Comments on: Shop Patiently (15/365)

By: Angie

Angie — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 20:34:56 +0000

Oh Johanna, you’re so one to talk. I love this blog!

By: Johanna

Johanna — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 17:55:24 +0000

Angie, Misha’s reply to you was calm as could be, and didn’t accuse you of attacking anyone.

By: Angie

Angie — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 17:17:36 +0000

Calm down Misha. I wasn’t attacking anyone, just asking a simple question.

By: Tracy

Tracy — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:46:31 +0000

@Bonnie

Critical feedback isn’t bad manners. This is Trent’s job, it’s how he makes his living. It’s not a matter of not clicking – most people just ignore the ones that don’t click – the critical feedback is on the ones that are poorly written and/or give bad advice.

By: Bonnie

Bonnie — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 10:56:36 +0000

Maybe I shouldn’t be at this point, but I am always shocked at how rude people are on this board. Simple manners have gone out the window in this world. Honestly, I think it is totally natural to enjoy some blog posts more than others, but to tear Trent apart over the ones that don’t click with you is rude and sad.

By: valleycat1

valleycat1 — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 02:20:39 +0000

Though on second thought, it’s better called wait until the item is on sale. Otherwise, shop patiently is just another way of stating the 30-day rule, except it could be more than 30 days.

By: valleycat1

valleycat1 — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 02:19:10 +0000

This seems to be another version of the 30-day rule discussed a week ago.

By: kc

kc — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 01:54:13 +0000

“When you don’t need to make a purchase right away, wait for a few months to see if you can get the item on sale.” It’s a good idea, but does it really need any more explanation than that?

Perhaps the site should be renamed “The Complicated Dollar”

By: Kate

Kate — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 01:01:46 +0000

I agree with you lurker carl. I have cleaned out the freezers of many older people and the amount of food that gets thrown away because it is old or not labeled with date and the people can’t remember how long it has been there is terribly wasteful.

By: lurker carl

lurker carl — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 00:21:40 +0000

As our household decreased in size, we got rid of the huge chest freezer. It was a PITA to reach the bottom, keep it organized and rotated – we always had a box of stuff we had to throw out at each defrosting interval. Now we use the freezer compartment of our fridge and eat up food on hand before buying more. Soooo much easier! Unless you have a big family to feed or a huge garden with fresh produce to process, a separate freezer is often costs more than it saves.

By: Jessica

Jessica — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 23:58:29 +0000

We got ours at a scratch n dent appliance store. Ours stays in the basement so I couldn’t care less if the outside of it is ugly. We saved 40% and got it without waiting.

By: Gretchen

Gretchen — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 23:29:35 +0000

“Flash frozen vegetables” go on sale all the time.

U’m not sure you can flesh out each day in this series to be a full post.
I can only do research on appliances (I’m not in the market for) so many times.

By: Misha

Misha — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 22:22:32 +0000

Angie, even if he still doesn’t, his wife and children do – and as another example of deep freezer use he gave he did give the example of “a store has a sale on flash-frozen vegetables” which they would want to stock up on.

Also, at the time he bought the deep freezer he was still eating meat, so I don’t see how the fact that he doesn’t eat meat now invalidates the point of the post.

By: krantcents

krantcents — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 22:10:35 +0000

This one of the reasons I like shopping online. I can use shopping bots to find the lowest price and shopping online has built in patience. I usually do my research online and then shop.

By: Angie

Angie — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 21:55:03 +0000

Now that you don’t eat meat, do you even need the deep freezer?

By: Johanna

Johanna — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 21:41:48 +0000

This particular post would be much better if you eliminated most of the adverbs – and most of the other words too. “When you don’t need to make a purchase right away, wait for a few months to see if you can get the item on sale.” It’s a good idea, but does it really need any more explanation than that?

By: Steven

Steven — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 20:51:35 +0000

I have a difficult time reading your articles due to your frequent usage of adverbs. Often I left with a feeling of “WTF is he trying to say?” and have to reread the sentence or paragraph over. Your writing would be much better if you eliminated most of the adverbs.