Comments on: One Black Friday Tip to Rule Them All: Buy Nothing

By: Craig

Craig — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:43:58 +0000

Nice way to think about it. I did that this year for myself. Instead of wasting money on electronics like usual, I took the year off and bought nothing. I feel good about myself and hopefully I can continue to save throughout the rest of the holiday season. The sales will last all month, so no rush for those who are looking to buy.

By: Andy

Andy — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 21:35:24 +0000

An individual “will have little effect on the companies or the world”, but magically help the environment by not throwing things in landfills.

One isn’t capable of affecting a company’s bottom line, yet one is very capable of helping save the planet?

Here is the reality, regardless of which path you choose, you are not going to affect either outcome. One simply doesn’t have enough money or time to matter either way.

By: Kyle

Kyle — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 06:22:46 +0000

I concur with the “buy nothing” slogan but for a different reason: you’d have to be insane to wake up at 5 in the morning and stand in the cold just to save a few bucks on something you didn’t need in the first place.

By: generation millionaire

generation millionaire — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 00:20:49 +0000

I agree, I am over the commercials and the push to spend money on things we really don’t want. I subscribe to the buy nothing theory as well.

By: Andrew Chilton

Andrew Chilton — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 19:20:34 +0000

I wholeheartedly agree and the ‘Buy Nothing’ slogan is the one I shall be using (of course, I’m not in the States so we don’t have either Thanksgiving or Black Friday. Either way, it’s the same here just after Christmas, Easter and pretty much any other public holiday it seems and for each of those, I decide to Buy Nothing.