Caveat Emptor

This week we have learned about how businesses try to get us to buy their product.  They plant slogans into the consumers head so when every they are about to buy something related to that producer they think of the slogan.  They also use colorful adds to get are attention, and financing phrases like "90 days same as cash."  Producer spends billions of dollars a year on ways to plant information in the consumers head.  If we, the consumers are not careful we will be buying all the products that the media, friends, newspaper, internet say are a need to have. 

If making a significant purchase you need to do the following things:
1.) Wait over night no matter what. 
2.) Consider you buying motives,  no amount of stuff will keep you happy. 
3.) Never buy anything you don't understand.
4.) Consider the opportunity cost.  what will you be giving up?
5.) Seek wise advice.