Impulse Buys

My DS was an impulse purchase. Saw it for a decent price on eBay, and all my friends were getting PSPs and I wanted a new portable system to show off, so I bought one.

It turned out to be worth it in the end, but I thought I was an idiot for a good month or so.

I'll also sometimes buy games I normally wouldn't just becuase they are becoming rare, like I was considering the WoW Collector's Edition but I thought it would turn out like the Warcraft 3 Collector's Edition (The one I spent $70 on release, and then it was on Amazon a few months later for $20.), but then I got word WoW Collector's was going for $200 on eBay, so I went to 6 stores to find one, and I did.

I did something similar with MGS3: Substance Limited Edition recently, but I got wind of it's rarity a week before release, and I couldn't preorder it at that point, so I ended up driving an hour out of town to get one at a more rural EB. Insanity.

I also bought Everquest 2 Collector's and City of Villians Collector's because I got good deals on them and thought I would play them, but I ended up cancelling both and just playing WoW.

Quite simply, I cannot hold onto money very well. I have an annoying tendency to want to get the hottest games on the market, and half the time I won't actually finish it until the game is no longer hot. Recent examples include: Grandia 3, ES4: Oblivon, Dragon Quest VIII (Although I got an insane deal on it.) and MGS3: Substance Limited. Admittedly, most of my time was spent completing Kingdom Hearts 2, which hooked me hard and fast.

I've managed to slow down on impulse spending recently though. I'm trying to buy an Xbox 360, and it looks like I'll be able to hold onto my money long enough to do so, so things are looking better, but it's still one of my worst habits.

Jam it back in, in the dark.