Buy nothing day - Nov 25th!

simu

Look!

Unfortunately, I will have to buy some food and a bus ticket today!

Guy:Incognito

No thanks, I need a new pair of football runners and want to get a dvd for tomorow night.

simu

Well, you could rent the DVD!

Mossy Monk

i'll have to buy a ticket for the bus and then something to eat. i am working till late so i probably wont buy anything else

billy the squid

it says i can still buy stuff until 5am.

better get to the 24 hour quick

seamus

I already bought a tea and a bagel. Oh well....

Freelancer

simu wrote:

Look!

Unfortunately, I will have to buy some food and a bus ticket today!

I always thought this was the most profound example of limp wristed middle class anti capitalism at it's worse. Anything that is offered by people as "free" has been paid for already or stolen, someone has already paid for it. It's intellectually dishonest.

Not to mention really f*cking stupid.

petes

I have a half day today and I am goign out boozing at about 3 o'clock. Ah well.

Setun

Ah sh!te, goin into town to get some clothes etc. And NUTHIN'S gonna stop me. Apart from snow. But that's gone now.

Kolodny

If I persuade some one else to buy me a pint after work today I might be able to stick to this.

I shall buy even more stuff today.

Damn hippies..

Nimrod's Son

Not gonna happen. I need to eat to live and drink to get drunk. At least we all found out about this in plenty of time (!)

jor el

This is brilliant. I'm going to print loads off and give them to people for Christmas.

Buy nothing day though, hmmm. I already bought breakfast, I will buy dinner and I want to have a look in HMV later on to see if I can get one of these.

Karl Hungus

Well, I'll give it a go.

skywalker

Its my mothers birthday so if I didnt bring home a bunch of flowers Id be kicked outta the house. Sorry buy nothing day.

rainbow kirby

Not gonna happen. Food, caffeine and Mario Kart DS are required.

Time Magazine

This is actually a bit like my Buy Everything Day.

First things first, I had made a purchase (a bus ticket) by 7:45am - €2.10
Then, as I had to rush to the bus, I bought foods in Londis - €1.20

And what's left is a pair of glasses, The Sims 2, Clearasil, phone credit, more food and stationary. Buy everything day!

whiskeyman

I'll just buy twice as much tomorrow...

By the way, this is the 2nd biggest shopping day of the year in the US (after the Saturday before Christmas).
The day after Thanksgiving is a madhouse for cut-price bargins and shops are usually heaving.
Anyone who "buys nothing" will probably have to pay dearer as they miss out on the bargins!

biko

At least I'll keep spending to a minimum today. The bare necessities only, Friday dinner and a couple pints.

Dinner

I'm gonna go out of my way to spend money today...

Prior Of Taize

simu wrote:

Well, you could rent the DVD!

he is still buying a service :v:

Tar.Aldarion

Apart from my bottle of coke i got this morning before I saw this, nothing shall be bought!!

Civilian_Target

Damnit -going to end up buying beer this evening, and I have to get some food to eat at some point to.

Seriously though, I withdrew £60 on Wednesday last week, and I still have £20 of it left. That's both sad and impressive at the same time....

Scarinae

I haven't bought anything today - yay for monthly bus tickets! *looks smug*

Roxy*

like, i thought Fathers Day was random....

koneko

rainbow kirby wrote:

Not gonna happen. Food, caffeine and Mario Kart DS are required.

Words outta my mouth, tbh. I shall require these things today also.

Angels

oh god wish id known earlier & i would have tried not to buy a thing to day but have a Christening for my godson tomoro & i need shoes but thats all ill buy i swear :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

Agent Smith

already broke it,

bout a mass card, and a wreth for a funeral i was at.

and a packet of marlboro red and a packet of blue extra

Rhyme

Nothing as of yet... i suddenly have an urge to buy something completely useless...

simu

Freelancer wrote:

I always thought this was the most profound example of limp wristed middle class anti capitalism at it's worse. Anything that is offered by people as "free" has been paid for already or stolen, someone has already paid for it. It's intellectually dishonest.

Not to mention really f*cking stupid.

What are you on about? The idea is to get people to be aware of their behaviour as consumers and to consider whether consuming takes over too much of their existences.

Tar.Aldarion

wasn't it the day after you posted that this was on? there were people going around town about it.