I just read in PC Magazine that TiVo is teaming up with Amazon to provide its own shopping channel. This will turn the average TV watcher (with TiVo, of course) into the stereotypical QVC-junkie.

If you are one to spend a lot of time in front of the ol' boob-tube and you have a TiVo, watch your wallet closely. Have a financial plan to keep you on track and to keep impulse buying in check.

As Dave Ramsey says, "the average millionaire can't tell you who got thrown off the island."

I'd go so far as to say that if this kind of spending is a problem, the root problem is spending too much time in front of the TV. Spend your time reading good non-fiction books, interacting with people... being human - not a broke couch potato!

Labels: Impulse Buying, Over Spending