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‘My house filled with stuff while my bank account drained’: how I stopped impulse buying

How to quit the ‘buy now’ habit in eight easy steps – and shop smarter with forever in mind

If you’re after a particular high-quality item that you’ve coveted at full price and have budgeted for, a sale is an excellent opportunity to buy it – and there’s every chance you’ll use it and love it for years. This is especially true for the things you love buying – books, clothes, shoes, accessories, kitchenware, kit for hobbies or whatever – because they trigger the biggest impulse-buying buzz, even though you already have so much of it. She wrote the first edition of eBay for Dummies, covered Amazon’s growth from bookstore to global power, and has tested everything from smartwatches to solar panels.

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