2006-07-07 09:49:26 · 4 answers · asked by beatpoppa 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Personal Finance
Entertainment. Personally, I'm not much for knickkancks.
2006-07-07 09:52:26 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is an interesting question.
Some people make a big distinction between purchasing a tangible item (like a televison) and paying for an experience (like seeing a movie). The financial comparison is very different if there is a reasonable expectation that the tangible item will appreciate in value but for most consumer purchases that is not the case. Most of the things that most people buy will immediately begin to depreciate, at an extremely rapid rate early on.
But in the end everything you buy you only get a limited amount of use from it. Even if the item itself lasts you will not.
So you have to compare the utility you receive with the price you pay. If you buy a DVD for $20 versus paying $6 to see the movie in the theatre but you watch the DVD 100 times (and enjoy it as much or more each time) the DVD is a much cheaper form of entertainment.
2006-07-07 13:19:33 · answer #2 · answered by frugernity 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Neither. Save and invest for the future.
2006-07-07 09:59:44 · answer #3 · answered by Bostonian In MO 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
buy things that entertain? ;-)
2006-07-07 10:31:39 · answer #4 · answered by BakaSan 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋