All Things Chill

After much deliberation, I have decided to purchase a television. Maybe. LOL. I thought I was living just fine without one, but some people think otherwise. I’ll probably go with the 32” Vizio VX32L HDTV (for $599). I’m very partial to “best bang for the buckers“, which is why I own a lot of “cool enough, but not too expensive” gear sittin’ around my apt. Also, I don’t think my apartment could fit anything bigger. Hee hee. Why wait? I tend to sit on big ticket electronic purchases for the following reasons:

I like playing the waiting game between upgrades.
It’s like being a monkey jumping from branch to branch to get the most perfect-est yellow banana. Or something. LOL.

I like watching my savings account auto-deduct a small chunk of my paycheck into one ginormous payoff.
It takes a while, but it feels like coins magically turn into paper monies!!!

I like talking to as many people (friends and experts) about the subject to make sure that I’m getting the best deal.
Sure I get to learn a lot, but ultimately… this annoys my friends enough to the point that *they* have to buy it too… thus alleviating the purchasing guilt on my part. MWMWMAHAHA.

I like wanting stuff, but being strong enough not to act on impulse purchases.
This is sometimes more fulfilling than buying the gadget… which is good when you WANT it, but sucks when you BUY it.

Waiting 6 months and picking it up without thinking twice.
This is different from an impulse purchase because it has passed the 6 month barrier. In my own little world of nonsense… impulse < 6 months. The time also degrades the effect of my internal "do I really NEED this" second guessing.

So there it is. There are more reasons of course, but those are the most “non-LOOKIJUSTWANNABUYITKTHXBYE” explanations that came to mind. Sounds like a good deal, but with all the audio / coax / video (for the Wii / Xbox 360) cables, I’ll be spending a lot more than that. SIGH. But YAY! But SIGH. Hee hee.

YAY TV!

~Spec

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