Hey everyone,
I almost spent a lot of money today, way more than my conscience could handle. My coworker wanted to sell me a Specialized fat bike, carbon frame bike for $1200. Truthfully that is a good deal; it’s a 2017 model, they retail for $3300 new. But I have no business using those. I am a casual biker, not a trail-blazing, mountain bike racer. But the emotions in me took over. I thought, “it’s a good deal.” My coworkers also were egging me on, telling me how nice the bike is. I got so full of excitement, I agreed to buy the bike. But I am so broke, I needed to finance the bike, but my coworker said that was ok. It didn’t take long for me to realize after “what am I doing?!” I went back to my coworker and told him I made a mistake. I can’t afford the bike, and here’s $10 for wasting your time. I felt some relief, but at the back of my mind, I was thinking “did I miss a great deal?”
If you have ever heard of the meyer’s Briggs personality test; you are aware of the terms feelers vs thinkers. I err on the feeler side. People like me can understand emotion driven decisions. Sometimes I envy the logic types, because they don’t fall into these traps. Emotion driven purchases can also enter the realm of automobiles. I am not talking just new cars, maybe an old junker, driven only by emotion, not necessity or utilitarian reasons. I’ve done those.
I bought a $2000 van only to sell it 2 weeks for $400 because I didn’t have the emissions tested. CA law prevented me from registering it, so I had to take a huge loss on it. I thought the van was a killer deal, but didn’t do my due diligence. What about you? Have you purchased a car where emotion overtook logic? Can be any emotion.
I almost spent a lot of money today, way more than my conscience could handle. My coworker wanted to sell me a Specialized fat bike, carbon frame bike for $1200. Truthfully that is a good deal; it’s a 2017 model, they retail for $3300 new. But I have no business using those. I am a casual biker, not a trail-blazing, mountain bike racer. But the emotions in me took over. I thought, “it’s a good deal.” My coworkers also were egging me on, telling me how nice the bike is. I got so full of excitement, I agreed to buy the bike. But I am so broke, I needed to finance the bike, but my coworker said that was ok. It didn’t take long for me to realize after “what am I doing?!” I went back to my coworker and told him I made a mistake. I can’t afford the bike, and here’s $10 for wasting your time. I felt some relief, but at the back of my mind, I was thinking “did I miss a great deal?”
If you have ever heard of the meyer’s Briggs personality test; you are aware of the terms feelers vs thinkers. I err on the feeler side. People like me can understand emotion driven decisions. Sometimes I envy the logic types, because they don’t fall into these traps. Emotion driven purchases can also enter the realm of automobiles. I am not talking just new cars, maybe an old junker, driven only by emotion, not necessity or utilitarian reasons. I’ve done those.
I bought a $2000 van only to sell it 2 weeks for $400 because I didn’t have the emissions tested. CA law prevented me from registering it, so I had to take a huge loss on it. I thought the van was a killer deal, but didn’t do my due diligence. What about you? Have you purchased a car where emotion overtook logic? Can be any emotion.
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