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For appliances I tend to keep them till they die. Never buy the latest "thing", I learned this as an IT manager for a large bank. Bank's are incredibly risk adverse, and will not jump to new generation software or hardware, preferring to stay one generation behind. It carried over to private life. I refuse to buy new cars anymore, my last one was sold after 14 years of service, my present new car is five years old, bought from a primary school teacher who hardly used it. My new big screen TV, I did buy new, but it was a phase out model on sale. Never buy from Harvey Norman.
Some things I do buy impulsively, like guitars, but usually involve weeks of online research and watching Utube reviews. Astro gear I used to buy, but no longer, I keep one good mount, one good scope and one good EAA camera, no plans to buy again.
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