Shopping

Is shopping more about emotional needs than actual needs?

For

People often shop for happiness or confidence.

Against

Shopping is mostly about replacing or buying useful items.

Anonymous excerpts, translated where noted.

For

  • Stress, anxiety, loneliness, and depression drive purchases.
    RedditOriginal language: English
  • Impulse buying is not price-gated. It is emotion-gated.
    RedditOriginal language: English

Against

  • Buying things only in the quality you need will save you money.
    RedditOriginal language: English
  • I get the good quality version of most of my basic everyday stuff and I cheap out on things I use occasionally.
    RedditOriginal language: English
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