Crazy

@YrNemo (20261)
January 6, 2019 6:49am CST
Spent 9 hours of my life, searching for the right digital piano to buy. The long hours looking for information from googles, etc then reading notes, checking youtube (for the sounds of different model/brand) finally resulted in me having a severe headache. Waking up 6 hours later, my mind was crystal clear: I am not going to buy anything since the house already has a very good piano (a hundred years old, but its keys and notes are still very beautiful) and a pretty expensive keyboard (from one of my young relatives, I am tutoring her whenever she turns up). I so wanted to kick myself for wasting my precious time that way, but no point in crying over spilt milk, right? (If I had used that time to mylot, guess I would have got a few cents instead .) Have you ever researched for things like mad like that, only to decide in the end that you are not going to get it? (It is part of the research step perhaps .)
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@LadyDuck (458085)
• Switzerland
6 Jan 19
The time was not wasted because you reached a good decision.
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@LadyDuck (458085)
• Switzerland
7 Jan 19
@YrNemo Absolutely, I can feel the intensity.
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@YrNemo (20261)
7 Jan 19
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@sofssu (23662)
6 Jan 19
Wow you saved yourself so much money. All your research helped you make the right decision. Good on you.
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@sofssu (23662)
8 Jan 19
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@YrNemo (20261)
7 Jan 19
That is a very positive way of thinking .
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@jobelbojel (34729)
• Philippines
2 Feb 19
That is a good decision. That piano is a treasure.
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@jobelbojel (34729)
• Philippines
3 Feb 19
@YrNemo it sounds like you needed that octave fixed.
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@YrNemo (20261)
3 Feb 19
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@YrNemo (20261)
3 Feb 19
Perhaps that research might be helpful? I just found out that our current (very old) piano, the first octave keys are a bit not OK to my hearing. I am a bit concerned.
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@wolfgirl569 (95134)
• Marion, Ohio
6 Jan 19
Sometimes you need to do the research to learn enough about it. You have now made a choice based on information, so it was not a waste of time.
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@YrNemo (20261)
7 Jan 19
I am still thinking, 'but I have a 5% off coupon, should I get that $1500 digital piano?'
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@wolfgirl569 (95134)
• Marion, Ohio
7 Jan 19
@YrNemo That would be a big savings
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@YrNemo (20261)
14 Jan 19
@wolfgirl569 (I can't arrange time for a delivery!!! yet )
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@DianneN (246745)
• United States
7 Jan 19
You really didn’t waste your time, afterall.
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@DianneN (246745)
• United States
7 Jan 19
@YrNemo So glad the stores were closed!
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14 Jan 19
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
14 Jan 19
You did good research. And the old piano sounds so good.
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• India
14 Jan 19
@YrNemo If I had one like that I too would never part with it
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@YrNemo (20261)
14 Jan 19
@responsiveme (extremely heavy!!! Not easy to be parted with even if we had wanted to.)
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@YrNemo (20261)
14 Jan 19
My children agreed with me that our piano is the best one ever.
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@GardenGerty (157551)
• United States
21 Feb 19
Your research paid off in the end. It made you content with what you have.
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@YrNemo (20261)
21 Feb 19
that is a very positive way to look at it .
@shaggin (71666)
• United States
6 Jan 19
oh man all that work to only decide not to get anything. But hey looking on the bright side you saved a lot of money by taking a nap and waking up to make that decision. Sounds like it all worked out in the end.
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@YrNemo (20261)
7 Jan 19
I am still looking for spot to put a new piano in .
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@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
14 Jan 19
yes it's better then impulse buying. then you are out the money and still have something you don't like or can't use
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@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
14 Jan 19
@YrNemo wise to listen
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@YrNemo (20261)
14 Jan 19
I haven't given up the idea of getting one yet, but my horoscope keeps telling me not to buy anything I don't need .
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• United States
23 Feb 19
Yes I spend hours doing that sometimes and wind up buying nothing
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@YrNemo (20261)
23 Feb 19
We are just too passionate about 'research' .
@jaboUK (64361)
• United Kingdom
21 Feb 19
Better to have wasted 9 hours than to buy something you don't really need.
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@YrNemo (20261)
21 Feb 19
I kept thinking about getting one (so that I could automatically become a concert pianist by the fact that I had tried to get a good piece of musical instrument ).
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@Poppylicious (11133)
7 Jan 19
Last week I spent about three hours browsing bedside tables, only to return to the first place I looked and order from there! Thoroughly frustrating!
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@YrNemo (20261)
7 Jan 19
At least you ended up knowing more (and perhaps appreciated more when deciding buying thing from that first store)?
@just4him (306137)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
7 Jan 19
I have. I just did a bit of research for an audio player to find out I need an EKindle. My eyes are bad when it comes to reading books now and want to listen instead of reading. I might also get more reading done.
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@YrNemo (20261)
14 Jan 19
Guess I will have to do the same soon. Aging is not a nice thing to vision.
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@just4him (306137)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
15 Jan 19
@YrNemo I have a tablet and I found I can read books on it. It isn't audible, but I can read it with my computer glasses and it's a lot easier than with my bifocals.
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@aureliah (24319)
• Kenya
7 Jan 19
Yes this has happened to me and I ended up buying something different or nothing at all
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@YrNemo (20261)
7 Jan 19
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
18 Jan 19
I have never spent quite so long researching but yes I am always looking at homes in our area, I keep thinking maybe I will buy another one and rent this one.
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@PatZAnthony (14752)
• Charlotte, North Carolina
26 Jan 19
It was not a waste of time, but a way to learn what you really should do, right?
@boiboing (13153)
• Northampton, England
6 Jan 19
You didn't WASTE the time. You did your research and then concluded you didn't need the product. That's an excellent result and well worth the time.
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@YrNemo (20261)
7 Jan 19
I am still thinking if I should order the Yamaha DGX660 (I got a 5% coupon from that store ), the only problem is, we have already had two which are very similar to that one.
@Nevena83 (65282)
• Serbia
7 Jan 19
If you already have a piano, you do not have to throw money on another one.