"That's the most amazing and beautiful thing I have ever seen!"
Chances are you have had that kind of experience at some point in your life. Maybe you even have it often.
How often, however, has it been accompanied by the secondary sensations of "I've GOT to have it!" after which you whip out the credit card or wad of cash and acquire it, right there and then?
I was thinking about that earlier today because Mrs. Denmarkguy was looking at Christmas gift ideas online and regularly said something very similar to that.
I suppose I have been living out in the proverbial "left field" for most of my life because I can't really remember associating really liking something with the immediate compulsion to own it. Which isn't to say that I don't buy things... far from it. I have just never had the "acquisition disease" I observe in so many people.
I expect some of it may have to do with having been in the art gallery business for many years and being around amazing art that I couldn't necessarily have, often for purely practical reasons... even though I may have felt "blown away" by what was in front of me.
When I think about it, this applies across a wide range of stuff, from $10 kitchen gadgets to the latest in electronics, to shiny new cars, to exotic vacations and beyond. For me, a thing being "amazing" stands apart from any particular need to possess it. I am perfectly content to leave it on the shelf/in the showroom, in all its glorious amazingness.
I suppose that makes me a really shitty consumer, and very likely a marketer's nightmare.
Interlude...
This morning, we were up early as Mrs. Denmarkguy went on the Dell website to check out "Black Friday" deals on computers.
Hers is knocking on ten years old (ANCIENT in the world of technology), and increasingly "protests" when she has to do graphics-intensive work for web design... in spite of a couple of home made improvements along the way. The bottom line is that the type of CPU in her machine first saw light of day in January 2011... the world of electronics has changed a LOT since then.
How does that relate to the "top half" of this post?
The $1100 we just spent on getting her a new computer wasn't in any way related to a sense of "I need a cool new computer!" and almost entirely related to the fact that her productivity is increasingly being hampered by her equipment... and that doesn't make sense.
So... next week we'll have a new piece of gear in the house!
Meanwhile...
I found it "interesting" that no sooner had Hive started to launch into outer space yesterday than everything came crashing back to Earth, today.
NOT because of anything related to Hive, but because global fear-mongering hit the fan again with a fresh dose of FUD over this latest Covid "B.1.1.529" variant surfacing in southern Africa. The stock markets, Bitcoin, Hive and pretty much everything financial got a stiff haircut today.
Somehow, it seems like the world just wouldn't be the same anymore, unless we had something to scare the shit out of everyone.
Not a very cheery thought, on this Holiday Weekend.
On that light note, I'm going to crawl back into my hermit-like hole and enjoy a dinner of Mrs. Denmarkguy's traditional Thanksgiving Friday dinner of turkey chili!
Thanks for reading, and have a great remainder of your holiday weekend!
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I detest crowds, so Black Friday shopping holds zero appeal for me no matter how tantalizing the price. I would also need to drive for about 45 minutes to reach any participating retailers. Cyber Monday is much more my speed, and even then, only if I need something specific.
We steadfastly refused to leave the house today, and the computer purchase this morning was the only thing that resembled commerce... and for a $370 savings on an intentional purchase, it was worthwhile.
I hardly, if ever, feel the compulsion to buy something when I see it the first time. Don't get me wrong, I'll look how cool it is, and really give it a hard look... before saying how awesome it is, and putting it back on the shelf! 😂 when I shop, it's usually for a reason, I already have something in mind that I'm searching for. Maybe you are similar?
I will admit, the younger, teenage me, had to have a skirt, dress, or even shoes...That came with the first-weekend job while still in high school. That lasted a couple of paychecks.
I rarely jump on the gotta have it train. I will walk around a store with a few items I like in the cart... then take my time and put them back where they belong. I am good and don't even feel an ounce of need. After holding it for a moment, I really couldn't see why I needed it, so back it went.
I do buy things, don't get me wrong, but, I have to admit, but, usually when I need them, not when I WANT them.