Blogger Stephanie wrote recently about the craziness of shopping on eBay and the trouble you (can) get into when going bonkers over something you just have to have, which in her case was makeup, I believe.

This is not a gender-specific issue! Men can be horrible shoppers and compulsive buyers, spending money they probably shouldn’t (or should go to something more sensible, like a gift for their spouse/significant other).

Take the example of an oustanding gentleman I know of who last weekend went to the Guitar Center store in Tacoma to buy a set of new strings for what he considers to be his piece of crap electric guitar. We’re talking about $15 dollars including tax. And lest I forget, I think he bought a tool to help him wind the new strings. We’re talking about $25 dollars now. He probably doesn’t have the exact total because he probably threw the receipt in the garbage when he got home.

But the poor lad couldn’t help looking at the neat, shiny guitars on the wall in the store. Of course, this was just window shopping! No, he wasn’t going to buy anything! Does it hurt just to look to see what the guitar wearers are buying in Paris this spring? Nay nay!

So the poor bastard ended up leaving Guitar Center with a set of strings, a winder and a receipt for a metalic blood-red Gibson electric to be picked up next week. They probably forced it on him, I bet. Those bastards! The man forked out a couple hundred for something that won’t even fit around his wife’s/significant other’s neck. Not only was he coerced into buying the thing, but alas, he will look good in red and have fine craftsmanship to boot.

If there’s any consolation, the dumbass did buy a very expensive Bulova watch for his wife/significant other for Christmas.

But what do I tell her about the guitar?

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