signs that tell you how much you are “saving” when you spend money on a product?
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This post was written as part of a “Yakezie blog swap” where members of the Yakezie Personal Finance Blogging Network pair up and exchange guest postings on a common topic.
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I am proudly part of the “Napster Generation.” I remember they day in high school when I found a cool site that let you download other people’s songs for free. With my 28k modem, each song took about 45 minutes to download. How things have changed.
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In order to properly show you just how boring my life can truly be, I’m going to share with you the first story about splurging that popped to mind when I found out the topic for this blog swap. I’m going to tell you about the time I bought a new pair of shoes.
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I recently found issues on my two monthly utility bills that required calls into the customer service centers for both companies. Had I not kept a close eye on my bills, I could have lost a lot of money.
I am on an unpaid leave of absence due to the birth of my daughter last spring. I was given a very generous leave of absence (14 months!). I am using this as a trial run to see if we can live without my salary so that I may stay home when my kids are little. As a result, I have to question every single purchase every day.
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