10 things not to buy in 2010

**Dave19642006** · 01-05-2010, 09:19 AM

10-things-not-to-buy-in-2010: Personal Finance News from Yahoo! Finance

Some made me wonder, and some made sense

How many of you on here still have a landline? DVD's made sense once I saw it..but people still would like to own a movie or two. Newspaper subscriptions......we all knew that was on the wayside.

Your thoughts?

**GeronimusClone** · 01-05-2010, 09:25 AM

I haven't had a land line since 2001.

**1100011CS** · 01-05-2010, 09:26 AM

Zhu Zhu pets. Crappiest product ever. Bought one for each of my kids and both quit working before the new year.

Yes, I know it's not really relevant. Just wanted to rant.

**GeronimusClone** · 01-05-2010, 09:26 AM

I don't pay over $5 for a DVD and watch netflix streaming a lot. Although, they need to start offering newer and better movies on streaming video if they are going to make DVDs obsolete. This is the reason I won't transition to bluray (sp?).

**DaddyMac** · 01-05-2010, 09:27 AM

We still have a landline. I'd love to get rid of it, but cell coverage is so spotty for us. Used to be with Verizon I'd have to go outside in my driveway to get a consistent signal. Now we've switched to AT&T, I haven't really tested it all that thoroughly.

External harddrives? And go Mozy? Personal preference - but that's a horrible idea. Why would I buy repeatedly what I can buy once. Not to mention you're at the mercy of that servce (connectivity, downtimes, potential security breaches, price changes).

Haven't bought a CD in quite a while.

No subscription to the Rag, no surprise there.

I don't really get the DVD one. Do people buy DVD's to only watch once? I buy it so I can watch whenever and as many times as I'd like. That one doesn't make much sense either.

**rdubbs** · 01-05-2010, 09:27 AM

I would rather own than rent movies (but that's just me)

**Stewo** · 01-05-2010, 09:28 AM

External hard drives are a cheaper option because you pay a one time fee and that's it. Those internet places charge(starting off) +$50 a year. That list is pretty dumb overall. They make it sound like each and every thing is supposed to be an investment. DVD's and CD's will not make or break you. I do enjoy the last one though. Energy-inefficient homes and appliences. Really? It's not a good idea to purchase things that will cost you more money in the long-run? Damn. Should have known.

**1100011CS** · 01-05-2010, 09:28 AM

Originally Posted by GeronimusClone

I haven't had a land line since 2001.

The hard part about that for us is letting all our family and friends know we don't have a land line anymore and to use our cells. Also, people trying to look you up (kids' school friends and their parents are a big one there). It's easier just to keep a $20/month phone service for us.

**Cydkar** · 01-05-2010, 09:33 AM

I suspect I will never read a book on a Kindle type reader. I love the feel and smell of an actual book. I either buy used books or get them from the library. I could never justify the cost of a reader let alone the cost to download a book. I never need more than 2 books at a time under any circumstances. It's an excess which I'll never have.

**GeronimusClone** · 01-05-2010, 09:34 AM

Originally Posted by Cydkar

I suspect I will never read a book on a Kindle type reader. I love the feel and smell of an actual book. I either buy used books or get them from the library. I could never justify the cost of a reader let alone the cost to download a book. I never need more than 2 books at a time under any circumstances.

I'm the same way. If I have a long article online I want to read I usually print that out too. I love a real newspaper, book, magazine in my hands.

**Dave19642006** · 01-05-2010, 09:34 AM

Originally Posted by 1100011CS

The hard part about that for us is letting all our family and friends know we don't have a land line anymore and to use our cells. Also, people trying to look you up (kids' school friends and their parents are a big one there). It's easier just to keep a $20/month phone service for us.

Kids, get the kids number
Friends get there respectable numbers to whom they are friends too
Parents get the parents number

and so on...

**Dave19642006** · 01-05-2010, 09:35 AM

Originally Posted by GeronimusClone

I'm the same way. If I have a long article online I want to read I usually print that out too. I love a real newspaper, book, magazine in my hands.

Like war and peace???

**GeronimusClone** · 01-05-2010, 09:37 AM

Originally Posted by Dave19642006

Like war and peace???

That's what I named my biceps.

**dmclone** · 01-05-2010, 09:37 AM

I disagree with them somewhat on Hard drives and fuel efficient cars.

-Hard drives are a one time expense and are good for system backups. If you have a fire or something than yes you would lose your photo's/music. For those types of backups I just put my photo's on Google Web Albums and they charge me like $5/year if I go over a certain amount.

-Fuel efficient cars make sense but in most circumstances it's better to just buy a fuel efficient car rather than a Hybrid that they mention.

I agree with them on DVD's. I've never understood why people have 1,000's of DVD's. Only about 1% of the movies I watch I want to watch more than 1 time. For those 1% I will buy the DVD (blu-ray now).