Wise words from a 10yo
10yo Megan and I were out on a trip to do errands and get birthday ice cream and while we were in Home Depot looking at light fixtures on clearance, she started thinking out loud.
“You know how stores will sometimes have great sales, like spend $100 and get a free $100 gift card? Even though it sounds like half price, sometimes that’s not such a great deal. A person might decide to buy something that costs $350 because they can get it for only $250, but that’s $250 that they weren’t already going to spend. Sometimes people might just want to spend money because of the special, and that’s not really saving money.”
Smart girl, huh? Sometimes it takes a lifetime to learn this. Some of us never learn.
If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!
You loved it, right? Here's more like it:
Did you enjoy this post? Subscribe so you'll never miss a new post!
Filed under: Uncategorized
Yes-she is a very, very, smart girl!
That is great. My 10 yo dd just mused the other day that .99 cents might as well be a $1.00 and they are just trying to make it sound less! Then she went on about $9.99, 21.99, and $9,999.99! I guess it is time to work on a unit about advertising. I remember loving learning about bandwagon and other sneaky techniques!!!
So true! Great observation!
Keep ingraining that thought! Marcella
She figured out at 10 what some people NEVER figure out. Way to go Megan (and mom too)!!
I’m so proud of you…..must be the age(all of a sudden your smart….hahaha……just joking)
Yeah, and then there are those of us who get the $10 off $10 purchase or more, who go and spend $10.01 or something like that!