As a Consumer: What is your evaluation and prediction of the future so far as your spending

[Mike 03]

strategies are?

[DJ13]

1. Other

Bent over and screwed wasnt a listed option.

[GoesTo11]

2. mega dittoes

[ixion]

8. yes, that was the option I was looking for...

thanks...

[Mike 03]

9. Sorry, I will try to add this option, if it's not too late. NT

[ThomWV]

3. It will either be deflation or inflation - and it is China who will decide which

[Runcible Spoon]

4. Other-no savings, no immediate prospect of decent salary employment

Scraping by on skin of teeth, no money to save or stockpile, at total mercy of the economy, severely close to taking up as permanent protestor as full-time occupation :evilfrown:

[KG]

5. unemployent has put a major crimp on any spending other basics

and it maybe almost 2 years till i get another real job. it was my plan to have my CC balance down to zero by the end of the year, but o well.

[tama]

6. Other

Learning and adapting to ceasing to being a consumer and growing to become a grower, giving and adding to Mother Nature instead of just taking and consuming.

[wellstone dem]

7. Please share

anyone who would like to share, and I will pm you the address to either paypal me or send me a check.
:evilgrin:

[Mike 03]

10. I am sorry. I wanted to expand this poll to address what you are saying, but too much time passed

and I can't make it a better poll. I'm sorry.

[blues90]

11. I'm not buying a damn thing .

I'll fix what I have if it breaks and if I can't do that I will live without it forever or rather in the time I might have left. Stuff is just that , Stuff.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

12. Only pay cash.

It's amazing how many things you discover you don't "need" when you pay cash or are unwilling to save for it.

[Earth_First]

13. Only pay cash?!

I want whatever it is you're smoking!

:sarcasm:

[nonconformist]

15. Yep. We've only paid cash for the last 5 years or so

With the exception of our house, and we bought a house much less than what the bank approved us for. And put down more than required on a fixed rate 30 year. It's our only debt.

Paying only cash can be rough at times for big ticket items, but it makes us very particular on what we will buy.

[Kansas Wyatt]

14. Trying to figure out the easiest way to get a seat in Congress....

So I can set myself up for a Golden Parachute too, and never have to worry about money again.

Oh that's right, you have to be a millionaire to get into Congress.

[leftstreet]

16. You also get Dental with that

:)