Don't Waste Your Money on These Items!

As I was putting on my gloves today to head out to run a couple of quick errands, I noticed that my very expensive Barbour lambswool gloves which cost me $50 had a small hole. ARGH! That's when I started to realize that I foolishly spend way too much money for certain products which ends up being unnecessary expenses. There are three very specific products no one should spend a lot of money when purchasing: gloves, sunglasses, and umbrellas.

 

Why? I have found that these three items are the items which are easily lost, easily broken, or easily stolen. In 1986, I spent $80 on sunglasses only to have those glasses go missing two weeks later (cost today: $160). A few years ago, I spent $60 on an umbrella which just snapped in a bad rainstorm a couple of months after purchase. Another $40 umbrella went missing from a NYC restaurant (stolen). Let's not mention the recently purchased and torn $50 lambswool gloves.

Conversely, when I've spent very little money on items ($10 sunglasses from a NYC street vendor, $15 drugstore umbrellas, and $8 Target gloves), those items have lasted me years. On the rare occasion that one of those cheaper items goes missing or breaks, I don't care nearly as much because I haven't wasted a ton of money on them. The more expensive gloves don't keep my fingers any warmer than their cheaper counterpart. As long as the umbrellas keeps the rain off, do I need a fancy one? As long as my eyes are shielded with UV protection, then sunglasses are sunglasses.

So folks, save your money.  Buy cheap on these three items!