Have you ever noticed that when you go into a store just to buy some bread, you leave with a bunch of things that you didn’t even plan to buy?
And sometimes, on top of everything else, you still don’t buy what you actually came to the store for?
The goal of any store is to sell goods. Preferably more expensive and more abundant. Our goal is to buy what is really needed.
Ways Stores Force You to Buy Things You Don't Need
Have you ever noticed that the most basic and everyday items are usually located in the back corner of the store? And to get to them, you have to walk through the entire store past the shelves with less popular items?
This is not done by chance. While you are making your way to the goods you need, your gaze involuntarily focuses on the bright packages and something will surely attract your attention.
Also, at the exit from the store, in front of the cash registers, they always install shelves with sweets and toys. Even if you were able to walk through the entire store and did not buy anything extra, you will still stop near these shelves. And if you are with a child, it will be very difficult not to buy something here.
Even the most persistent person cannot refuse their child who has grabbed a chocolate bar or a toy they like and begs to buy it. Especially since they are not very expensive.
The next trick used in stores is to place cheap goods on the very bottom or top shelves, where they are harder to notice. Well, at the level of your hands and eyes there will always be something more expensive or those goods that the store wants to get rid of quickly.
So very often fresh dairy products are filled with those whose expiration dates are approaching. So never be lazy to compare expiration dates.
According to statistics, in many families about 30% of purchased products go from the refrigerator straight to the basket. And the reason for this is the lack of clear planning and spontaneous purchases.
How to save money and protect yourself from unnecessary purchases
1. Before you go to the store, make a list of all the purchases you plan to make today.
Such a list will not allow you to forget about something necessary, which you can forget while traveling between the store shelves and remember only when you return home.
2. Try to buy only the items that are on your list. If something persistently attracts your attention, before buying it, stop and think whether you really just forgot to add it to the list.
It is quite possible that it will turn out that you don’t need this thing and when you return you will rack your brains for a long time wondering why you bought it.
3. If your willpower is not enough to strictly follow the list or you did not have time to make it, try to visit the store with friends who are critical of such trips.
Such people, as a rule, have good immunity to spontaneous purchases and are able to stop in time.
4. Well, if this doesn't help, there is the last option. Don't take more money with you than you might need to buy the items on the list.
This way you are guaranteed not to be able to buy anything extra. For the same reason, try to never pay with credit cards.
Follow these simple tips. Control your finances. Constantly monitor what you buy. This will save your budget from unnecessary purchases, and your home from being cluttered with completely useless junk.
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