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The Oz Round Table boards => The Round Table => Topic started by: Liisa-Sx on June 02, 2009, 02:28:38 AM
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Most Aussies are 'closet-shoppers'
Financial times are tough. We may even be in a recession, however that doesn't stop 80 per cent of Aussies from hiding purchases from their loved ones during times of economic crisis.
You could be forgiven for believing that the purse strings should be held a little tighter in the current financial climate, however most of us continue to treat ourselves to life's little luxuries. Eight in every ten Australians are making purchases that they hide from their families, friends or loved ones with more than half of those admitting that they either hid or downplayed those purchases because they feel their loved one doesn't understand the true value of the item.
This new research, comissioned by eBay, also shows that guilt is a driving factor behind retail indiscretions with 30 per cent of Australian's surveyed saying that they felt guilty about their purchases. According to the research, 23 per cent of us feel guilty about exercising a little retail therapy because we believe we're expected to save for a rainy day, or because we're already too far in debt, while more than one in ten of us feels obliged to shop for better value.
eBay spokesperson Sian Gipslis said the global financial crisis and different interpretations of what was actually considered good value, seemed to be the main reasons why consumers were choosing to 'closet buy'. Gipslis said "respondents felt it didn’t seem right to be spending money during a financial crisis as people continue to lose jobs, try to save money or reduce debt."
Althought these findings appear to point towards a trend for frivilous shopping behaviour in Australia, the majority of Aussies surveyed (72%) said the main reason they made the purchase wasn't because they are shopoholics, but because they couldn't resist buying something that offered such good value for money.
Seemingly the majority of our secrect spending sprees occur online at auction sites such as eBay with 65 per cent of the survey respondents saying it offered better value for money, while more than half (53%) found it a convenient and discreet way to shop. Interestingly the research also revealed more men (48%) than women (33%) indulged in online closet buying.
Do you closet shop on eBay? lol
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Puts hand up - ;D
But......................... Not guilty about it - If I can find a bargain I often do and often will delay a purchase because of the price and wait until it is on special.
At the same time if I want it - I buy it and hang the price!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Morning all.
I might be a closet shopper I'm not sure. I'm about to spend $17,000 on a new kitchen, $9,000 on new fancy guttering & $3,000 on new nifty venetian blinds.
I'm under the orders of the Commander in Chief.
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I've just spent $5,000 on 2 bows & equipment for archery.
does that make me a closet shopper albeit now a poor one?
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Struth Ubb!! u want to adopt me???
I'm a tight wad, well, kind of, after working in the recycled industry for many years I find it really hard to pay $40 for one top...when I know I can go buy a whole new outfit and maybe even a few bits for my daughter with $40...:) lol..okay, I'm scabby and I admit it..!
One thing I would never do though is compromise mine or my daughters living standards or health to save a few bucks...I guess I save where I can and spend when I have to.
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Yeah Imp I'm normally a bit of a Scrooge too but, I must obey the Supreme Commander at all times.
I just spent a $100 on Ebay buying a new quiver from the USA, first Ebay buy for months.
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Yep,
I am a closet shopper, and I do have the guilts about it.
And yes, I have made a vow to stop it.
Unless I see something that is a "must have"
:wine:
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Anyone who has a longbow and a compound bow is not just an ordinary closet shopper: he's an ARMED closet shopper.
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Not just 1 longbow @ 1 compound bow but, wait for it,
3 longbows, 7 recurve bows & 6 compound bows.
The cat has a machine gun, he only needs one.
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Not just 1 longbow @ 1 compound bow but, wait for it,
3 longbows, 7 recurve bows & 6 compound bows.
The cat has a machine gun, he only needs one.
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ubbrd, just find 15 indians and you got yourself a tribe !!.... :roflmao:
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Ubbrd, you don't need that many bows!
After all, I only own two swords.
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thats a wax museum isnt it madam twoswords ?
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Are You a "Closet" shopper?
When I see a closet where I can shop, I'll let you know.
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yeth i alwayth shopth at the closeth store....ida
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:huh:
:rofl:
:google:
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I am feeling a little underprivileged.
I don't have any bows - not even a bow tie.
The only arrows I have are on the dashboard of my car and they flash amber.
The only quiver I've had was witnessing Riff and Imp over the weekend.
The only guns I have are a hot melt glue gun and a caulking gun (but I have two of those!)
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and the only sword I have is a 10" letter opener my daughter brought back from France.
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Oh - I can tie a bow.
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C'mon Horsey, surely you closet shop for something...
Hmm - whipped cream perhaps?
Horse blankets??
I know - night vision goggles?
Multiple horse shoes?
Come on with you - out of the closet!!!
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Night vision goggles are the closest - but I've never been tempted (never even looked)... however electronics is my first interest, with computers coming in close behind.
Closet buying might be in the area of DVD movies. I did go through a stage where I put together a karaoke collection. Still have it - but never had an occasion to roll it out (not sure if I'm game, either).
Otherwise tools - automotive and woodworking.
OK - have spilled my guts... can I go now?
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*Fluffy sweeps up poor Horsey's guts, feeling a little guilty that she made him drop them.*
Here Nice Horsey, have your guts back!!!
Actually I think I am the Queen duck of closet shoppers. I love jewellery and have lots of it and always wear matching sets. This level of acquisition requires clever reconnaissance missions and lay by tactics to get away with it. he he.
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I am an earnest closet filler. :spend: :ebay:
Gift buying is my "thing". :shop:
It also gives me the perfect reason to require more cabinets. I do keep some items.There is method in my madness :devil:
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I hope so Centuries ... for some shoppers, I am certain that it is more of a case of "madness in the method"!!
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I am not a closet shopper- I am a wayyyyyy out there and visible one!
It used to be jewelry, but as my income level has dropped ( not working the hours I used to) I now tend to be a sucker for clothing... some for me, but mostly for my growing brood of grandchildren....
And if Pumpkin Patch suck me into one more 40% off sale through my emails, I'll be forced to change my isp! (I have got stuff to fit them through the next 3 years!)
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Yea Bell, it's those pesky sales that get you isn't it? Get me every time. I see a sparkly bargain and I am saving so much money that I have to have it....
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I love books. Love them. I have so many books that I don't have room for any more, yet the lure of more books is irresistible...
I love classical recordings. I have an enormous double-faced 10-row HUGE CD shelf unit made by my father (because I couldn't find a large enough unit), and it's... *sob* full. I have a few other CD shelf units to take up the slack.
I thoroughly enjoy collecting a wide variety of DVDs - operas on DVD, thrillers, mysteries, comedy (you knew I'd be saying Monty Python, didn't you?), sci-fi, fantasy, classics, drama, etc. I don't actually have any room left for more...
I love collecting various antiques and collectibles. It's the look of a thing as well as its intrinsic quality that appeals to me. I have a substantial collection of good costume jewellery, and a small collection of genuine jewellery.
I actually need to start collecting... more... space. Yes, that's what I need. Space... in which to collect things. SPACE.
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Ah, Countess - your predicament sounds like a challenge that suits my reputation (around those that know me, at least).
I have this knack for 'making things fit' it seems. Certainly, I have been called upon to organise storage spaces on a number of occasions that has built this reputation - not that I really set out to do so - and it seems my solutions have been useful.
If I ever find my way down south, I might see if I could drop in for a coffee ... I'll bring a box of Baci.
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The door will be open. (So will the box/package of Baci.)
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Why would anyone wanna collect closets?...
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I actually need to start collecting... more... space. Yes, that's what I need. Space... in which to collect things. SPACE.
Fair dinkum, she's not kidding.... this is Countess' spare room....??? Where will it end???....
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Oh-oh.
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Why would anyone wanna collect closets?...
Ahhh Yibi ... i'm still laughing! :rofl: very good!!
:pmsl: :roflmao: :rofl: :roflmao: :pmsl:
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Oh - I can tie a bow.
But can you bow a tie?
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*Fluffy sweeps up poor Horsey's guts, feeling a little guilty that she made him drop them.*
Here Nice Horsey, have your guts back!!!
Actually I think I am the Queen duck of closet shoppers. I love jewellery and have lots of it and always wear matching sets. This level of acquisition requires clever reconnaissance missions and lay by tactics to get away with it. he he.
I know a nice jewellery site fluffy, Simply lovely :P
Ok, I admit it, a cheap plug, go on.................whip a guy when he's down. :'(
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Why would anyone wanna collect closets?...
(http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2006/08/empty_closet_unit1.jpg)
There's also water closets Yibida!
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LOL @ Col. :rofl:
Have to check your site out Col...
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You mean you haven't yet fluffy?
Sheesh!
What do you lot need...........a Hawaiian brick with an inbuilt war chant chucked at ya?
:rofl:
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Sorry Col. *Hangs little ducky head*
What would you recommend for a little yellow duck?
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a pearl necklace perhaps ??
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Sorry Col. *Hangs little ducky head*
What would you recommend for a little yellow duck?
A big bank account figure with my name on it.
:devil: :rofl:
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a pearl necklace perhaps ??
:o
:blush:
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a pearl necklace perhaps ??
Smee ! only little black ducks wear pearl necklaces!....LOLOLOL
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tch tch fellas! :scold:
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a pearl necklace perhaps ??
Smee ! only little black ducks wear pearl necklaces!....LOLOLOL
What about yellow ones?
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cute little yellow ones can have whatever their hearts desire
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cute little yellow ones can have whatever their hearts desire
you old smoothy smee you..!
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would that be a chocolate cream custard smoothee ???
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Did I hear the words "chocolate" "cream" "custard" "anything I want"
Where where???
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Smee ! I got my eye on you..(http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/ss232/edgabrit/watching.gif)
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Is that what that Smilie means? "I've got my eye on you"?
I saw Impy use it and I thought it was a rude sign. *whew*
Um Yib, if you have your eye on Smee, does that mean you um like him?
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:hearnoevil: :gossip: :angel: :welcomedesk:
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Is that what that Smilie means? "I've got my eye on you"?
I saw Impy use it and I thought it was a rude sign. *whew*
Um Yib, if you have your eye on Smee, does that mean you um like him?
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No fluff,, just doing the rounds and making sure he's behaving....I love that smilie !..
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There's a few of us watching now...
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Um Yib, if you have your eye on Smee, does that mean you um like him?
No, just means he has removeable eyes. Possibly falsies. :rofl:
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No fluff
So you dont like me :'(
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Col you crack me up !...now please pass the putty!... :rofl:
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Now now Yibby, are you sure you are not about to come out of the closet?
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:green:
What colour would you like?
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Now now Yibby, are you sure you are not about to come out of the closet?
This closet fluffy?
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Verrrry niice..how much ? Col...
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Dirt cheap Yibida, you don't have to be flush at all. :rofl:
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are you sure that your not just yanking his chain col
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:rofl:
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are you sure that your not just yanking his chain col
Nah, just setting to auto flush
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I already have a toilet Col...
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That's the most elaborate loo I have ever seen Yib..
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Yeh we think of everything on my planet...
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Is that grass on the toilet seat, Yib??? :huh:
Very odd! :D
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:roflmao:
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Yeh we think of everything on my planet...
So, Yib, the question begs.... Just what planet ARE you on?
:roflmao:
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Yib, do you have time to pass ANYTHING in that toilet?
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Yeh we think of everything on my planet...
So, Yib, the question begs.... Just what planet ARE you on?
:roflmao:
Considering the toilet....................Uranus. :P
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hmmmm.. dry earthing humor....
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But Yib...you haven't answered my question - is that grass on your toilet seat???!!!
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But Yib...you haven't answered my question - is that grass on your toilet seat???!!!
Hello Bella, is it grass?.. no.. it is artificial.. cloned from Norwegian red rectum possum monkeys cross bred with Himalayan blue scrotum mountain yak's.
we found this combination of hairy earth creatures was the most comfortable substance to sit on.. Martians have delicate bottoms you know!...
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:help:
Hmmmmm...... Methinks there may be little porkies being told here! :liar:
Now Yib, we both know that red and blue make PURPLE! that ...ummmmm...fur? is emerald green! :scold:
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But Yib...you haven't answered my question - is that grass on your toilet seat???!!!
Hello Bella, is it grass?.. no.. it is artificial.. cloned from Norwegian red rectum possum monkeys cross bred with Himalayan blue scrotum mountain yak's.
we found this combination of hairy earth creatures was the most comfortable substance to sit on.. Martians have delicate bottoms you know!...
Everything is delicate that originates from Uranus
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Hmmmmm...... Methinks there may be little porkies being told here! :liar:
Now Yib, we both know that red and blue make PURPLE! that ...ummmmm...fur? is emerald green! :scold:
He forgot to say that the monkeys were :sick:
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Not guilty !!!
I vow and declare, on my oath, that I have NEVER shopped for a closet on eBay or anywhere else for that matter.
Why buy a closet if you can make one ?? hehehehe
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Oh - so you do kit homes, then Poddy?
;D
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Isn't a closet a home for something................not "kit" though!
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Well.....someone stole my loo...so I'm in the market for a new water closet! :pmsl:
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Well.....someone stole my loo...so I'm in the market for a new water closet! :pmsl:
Loo, loo, skipped with roo's loo, loo, loo, skipped with roo's loo..............
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Isn't a closet a home for something................not "kit" though!
Poddy makes his own closets, it seems. So when somebody makes their own home, it is often from a kit. Therefore, if Poddy were to exit such a home - he would be seen to be coming out of .....
:devil:
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:ban:
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THE SHOPPING TRIP A woman was in town on a shopping trip. She
began her day finding the most perfect shoes in the first shop and
a beautiful dress on sale in the second. In the third everything
had just been reduced by 50 percent when her mobile phone
rang. It was a female doctor notifying her that her husband had
just been in a terrible car accident and was in critical condition
and in the ICU.
The woman told the doctor to inform her husband where she was and
that she'd be there as soon as possible.
As she hung up she realized she was leaving what was shaping up to
be he best day ever in the boutiques. She decided to get in a
couple of more shops before heading to the hospital.
She ended up shopping the rest of the morning, finishing her trip
with a cup of coffee and a beautiful chocolate cake slice
compliments of the last shop. She was jubilant.
Then she remembered her husband. Feeling guilty, she dashed to the
hospital. She saw the doctor in the corridor and asked about
her husband's condition.
The lady doctor glared at her and shouted, 'You went ahead and
finished your shopping trip didn't you! I hope you're proud of
yourself!
While you were out for the past four hours enjoying yourself in
town, your husband has been languishing in the Intensive Care
Unit! It's just as well you went ahead and finished, because it
will more than likely be the last shopping trip you ever take! For
the rest of his life he will require round the clock care. And he
will now be your career!'
The woman was feeling so guilty she broke down and sobbed.
The lady doctor then chuckled and said, 'I'm just pulling your leg.
He's dead..... show me what you bought.'