Back to my old spending habits!
You know you’re back to your old spending habits when you realize you’re scourging Internet deal sites like:
slickdeals.net
bensbargains.net
fatwallet.com
and buying random unnecessary crap. After purchasing a whole bunch of things which will lose its novelty by the time it reaches me, I’m certainly going to have buyers remorse after this.
Discount products online are discounted for their apparent reasons [going out of style, low demand and overstocked items, etc.]. These sites are evil, especially after depending on them for so long as a college student. You still go with the flow. Albeit there are some hidden gems at these sites, the rest are crap items. So the next time you end up on one of these sites, you need to ask yourself…
“Do I really need this?” or “What am I going to use this for?” or even “If I buy this am I going to use it more than once?”
The cool thing about these sites is you’ll come across a lot of stuff that you passed up as you were window shopping through the mall since they were too pricey. I’ll admit some of the items may be a bit dated, but in some people’s eyes they are steals! For example, Newegg.com is selling Soul Calibur IV for Xbox 360, brand new, for $17! To think I was going to plop down $40 for this game used only a couple of months later to find the game cheaper, brand new. If you throw in NBA2K9 for about $20 in there too, I bought 2 games for the price of the used game I was going to buy. 
Note: This only works if you’re willing to wait out on it, you won’t find a deal on popular games yet.
I would only recommend visiting these kind of sites when looking for a deal on a TV, Monitor, Laptop, PC, Cameras, Hard Drives [Ok tons of Computer accessories], and cables [Why cables? Who in their right mind would spend $100 for a 6 foot HDMI cable? When you can get it for only $15].
Although I may have gone back to my old spending habits, I’ve managed to catch myself before I piled up my apartment with worthless crap. Then again, I can always use them for Christmas presents. 
