Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Emotional buying is irrational

Most of life is irrational

^ But also this isn't "emotional buying" per se - it's people trying to hedge against uncertainty. That's not irrational at all. We have a crazy man at the wheel who keeps trying to make life worse and more expensive, and people are thinking about what their future selves will need and trying to game out whether it's better to wait and see what ol Deranged Dumpy is going to do or just pull the trigger now.

Anonymous wrote:Emotional buying is irrational

Most of life is irrational

Emotional buying is irrational

Anonymous wrote:Not really other than comfort foods from foreign markets. Shelf stable stuff. We buy a lot of eastern European and Middle Eastern foods. They are expensive already, but they remind my husband of home. I do wonder how those little grocery stores will fare in all this.

Lots of small businesses will go under. Maga!

Not really other than comfort foods from foreign markets. Shelf stable stuff. We buy a lot of eastern European and Middle Eastern foods. They are expensive already, but they remind my husband of home. I do wonder how those little grocery stores will fare in all this.

Anonymous wrote:
Breaking news . . . no tariffs on computers, phones, lots of electronics

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/12/trump-exempts-phones-computers-chips-tariffs-apple-dell.html

And the tariff game (aka stock manipulation plan) continues to roll along. So many rich, connected people are making so much money this week from people who are trying to be rational investors. LOL.
My investments are untouched from last month.

When it comes to buying stuff, there is zero reason to try to play this suckers game by buying in anticipation of the tariffs. Keep that money in your pocket until you actually need something.

Apart from some food items you can stick in your freezer, I don't think it's. prudent to buy things before you really will need them. Like the poster above who said they had nail supplies because they're now doing their nails at home, you do know that you can entirely forego doing your nails if there ever was a shortage right? There's just so much consumerism already. It's ok to skip buying a few things and focus on lessening demand. If we all did with less we'd all be better off.

Breaking news . . . no tariffs on computers, phones, lots of electronics

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/12/trump-exempts-phones-computers-chips-tariffs-apple-dell.html

I’m going to look through my Amazon orders for the past few years, to see if there’s anything I should stock up on. Especially things I couldn’t find during Covid or are made in China.

Pp again - I also stocked up on my allergy meds, cold meds, and TP. I already have a fully stocked pantry of beauty items, thanks to Covid. Nor I always have extra eye cream, face wash, body wash, shampoo, conditioner etc. I’m going to buy extra garbage bags this weekend and then I’m done. I live alone, so I don’t need a ton of food in the pantry. I already have a deep freeze full of salmon and chicken, pantry of beans and lentils. I’m so tired of the craziness. I don’t want to be doing any of that panicking that I had to do during Covid. Oh, I also got my nail supplies because thanks to inflation now I can do my own gel nails and they look amazing!

I bought a Mac laptop on sale, then bought lots of the China-made organizer things I like from Amazon (plastic containers, zipper bags, boxes etc). I also bought a few pairs of running shoes.

I bought a new phone too

Everyone in my family has the most recent iPhones. I have an SE I think it’s called. It’s probably about 8 years old but it still works. I kept my flip phone until it didn’t consistently pick up calls. I guess it’s a good time to buy one now instead of waiting for it to break.

Anonymous wrote:People who upgrade phones via longer contracts and don't buy the phone outright and negotiate contract are losers.

People who pay full price for iphones and waste time trying to negotiate their own deal are chumps.