Here you’ll find all the posts I’ve written that pertain to consumerism. What is consumerism? Investopedia defines it as:
Consumerism is the idea that increasing the consumption of goods and services purchased in the market is always a desirable goal, and that a person’s well-being and happiness depend fundamentally on obtaining consumer goods and material possessions.
I don’t define it that way. To me, consumerism simply refers to the act of being a consumer of goods and services or offering goods and services to consumers.
GameStop is a terrible company. A while back, I signed up for GameStop Pro. It costs $25 a year and you get 5% off purchases, plus a $5 monthly reward each month. A couple of days ago, I used March’s reward in the app towards a Pokemon Funko Pop (don’t judge me). I chose the …
Yesterday my wife and I visited the Valley Mall, the Hagerstown area’s premiere shopping center. While there I noticed FYE, a leading specialty retailer of entertainment and pop culture merchandise in the United States, was having a huge sale on all their clearance items. We swung through the store looking for some deals. It turned …
Lids is returning to the Valley Mall, the Hagerstown region’s premiere indoor shopping experience. It’s about time. The mall had a Lids store for as long as I can remember. It then suddenly shut down a few years ago, eventually getting replaced with a cellphone accessory store. That left only one Lids store in the …
Home improvement store Lowe’s is “updating” their military discount program. If you are active duty military or a veteran, you can sign up on their website and after they verify your military status, you receive a 10% off discount on every purchase. At least that’s what used to happen. I took the above photo the …
I made the unfortunate mistake of buying a bookcase at IKEA. It was from their HEMNES series. I chose it because we already have a couple of living room end tables from the same HEMNES series. Unlike the bookcase, they were easy to put together and are very sturdy. We’ve owned the end tables for …
I bought the One Piece Kaido, King of The Beasts statue I wrote about the other day from the GameStop website on Monday, January 31, 2022. Not only have I not received it, GameStop hasn’t even shipped it yet. This wasn’t a pre-sale. I bought something that was in stock and ready to ship. When …