http://lunasmom.com/archives/128 lunasmom is blogging it, happy now? Wed, 26 May 2010 18:40:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://lunasmom.com/archives/128/comment-page-1#comment-17 MrM Fri, 20 Mar 2009 15:33:53 +0000 http://lunasmom.com/?p=128#comment-17 Great Post! So true. The "wait until you find what you really want" approach has a further advantage: since you can spend your money only once you're in a strong buyer's position a bit longer. For me the anticipation of owning but holding off the purchase creates an emotional high. A somewhat independent thought is this: ask yourself how much the item is worth to you. You might find it cheaper somewhere (with all the risks), but what really matters is for how much you're willing to settle, while being convinced that you got a good deal (not necessarily the best). As an example, when buying our current house we offered full price although we probably could have knocked off a couple of $$ off the asking price at that time. But I felt uncomfortable with the chance of loosing the house that I felt was priced realistically to begin with. I figured it was worth to offer full price and never looked back. Great Post! So true. The “wait until you find what you really want” approach has a further advantage: since you can spend your money only once you’re in a strong buyer’s position a bit longer. For me the anticipation of owning but holding off the purchase creates an emotional high.
A somewhat independent thought is this: ask yourself how much the item is worth to you. You might find it cheaper somewhere (with all the risks), but what really matters is for how much you’re willing to settle, while being convinced that you got a good deal (not necessarily the best). As an example, when buying our current house we offered full price although we probably could have knocked off a couple of $$ off the asking price at that time. But I felt uncomfortable with the chance of loosing the house that I felt was priced realistically to begin with. I figured it was worth to offer full price and never looked back.

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