10 signs that you are not economical and the Pauper

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1. You buy the cheapest products

At the supermarket, you do not look at the composition and calorific value of the product - you only care about the price. Among the important points can also be shelf life: what it is, the greater the likelihood that the product will have time to eat before it spoiled.

In some cases, take the cheap products - the right choice thrifty buyer. Local seasonal apples are often tastier and more fragrant than those that tore off tree underripe and brought from another continent. A dirty potatoes is easy to wash and gain on this half the price.

But some products better not saveOr you will get the dubious quality and taste of the amateur. In addition, in the pursuit of cheap you buy something that costs a penny, but not for what you want. The food basket are often penny-products, and fruits and vegetables almost does not occur. Such savings are not justified and can have a negative impact on health.

2. Do you prefer instant benefit

You need detergent. The packaging is 3 kg costs 500 rubles per 1 kilogram - 200 rubles. Clearly, much more profitable pack, but you buy a little - because it is cheaper!

Call this economy is possible only in one case: if you have trouble with math.

For those who can count, it is obvious that such a choice to save money will not help. If you use the same household cleaning products, it is logical to buy big packs or take a new packaging at a discount, even if the old has not ended.

Another thing, when money for the use of such tools is not enough. In this case, it is time to stop regarding the survival of their economies and rethink financial position.

3. You do not buy the necessary

It is one thing - do not buy a new smartphone model, because the old still works fine. Another - to use inconvenient and ugly polished wardrobe, you inherited from her grandmother, but the new can be bought relatively cheaply.

When mattress looks more like a miniature proving ground for testing bombs, and legs to the stool wrapped with tape reliability, it is not the economy. Just make a photo and look at it: these pictures illustrate the articles about dysfunctional families.

Thrifty person, unlike the poor, cares about the quality of his life, though, and avoid unnecessary costs.

4. You measure everything with money

In the explanatory dictionary of Ushakov "save" meansSave "Spend carefully, economize on something." Do not overpay - useful skill for any income. But with a shoestring budget savings turns into a fear of spending too much because of it just depends on survival.

As a result, a person begins to measure everything with money, always thinking about them, evaluate people and things for money. Although if a second interrupt the usual course of thought, it becomes obvious that the value does not equal price. But the beggar (including spirit) people prefer not to notice, because his world revolves around money.

5. You are ashamed to admit that you save

This follows from the habit of measuring everything with money. There is a huge reservoir of people who dress in branded clothing and haircuts in Barbershop, but live in an apartment with rotting floors and a huge debt for utility services. They assess the welfare of friends by the presence of at least some of the machine, even if they live in the center and across the park from work.

I admit that the savings for these people still say publicly that they are beggars. The nuance is that, in fact, they often turn out to be such and.

A man for whom the economy - Challenge for saving money, often with pleasure and pride he speaks of a bargain purchase and operating strategies.

6. You only buy on sale

By itself, the love to the sale does not speak about anything. The problems arise when you do not buy himself the necessary thing, because she does not have discount or because it costs more than three years ago. Dispense in December without winter boots, because the sales start in January - it is not saving. And if ill, And more on drugs broke.

7. You are greedy for free

"But the free" - a phrase which paves the line between frugal and the poor. First consider whether he needs khalyavnykh thing, whether it suits it to 100%, and, if not, or refuses to buy the right thing at full price. Second glad all free.

8. You do not spend money on themselves

Your expenses are limited to physical needs. Everything that goes beyond the basic needs: hobbies, theaters, cinemas, museums, sports - is too expensive and you do without it. It turns out really economically, but to call this a full-fledged life difficult. Saving does not mean giving up all the pleasures.

9. You save money at the expense of other resources

All Saturday you spend on a trip to the supermarket, because in the same discounts on meat and milk, the other - on the curd, in the third - to the soap. These efforts span the entire day, you do not have time to sleep, spend quality time with the family, go for a walk. But when calculating the savings you may find that you have saved the amount that would have earned in a couple of hours.

Money is just a resource. Only they can make money, but more time - no.

10. You try to buy the cheap services

You really do not understand why finisher wants as much money for the laying of the tiles, if spent on the job only two hours. And on the Internet in general any work can, get out of her neighbor, teenage son always sits at the computer.

As a result, you are looking for someone cheaper, you get terrible results and contribute to a vicious circle of low income and poor quality. By the way, rest assured that this is also reflected once on your income.

Thrifty person knows the value of money and understands that quality can not be cheap. He is willing to pay for the result, because it will save up his time, nerves and money to rework.

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