Comments on: Upgrades http://thebudgetingbabe.com/2006/10/23/upgrades/ A personal finance blog for career minded women with small budgets and big dreams. Sun, 05 Aug 2012 15:47:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: I bought a new TV : The Budgeting Babe http://thebudgetingbabe.com/2006/10/23/upgrades/#comment-9828 I bought a new TV : The Budgeting Babe Sat, 20 Aug 2011 01:54:13 +0000 http://thebudgetingbabe.com/?p=242#comment-9828 [...] My brother, a sales manager at Best Buy, has been telling me for years to get a new TV (see exhibit A, but from 2006), but I always rejected the idea. My TV worked. Therefore, I had no need for a fancy new flat [...] [...] My brother, a sales manager at Best Buy, has been telling me for years to get a new TV (see exhibit A, but from 2006), but I always rejected the idea. My TV worked. Therefore, I had no need for a fancy new flat [...]

]]> By: Anonymous http://thebudgetingbabe.com/2006/10/23/upgrades/#comment-1637 Anonymous Thu, 26 Oct 2006 03:39:00 +0000 http://thebudgetingbabe.com/?p=242#comment-1637 Good to see you back :-)<br/><br/>I totally agree with you - yes, HDTV's look cool, along with other stuff out there, and when I go to my (younger) sister's house, she and her hubby have the newest large screen TV as well as other assorted gadgets, plus the big house, the luxury cars, Pottery Barn furnished house, and perfectly dressed kids. And did I mention she's up to her eyeballs in debt?<br/><br/>My DH finally replaced our 12 year old TV, I have an iPod shuffle, my kids share their clothes, we're content in our cozy (read small) home, and we will be debt free (except the mortgage) in 2 years. I'll take my simple life minus the gadgets any day! Good to see you back :-)

I totally agree with you – yes, HDTV’s look cool, along with other stuff out there, and when I go to my (younger) sister’s house, she and her hubby have the newest large screen TV as well as other assorted gadgets, plus the big house, the luxury cars, Pottery Barn furnished house, and perfectly dressed kids. And did I mention she’s up to her eyeballs in debt?

My DH finally replaced our 12 year old TV, I have an iPod shuffle, my kids share their clothes, we’re content in our cozy (read small) home, and we will be debt free (except the mortgage) in 2 years. I’ll take my simple life minus the gadgets any day!

]]> By: Anonymous http://thebudgetingbabe.com/2006/10/23/upgrades/#comment-1631 Anonymous Wed, 25 Oct 2006 18:06:00 +0000 http://thebudgetingbabe.com/?p=242#comment-1631 No repair stores because American labor is expensive compared to the foreign labor that assembled the item. Therefore, it is rarely worth it to fix the item.... cheaper to get a new one unless the repair is very minor or the item very expensive or built in the developed world (e.g. cars).<br/><br/>I keep things until they really become non-useful and don't have much stuff (no TV for example). No repair stores because American labor is expensive compared to the foreign labor that assembled the item. Therefore, it is rarely worth it to fix the item…. cheaper to get a new one unless the repair is very minor or the item very expensive or built in the developed world (e.g. cars).

I keep things until they really become non-useful and don’t have much stuff (no TV for example).

]]> By: ~Dawn http://thebudgetingbabe.com/2006/10/23/upgrades/#comment-1625 ~Dawn Wed, 25 Oct 2006 03:45:00 +0000 http://thebudgetingbabe.com/?p=242#comment-1625 Being surrounded by that kind of technology 5 days a week for hours can also work on your brain and you feel you HAVE to buy it.... Being surrounded by that kind of technology 5 days a week for hours can also work on your brain and you feel you HAVE to buy it….

]]> By: Wilks http://thebudgetingbabe.com/2006/10/23/upgrades/#comment-1624 Wilks Wed, 25 Oct 2006 03:05:00 +0000 http://thebudgetingbabe.com/?p=242#comment-1624 I fully agree. If it's worth fixing something, do it. <br/><br/>However, some things really are easier to replace instead of fixing. My old computer would have cost around 200 to fix and a new one was only a few hundred more.<br/><br/>It's important to look at life cost of an item not just immeditate cost. I fully agree. If it’s worth fixing something, do it.

However, some things really are easier to replace instead of fixing. My old computer would have cost around 200 to fix and a new one was only a few hundred more.

It’s important to look at life cost of an item not just immeditate cost.

]]> By: Anonymous http://thebudgetingbabe.com/2006/10/23/upgrades/#comment-1622 Anonymous Tue, 24 Oct 2006 23:32:00 +0000 http://thebudgetingbabe.com/?p=242#comment-1622 My primary TV is so old it doesn't even <b>HAVE</b> a remote, or cable hookups for that matter. I have an adapter connected to it or I'd be screwed. Everybody laughs when they see it and tell me I need a new one. I tell them the same thing - "It works fine, why should I buy a new one?" To be honest, I am waiting for the day it dies. Then I can switch to the also out-dated TV (with attached VCR!) my friend left me when she moved out of town. LOL...at least it has a remote.<br/><br/>Oh, and people are shocked to find that I don't have a DVD player either.<br/><br/>BTW you can buy a new (universal) remote at Best Buy...ask your brother to get you one ;-) My primary TV is so old it doesn’t even HAVE a remote, or cable hookups for that matter. I have an adapter connected to it or I’d be screwed. Everybody laughs when they see it and tell me I need a new one. I tell them the same thing – “It works fine, why should I buy a new one?” To be honest, I am waiting for the day it dies. Then I can switch to the also out-dated TV (with attached VCR!) my friend left me when she moved out of town. LOL…at least it has a remote.

Oh, and people are shocked to find that I don’t have a DVD player either.

BTW you can buy a new (universal) remote at Best Buy…ask your brother to get you one ;-)

]]> By: Alichia http://thebudgetingbabe.com/2006/10/23/upgrades/#comment-1619 Alichia Tue, 24 Oct 2006 16:28:00 +0000 http://thebudgetingbabe.com/?p=242#comment-1619 Let me guess your brother is younger by a few years? My younger brother is exactly the same way. He's the most impulsive person I know, he's always getting the latest and greatest (he's so excited about the Playstation 3, b/c apparently #2 is SOO last year.) <br/>And interestingly enough my tv remote is currently taped together and he always tells me... get a new remote already! :) Ahh brothers. Let me guess your brother is younger by a few years? My younger brother is exactly the same way. He’s the most impulsive person I know, he’s always getting the latest and greatest (he’s so excited about the Playstation 3, b/c apparently #2 is SOO last year.)
And interestingly enough my tv remote is currently taped together and he always tells me… get a new remote already! :) Ahh brothers.

]]> By: Nicole http://thebudgetingbabe.com/2006/10/23/upgrades/#comment-1618 Nicole Tue, 24 Oct 2006 13:59:00 +0000 http://thebudgetingbabe.com/?p=242#comment-1618 Oh man, I just had a flash of me trying to fix my remote control, and let me tell ya, it wasn't pretty. Hee-hee. Oh man, I just had a flash of me trying to fix my remote control, and let me tell ya, it wasn’t pretty. Hee-hee.

]]> By: Moose http://thebudgetingbabe.com/2006/10/23/upgrades/#comment-1617 Moose Tue, 24 Oct 2006 13:44:00 +0000 http://thebudgetingbabe.com/?p=242#comment-1617 I wholeheartedly agree with your attitude of getting the best value from your purchases. If it ain't broke, don't fix it. <br/><br/>I take it a step further too. I have made a point to learn how to repair certian goods (usually not anything considered a consumable good). I will make every attempt to increase the life of a product unless the cost of parts purhcased over the life of the product is greater than 50% of its purchase price. past that - replacements are cost-effective. I wholeheartedly agree with your attitude of getting the best value from your purchases. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.

I take it a step further too. I have made a point to learn how to repair certian goods (usually not anything considered a consumable good). I will make every attempt to increase the life of a product unless the cost of parts purhcased over the life of the product is greater than 50% of its purchase price. past that – replacements are cost-effective.

]]> By: Tired of being broke http://thebudgetingbabe.com/2006/10/23/upgrades/#comment-1615 Tired of being broke Tue, 24 Oct 2006 03:59:00 +0000 http://thebudgetingbabe.com/?p=242#comment-1615 I am the last hold out for the ipod. The reason I never bought one when they first came out is because I thought, mmhhmmmm they are going to chnge it in a very short time. so far I have been right. I will continue waiting until I do not have more pressing things to do with my money. An ipon is a want not a need. I am the last hold out for the ipod. The reason I never bought one when they first came out is because I thought, mmhhmmmm they are going to chnge it in a very short time. so far I have been right. I will continue waiting until I do not have more pressing things to do with my money. An ipon is a want not a need.

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