I've been reading the thread "10 friends" on the forum and have been inspired. The thread discusses a group in San Francisco that agreed to buy nothing new for a year.
I'd definitely like to try this for several months. It is a good extension of what I already do. I try very hard to always buy used.
I do not have the self-challenge structured yet. I am unsure on several fronts. For example the original group permitted members to buy services. I am not exactly certain what that means. I know that toilet paper and underwear are allowed purchases but what about buying something new at Goodwill.
I'd like very much to hear your ideas. It would also be nice to have more people doing this. Maybe we can form a group?
Buy Nothing New
December 20th, 2006 at 08:12 pm
December 21st, 2006 at 02:02 am 1166666520
December 21st, 2006 at 04:34 am 1166675657
Items donated to Goodwill or other charity outlets would probably qualify as "used," even though they were still packaged. The donor would have absorbed the purchase price depreciation.
Not sure I understand the point of the exercise. Most of us are already practicing some version of frugal restraint in purchasing. Sometimes I think we need to ask ourselves the purpose of our frugality.
December 21st, 2006 at 06:41 pm 1166726475
December 26th, 2006 at 06:00 am 1167112811
Its not the goal I mind, its the PR.