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Video games. Unless it's a game I play with friends I typically wait for it to drop in price significantly.
Also, if you're not going to play it this week, think twice! And, if you're not going to play it this month, think a third time!
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Weddings.
Yes, It IS a big day. It's not such a big day that you spend your entire life savings, and have no future.
Get a DJ, get a cake, get a hall, get a photographer.......forget the doves, forget the ice sculptures, forget the wedding planner, forget the genocidial mimes, forget the big limo, keep it small. Do you really need to invite your great aunt, who you've seen 3 times in your life?
You should NOT be spending like $20,000 on a wedding.
$20k?
Damn dude, all my friends getting married are spending a minimum of $50k. $15k gets you the venue for the night without anything else included or factored in (food, music, fucking chairs or tables or lights, etc)
Weddings are a predatory business.
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We spent less than 10k on our wedding and only invited close family. Did most of it ourselves. It was the best day ever!
The genocidal mimes are non negotiable
I know right...we HAVE to have standards
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A friend of mine donned his nicest clothes and went down to the courthouse with his fiance and a couple of witnesses. I mentioned this to my sister, and she mentioned that in retrospect, she wished she'd done something similar when she got married.
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Unpopular opinion but wine.
From my experience majority of people can't distinguish between 5€ wine and 500€ wine. And even if they do, they say it tastes "a bit better", not worth the 495€ difference. Pick one that tastes good to you and don't be ashamed if it's cheap.
I’m far from a wine connoisseur and my favorite is an $8 rosé wine you can find at your local grocery store.
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Wine is a huge scam.
Sommeliers are just salespeople making shit up.
It's bullshit, you don't detect notes of 15 different things all mixed together.
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Wine - it is full of marketing gimmick and usually the mid range is best. The same is with whisky, rums and other alcohol.
On the other hand, at least here, is better to pay premium for craft beer.
Depends on the country you're in.
For wine it is universal, but yes I can't get decent cider without paying premium, I think that in UK it is different.
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Clothes and housewares. Buying secondhand is vastly cheaper, better for the environment, and can get you surprisingly high quality sometimes.
Over the counter medications. If the active ingredient is the same, delivered in the same way and in the same dosage, the effects will be the same.
Games. There's no good reason to not wait for a price drop and/or sale unless it's some multiplayer thing and you want to play with friends. In the modern day, you'll even usually get an improved product after more time has passed for patches and updates.
I agree with all of those. Some of my favorite clothing I've gotten thrifting. I've been able to find never worn brand name clothing for way cheaper. Heck. I recently got a pair of Eddie Bauer shorts, never used (still had the baggie with spare buttons attached to the waistband), for $5.
In case someone needs to hear this:
DO NOT PREORDER GAMES FROM AAA-DEVELOPERS/STUDIOS
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Jean creamer. Even the cheap stuff works wonders.
Instructions unclear, I creamed my jeans.
I use the free stuff, like, all the time
Can you give me an ELI5 on what that is? Google only shows me picture of various women.