Have you saved money for something?

Question

I am planning to save money for a new mobile phone, but I did not have saved money for a valuable thing like that. Do you have that kind of experience? I want to know:
what was it?
how long it took you to save enough money to buy it ?
why you wanted to buy this thing?
how you felt when you bought it?
Thank for your help

Answer 1

Take your time as the price will come down whilst you are saving. A good tip is do NOT click on that other person's Avatar and follow the links, they are scams. You won't make money but you will have a nightmare trying to stop the junk mail or getting others to sign up. You will feel really good when you get your phone and proud that you did it with your own hard earned money. To get extra cash, do some paid work for your neibours such as cleaning the car ($10), gardening ($5 per hour), cleaning their yard ($10 to $20) etc. etc. You could have your new pnone within a few weeks.

Answer 2

We buy nothing on credit in our house. We always save for the items we want. I have bought cars, electronics and even my current home with cash. We are currently putting money in savings for a hybrid car. The house was the easiest because we had just sold a home and made a profit so we turned around and invested the profit into a home in a more affordable location. The way we do it is create a budget, stick to the budget, and save for the item we want. It takes time but its well worth it to us to be debt free and still have what we want. With our current budget we have $250 each pay period that goes into savings for our car. It will take us quite awhile to save for this item, wont have it for 2 years. We will put our income tax refund and any bonuses we get along the way into savings as well to speed up the process. In the past we have added birthday or christmas money to our savings to get something a bit quicker.