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Impulse Purchases.

Roy

Does anyone else have a problem with not being able to purchase something without researching it deeply first?

I find it really difficult, it’s practically impossible to just buy something on impulse. I can spend hours comparing and researching an item on the internet.
I ordered a new shower pump today, that was after 2 days of looking at performance, reviews, type of components in it, connection type and cost. My wife just decides she likes a product and orders it. Can autistic people just impulse buy?

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  • Oh yes. This is something I brought up during my assessment.

    I never buy anything significant without creating a spreadsheet with lots of criteria that I then research.

    Just before my assessment I had wanted a coffee maker and had researched all the manufacturers, different types of machines, the cost, reliability, what Which had to say and so on.

    While it is a compulsion, the truth is I love researching things. It gives me a temporary special interest from which I emerge as an expert in something ridiculous like coffee machines.

  • in reply to Deleted User

    Here in Northern Ireland, it tends to be women who research what they intend to buy. Mainly because us Blokes were so used to Mammy buying things for us. Expressionless

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