Supply Chain Woes, Yearning for Normal Sway Holiday Buying Habits Concerns over supply chain snags, delivery delays and a yearning for a return to normal are influencing consumer shopping habits this holiday season. “The biggest change this year is that shopping has started earlier than in the past,” observed Dave Sekera, chief U.S. market strategist with Morningstar.

What shutter count is good when buying used? I’m looking at buying a used nikon d500 for sports photography. What would be a good shutter count to purchase one at? submitted by /u/harryson_d_22

Avoid These Common Money Mistakes When Buying a Home When navigating the current hell that is our housing market, it’s natural to have financial tunnel vision for things like the down payment and steep mortgage rates. However, in addition to all the major upfront costs, buying a home is also full of hidden money pits that could trap you down the line. When I pitched… Read more…

LPT Request: Buying a House My wife and I will be pre-approved for a mortgage by the end of the week, and then the house hunt begins. We’ve spent the last 2-3 months looking at areas in which we want to buy. What are your tips on things to look for, to look out for, or things you wish you did when you bought your house? submitted by /u/RodolfoSeamonkey

I feel bad about buying expensive mascara. Yeah so I feel bad about buying more expensive mascara. I buy Clinique mascara because it doesn’t bother my eyes and it doesn’t flake off. I tried the Milani mascara as well as the standard Maybelline in the pink tube with the green top. They both flake right off and then flakes get too close to my eyes and get so irritated. What nice about Cli…

Considering buying Boomerang in a Hulu package I’ve never been able to watch Boomerang regularly but whenever I was at my grandma’s house it was always a mystical experience with its cartoon bumpers and songs, I’ve heard that some relatively new shows had been added to the roster of Boomerang and some people say Boomerang has gone severly down hill, with some of the older classics leaving as…

Desperately Need Advice with Car Buying Process Hello, I could really use some helpful advice with the car buying process. So back in 2018 I purchased a used car (2014) for $17,500. I am still making payments on this car. Because I went in with a specific monthly payment in mind. I do not make much and wanted to make sure all my bills stayed in budget per month. I am now realizing maybe that…

Buying Apple’s Vision Pro headset could require an appointment and a face scan Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The VergeApple is planning to sell its $3,499 Vision Pro headset on an appointment-only basis at launch, according to a report from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. According to Gurman, Apple will create designated sections where customers can try on the headset in its stores, with the first ones appearing at stores in major area…

Buying a house and lender changed my interest rate 11 days before closing due to credit score drop? We are due to close on our house in about 11 days, we have been pre-approved through our lender for about 2-3 months now and when they did the credit pull our score was 770-780. They just not informed us that they pulled the scores again today and it’s showing a score of 750… now they are saying our interest rate will go up from 6.9 to 7.2 or we…

Buying used cameras How do I know which website is real? I’m worried about getting scammed buying these off of sited like keh. Some of the prices seem to good to be true. Or even mpd. How do I know I’m buying from the right place? submitted by /u/CStrekal

Need buying advice to replace stolen kit My entire kit was stolen while I was in San Francisco. I’ve been given the recommendation to go with the Nikon Z series with a 24-120/4. And then maybe supplement with 70-300. Previously, I had a D3200 with the following: Nikon 35 prime Tamron 18-400 (I really liked this for not swapping out my lens during sporting events). I’ve typically used…

Is there a 3rd option besides renting or buying? I (24m) have worked in inside sales for a cybersecurity company since graduating college 2 years ago (physics undergrad), and have saved up ~$85,000, most of which sits in VOO (or equivalents) with 8k in money markets for emergency. I am extremely lucky to have no debt, and am currently maxing my ROTH and 401k as well. I am currently making aro…

How to stop Impulsive buying Hi. I am 2 years into the job market and I am aware of my impulsive buying habits. My salary is decent but I end up spending money on useless things. I want to know what habits can I start implementing to stop me from spending my money on stupid things? How do I know I am wasting my money you may ask? I created a budget on excel. I divide my sal…

Buying a ‘house’ in So Cal doesn’t make sense I’d like to move back to LA/OC as I grew up there. For work and personal needs, I need to live reasonably close to an airport. I make about $150k/yr (I make more counting some investing benefits). I’m single and have no kids, but having a second bedroom as an office (I work from home) is a nice luxury. I can rent a fairly nice two-bedroom for le…

Buying house with SO but I have concerns with down payment So I’m looking to buy a house with my SO I also plan to propose to her later this year I make about 85k a year and have minimum card payments and I have really good credit She is also currently making about 85k a year with above average credit score However she is about 15k in debt That will get paid off by end of year due to her new job having …

Is it a bad decision to go through with buying our house?? Today we found out our offer was accepted on a $320k house. Our interest rate on our current house is 3% while with this new house, they estimated us around 6.625%. We have one income in our household. My wife and I have 2 kids (2.5yrs & 3 months) and we care an individual with special needs, which is how we earn our income. He lives in our hous…