Comments on: Buy Nothing Year: Could You Do It?

By: melissa

melissa — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 05:17:54 +0000

I’m attempting to do this as well.
http://howididntbuynewforayear.blogspot.com/

wish me luck!

By: Graham

Graham — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 23:43:27 +0000

It’s decided- I am going to do this for as long as I can, starting January 1st.

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By: Ryan

Ryan — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 22:37:35 +0000

I’ll bet it would be tough only in that I’d be breaking the habit of impulse buying whatever I wanted. Once I got over that and started actually thinking about what I buy, I’ll bet I’d be disgusted with how much stuff I buy that never even got used. I know I’ve bought more than one thing thinking “I’d love to have one of these!” instead of “I really need this!”

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Hanks Weekly Hangouts #19 (March 1, 2008) | My Investing Blog — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 08:24:12 +0000

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By: Andrew from Russia

Andrew from Russia — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 20:50:57 +0000

My “Buy Nothing Year” comes to a finish tomorrow. To date I’ve saved around $12k which is still not a small amount for Russia. Expenditures were barely over $2500.

By: anthony

anthony — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 01:27:17 +0000

I think we should all try. I bet it is wasy then we think. Good Luck and happy saving.

By: James

James — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 09:18:12 +0000

What a concept… I don’t think I could manage a week. It seems as if the college life presses you to spend more and more. Even just after one year, it almost seems second nature to carelessly spend $20 here… 10 there. Definately seems like something worth trying.

By: Clever Dude

Clever Dude — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 01:45:36 +0000

I’m just really tired of wasting things. I do just want to get rid of the junk I have, but I don’t want to just throw it out. I’m sure SOMEONE out there can use an old Oracle or Unix book.

Oh, and my wife is a packrat. Luckily, we’re also frugal (sometimes cheap too).

By: Lazy Man and Money » Festival of Frugality #62

Lazy Man and Money » Festival of Frugality #62 — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 13:57:56 +0000

[...] David from Money Under 30 writes about a group of who don’t buy anything for a year. They call themselves the compact, and having lived in the San Francisco area for 6 months now, I’m only surprised it didn’t happen before now. [...]