Nerds Can Contribute to the Credit Card Debt!

This is a theory of mine, and don't take offense, I've been guilty of it as well. That longing for the latest video game or the latest nerdy item coming out at "midnight" at certain stores. The I "gotta have it" feeling that some of us impulse buyers have.

I know I could've saved a few bucks by waiting a few extra months for said item...but, I don't. BUT...I am trying to discipline myself.


I was reading the latest Facebook news on the Star Trek group. Saying that “Today is the release of the new Star Trek on Blu-Ray and DVD. (Yeah, I still have a DVD player, which kind of ties into this blog post)





Just a hypothetical situation here:

Dexter Poindexter hears about the new Playstation 4 that's coming out. The hype brought on by this new state-of-the art gaming system that allows you to see things in holographic 3-D and actually TOUCH images has got him in an perpetuating excitement that he and millions of other nerds can't seem to put a hold on.

He finds out the game will be available and SOLD at a local GameStop at Midnight. (According to Dexter, the stores re enablers of this situation as well). He grabs his camping gear and sleeping bag and camps out a week before the store opens. (By the way, he's not working now, so this gives him PLENTY of spare time to be there when the game first becomes available the night the doors open!! Isn't that great?!) Of course, everyone else gets the same idea and line up behind him.

That way, in the first few weeks the game system sells out, and of course next week, the GameStop store will have so many PS4's that their busting at the rafters.

People camping for the IPHONE!

For those who don't want to leave the house, they buy the new systems Ebay at 5 times the regular price, just so they can be the FIRST to have it! So the only thing you're paying extra for is probably bragging rights and/or just the satisfaction of having it as soon as possible. But what kind of reward is that? Just instant gratification that easily dies off as soon as it had sparked, right?

What is this obsession to having things when they FIRST come out? Several months down the road, this includes games, it'll probably be cut in price or be on sale. How about finding ways to save money in this recession?

Let's talk about movie openings, esp. of the nerdy variety. I knew of one guy, true story, that went to a movie he didn't like or didn't want to see, JUST so he could watch the new Lord of the Rings trailer, then he walked out of the theater and went home.

Yikes, talk about extreme there.

I'm sure some of us have been guilty of this at one time or another. But some really take it to extremes, even non-nerds do this regularly, and it's becoming epidemic, but I feel one can be financially responsible and still be nerdy.

People just need to learn to live without the “latest and greatest” or at least wait a few months until the hype dies down.

So let's all be frugal in these economic time!

Until next time, keep 'em nerdy!