Comments on: How Saving $22.20 Taught Me a Big Lesson About My Patience

By: NZ Muse

NZ Muse — Mon, 11 Aug 2014 23:20:26 +0000

In reply to Money Pincher. Yeah, not so much in regard to the actual electric part, but just in terms of durability/quality. Generic charger cables/car charger plugs for the cigarette lighter never seem to last us long.

By: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly With Rewards Programs

The Good, The Bad and The Ugly With Rewards Programs — Sat, 02 Aug 2014 11:06:34 +0000

[…] someone who has almost next to no patience (I think Daisy from addvodka could relate), rewards programs that make it seem like you have to go through a ton of purchases are a pain the […]

By: Kayla @ Red Debted Stepchild

Kayla @ Red Debted Stepchild — Sat, 02 Aug 2014 03:30:11 +0000

I too am so NOT a patient person. In fact, when I ride in the car with my mom to go to Walmart, I can’t stand it. She never takes the quickest, most direct route from point A to point B and it drives me nuts. After we arrive, she doesn’t park as close as possible. In my head I know these two things only save maybe 1-2 minutes max (since my town is so small to drive across) but I’m not patient and I like to make the best use of every second of my day.

By: MakintheBacon

MakintheBacon — Sat, 02 Aug 2014 01:56:49 +0000

Sometimes I think 5 year olds have more patience than me…..

By: strandedrocks

strandedrocks — Fri, 01 Aug 2014 02:36:03 +0000

I came to post the same thing the previous person wrote. Buying a cheap charger which may not last long or worse, wreck your phone,is not a frugal option in my mind. But then again you never know.

By: Money Pincher

Money Pincher — Thu, 31 Jul 2014 23:14:11 +0000

Ooo… I would be very careful with the type of charger you buy! My friend bought a cheapie charge on Deal Xtreme and it wrecked her battery! Now she has to keep an eye when she charges her phone because once it hits 100% charge, it will reverse the charge and goes back to 0%! Since I heard that, I have been buying charges from reputable companies because I don’t want to wreck my iPhone battery (which is much more costly to replace)!

By: Money Beagle

Money Beagle — Thu, 31 Jul 2014 17:08:43 +0000

Great lesson, plus it’s money in the bank for you!

By: Don @ Breath of Optimism

Don @ Breath of Optimism — Thu, 31 Jul 2014 14:39:21 +0000

This is a trick that advertisers use to get us to spend in the first place. They make a deal seem scarce either through limited quantities or a sale that ends soon. Good for you for recognizing a weakness! Hopefully you can work on overcoming it so that you can save money going forward more easily.

By: Alicia

Alicia — Thu, 31 Jul 2014 14:13:24 +0000

I’m really rough on chargers as well. My fiance cannot believe it, but thankfully he used to have an iphone and I have an ipad, so we had a spare. Now we both have Samsung phones, so we can steal each others.. because I broke mine. I don’t know what it is about me, but I’m horrible with them!

I was buying a jar of pesto recently to make pizza, and I saw some black label PC jars with the pink stickers (50% off) so I thought “hey that must be a good deal” at $5.99/2. Nope! I walked through the aisle and the Classico kind was on sale for $1.99, regular $3.99. I wouldn’t have realized I wasn’t getting that good of a deal if I hadn’t gone back to the section.

By: debs@debtdebs

debs@debtdebs — Thu, 31 Jul 2014 11:24:20 +0000

If I have to wait in a line, I try to treat it like a little mini vacation (opportunity) that I wasn’t planning to take. I can zone out or people watch or just take deep breaths and appreciate all I have. So next time you don’t think you have patience to save you money, you can think of it like a double bonus.