Comments on: Weekend Reading: Buying in Bulk, Cool Nerds, and Diamond Rings http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/weekend-reading-buying-in-bulk-cool-nerds-and-diamond-rings/ A premier personal finance blog, established 2003. Within, Flexo discusses his own experiences with money, and he and other authors comment on a wide range of personal finance topics. Thu, 31 May 2012 17:59:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: John DeFlumeri Jr http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/weekend-reading-buying-in-bulk-cool-nerds-and-diamond-rings/comment-page-1/#comment-201072 John DeFlumeri Jr Sun, 27 Dec 2009 14:22:25 +0000 http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/?p=7666#comment-201072 Bulk buying of sale items is great, but when it's food, must caution against bulk eating, produces fat in bulk! John DeFlumeri Jr Bulk buying of sale items is great, but when it’s food, must caution against bulk eating, produces fat in bulk!

John DeFlumeri Jr

]]> By: Matt Jabs http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/weekend-reading-buying-in-bulk-cool-nerds-and-diamond-rings/comment-page-1/#comment-201057 Matt Jabs Sat, 26 Dec 2009 20:12:20 +0000 http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/?p=7666#comment-201057 Well by golly... I buy in bulk and save, I think I may be classified as a cool nerd, and I don't believe in the marketing lie that diamond rings = love. Maybe I'm on the right track after all. :-) Well by golly… I buy in bulk and save, I think I may be classified as a cool nerd, and I don’t believe in the marketing lie that diamond rings = love.

Maybe I’m on the right track after all. :-)

]]> By: Financial Samurai http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/weekend-reading-buying-in-bulk-cool-nerds-and-diamond-rings/comment-page-1/#comment-201055 Financial Samurai Sat, 26 Dec 2009 17:12:00 +0000 http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/?p=7666#comment-201055 Happy Holidays Flexo! I wish I was a cool nerd, so I could fix all my computer probs and come up with some cool site things on my own, but alas, I'm a dummy. Anybody who reads the "Diamond Engagement Rings: Bling, Bling" article should hopefully find a humorous approach to the subject on how to actually get girls on a bus, to revolting against the 3 month salary rule, to figuring out whether you should actually get a diamond. Thnx for highlighting. Happy Holidays! Gotta go exercise! Happy Holidays Flexo!

I wish I was a cool nerd, so I could fix all my computer probs and come up with some cool site things on my own, but alas, I’m a dummy.

Anybody who reads the “Diamond Engagement Rings: Bling, Bling” article should hopefully find a humorous approach to the subject on how to actually get girls on a bus, to revolting against the 3 month salary rule, to figuring out whether you should actually get a diamond. Thnx for highlighting.

Happy Holidays! Gotta go exercise!

]]> By: Tyler Karasewski http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/weekend-reading-buying-in-bulk-cool-nerds-and-diamond-rings/comment-page-1/#comment-201054 Tyler Karasewski Sat, 26 Dec 2009 17:01:45 +0000 http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/?p=7666#comment-201054 I could tell you the same thing about technology skills. The main reason so many of these jobs are held by Indian or Chinese or Eastern European immigrants is simply because there aren't enough Americans with the skills required. It's a lot easier to hire a U.S. citizen, from a bureaucratic perspective, than someone from overseas, but only if you can find one with the skills required. Companies are looking for the most-skilled engineers, and they'll get them from whichever country is training them, U.S. or otherwise. While I generally agree with the diamond ring thing, pretty much everything beyond basic food, shelter and housing could be described the same way. We could all survive just fine without soft drinks, but how many coke/pepsi ads do we see every day? The industry creates demand. Same thing with consumer electronics or nice furniture or designer clothes or the fact that Britney Spears can sell a million albums. There's a lot of effective marketing out there for all sorts of things, not just diamonds. I could tell you the same thing about technology skills. The main reason so many of these jobs are held by Indian or Chinese or Eastern European immigrants is simply because there aren’t enough Americans with the skills required. It’s a lot easier to hire a U.S. citizen, from a bureaucratic perspective, than someone from overseas, but only if you can find one with the skills required. Companies are looking for the most-skilled engineers, and they’ll get them from whichever country is training them, U.S. or otherwise.

While I generally agree with the diamond ring thing, pretty much everything beyond basic food, shelter and housing could be described the same way. We could all survive just fine without soft drinks, but how many coke/pepsi ads do we see every day? The industry creates demand. Same thing with consumer electronics or nice furniture or designer clothes or the fact that Britney Spears can sell a million albums. There’s a lot of effective marketing out there for all sorts of things, not just diamonds.

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