People who proudly boast about how they never spend a dime on Epic Games, in their store, but has hundreds of free games to play with no intent to play them. Like, I don’t know who is supposed to be impressed by that. Not to mention, that’s not really a good method of protesting if you’re someone who hates Epic Games.
You’re still spending the time and effort, not to mention even bothering to have an account with them to begin with, to redeem free games that they give away. Who are you seriously trying to impress or what message are you trying to convey? Because all I see are contradictions and ironies.
Making a purchase but bragging about how good of a deal they got
My wife’s family who are Chinese are like this. I think it’s a cultural thing and I’ve actually come to appreciate it. If I tell them how much I paid for something, they’ll make fun of me for having overpaid, but then help me with my next purchase with an awesome deal they find.
Yeah, in me and my wife’s families, too
I stole it. Paid nothing. Beat that, you corporate simp.
Hell ye
This is very common in the northern states of america.
And anywhere dutch people are.
Also anywhere that people don’t have a lot of money.
I’m sorry-not-sorry that I still feel proud if the time I got enough furniture to fill a house on a budget of £30 (which mostly went on petrol)
Is that because you are impulsive or something?
I can’t see why me getting a good deal is any judgement on you, unless you are constantly struggling with money by making bad financial choices, like buying stuff at/over MSRP because you WANT IT NOW.
I will wait months/years for things to go on sale at the price I’m willing to pay.
Ya same! I consider myself frugal in most every day to day expense.
I think they believe it comes off as a flex, “Oh, i saved $500 on my new $2000 grill.” Wherein they get to mention the total BIG number, but really it comes off as some kind of sad justification for something they can likely hardly afford.
i see what you are saying. yeah, the nominal discounts are kind of dumb.
for me a bargain is like… 75% off msrp. and i don’t mention that stuff unless someone asks me how much it costs. because i don’t like flexing about spending money, but i am proud to get a $2000 grill for $500 bucks.