Comments on: Determining Value http://www.pfadvice.com/2012/12/14/determining-value/ Bridging the gap between saving money and investing Wed, 22 May 2013 20:38:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Minny http://www.pfadvice.com/2012/12/14/determining-value/comment-page-1/#comment-1020895 Minny Wed, 19 Dec 2012 09:42:00 +0000 http://www.savingadvice.com/articles/?p=12924#comment-1020895 An interesting lesson many never learn – money can only be spent once. Tightwas Gazette Amy’s view of money is to hold back on spending on things you are not bothered about to leave you the money to do what you do want to do.

This is what we do. I have had people comment on the nice things we manage to do and they assume we are loaded which we are not. The last time this happened I told the person, we didn’t spend money on big holidays, this particular year in India, we rarely eat out or go to the theatre. Her spend on all of these things cost her way more than we spend on the luxuries she was commenting on.

]]> By: Grayson @ Debt Roundup http://www.pfadvice.com/2012/12/14/determining-value/comment-page-1/#comment-1020649 Grayson @ Debt Roundup Sun, 16 Dec 2012 22:02:02 +0000 http://www.savingadvice.com/articles/?p=12924#comment-1020649 I find little value in pricey dinners and establishments. Most of the time I find them to be lacking in taste and quantity. My wife and I have the ability to create awesome dishes in our home. the only time I go out is when I want to spend the time conversing with my wife and not worrying about eating, but I don’t spend much on those meals. That is the value to me.

]]> By: KK @ Student Debt Survivor http://www.pfadvice.com/2012/12/14/determining-value/comment-page-1/#comment-1020592 KK @ Student Debt Survivor Sun, 16 Dec 2012 01:31:28 +0000 http://www.savingadvice.com/articles/?p=12924#comment-1020592 For some people dinners like that are worth the cost. For me they’re usually not. I’m too picky about my food, and don’t really appreciate “fancy” food (or the cost associated with buying and eating fancy foods). I like good service, but I expect I’ll get good service as middle of the road restaurants, so getting treated very well at expensive restaurants isn’t worth the price differential for me. But I probably spend in other ways that other people wouldn’t. To each his own.

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