How do you stop yourself from impulse buying?

[Virtual01]

What are some things that you guys do to avoid buying every decent looking game on steam?

[the jolly roger]

not having any money in the first place

 

i cri everytiem

[Guest Haduvokone]

What are some things that you guys do to avoid buying every decent looking game on steam?

in my case think about how much money you got left

[Fassive]

set a goal, force yourself to not spend ANYTHING, helps for me

[minibois]

I have a habit of wanting to watch some reviews before buying and as I only really buy stuff in stores, I have to go home to watch some reviews and end up not buying the product

[Johannes_Lazor]

Not having much money on steam, I only have about 3 euro on it right now, And i only buy games when that are at Atleast 75% off Or it just launched and my friends are picking it up.

Im not much of a spender, If i say i will buy something it will most likely take like a month for me to get around to it since i want to see if something better pops up.

I was going to buy the 760k by christmas But when i got around to it at about newyear it was off the shelves here in sweden.

[Prastupok]

I don't buy unless I need something, or want something enough to justify it.

Edited March 21, 2015 by Prastupok

[TechFnatic]

Ok, walk down to your kitchen and grab a pair of scissors, now this next part is really important pay close attention. I want you to line it up right in the middle of your credit card and cut that bitch in half. Problem solved

[Bravosgrad]

idk why people have issues with not buying steam games, ive gone entire seasons not buying a single game

i guess you could try limiting yourself to 1 game / 1 dlc a month ( which would be hard if you play payday 2.. )

[Laputacake]

Not having any money Q_Q, thats usually a good deterrent

[Statik]

This of my truck that I want.

[weez]

I have to finish the games I have before I can buy anything else. That and I dont look at the steam sells

[Agazed]

Ok, walk down to your kitchen and grab a pair of scissors, now this next part is really important pay close attention. I want you to line it up right in the middle of your credit card and cut that bitch in half. Problem solved

 

lmao this comment made my day

[flibberdipper]

I impulse buy something I kinda need so I don't have money.

 

Ok, walk down to your kitchen and grab a pair of scissors, now this next part is really important pay close attention. I want you to line it up right in the middle of your credit card and cut that bitch in half. Problem solved

What if you buy things using PayPal? Do you chainsaw your keyboard in half?

[SonoDanshi]

If I get the urge to buy something I buy it immediately and then the urge goes away. Works like a charm every single time.

[ablangc]

Even harder for me when I see a whole bunch of games on G2A for dirt cheap only to add to my Steam Library.

[DeViLzzz]

I think impulse buying can happen due to various reasons that are complex.  If you are finding that you are impulse buying and don't want to be doing it cut up the debit card and credit card.  Pay with cash only. Simple as that.  This can help people stop themselves from impulse buying.

[Guest]

Stop looking at Steam??

 

I just stopped playing games, therefore stopped buying games.

[Thronar]

its super easy for me cause most games are shit and if they're good I can just wait 2-4weeks till they go on sale

[Alpha11]

Delete your credit cards from all accounts, and quit your job so you have no money then 

[weez]

Ok, walk down to your kitchen and grab a pair of scissors, now this next part is really important pay close attention. I want you to line it up right in the middle of your credit card and cut that bitch in half. Problem solved

 

But that will only limit ones ability to buy stuff from a physical store. The card will still work fine for a digital sell. One needs to burn the card for it to no longer work

[Wing821]

Google it about all the flaws.

[T6kke]

Have higher standards when it come to games. I don't buy a game that is decent looking. Game that is worth my money and time has to be fun and good. And being "decent looking" is not good enough.

 

And I only get games that I actually have time to play. I have 5 games in my steam wishlist(+5 on GOG) that don't wait for a sale but wait for me to have time to play them.

 

 

 

Also impulse buying is just a sight of impatience. Work to get over that and it will improve you in other aspects of life as well.

[ErickS89]

not having any money in the first place

 

i cri everytiem

I'm the opposite, I have to hide the money because I have it. 

 

A trick is to always ay 2 weeks, keep saying that and you'll never buy anthing. 

[Infernal Burrito]

 

I impulse buy something I kinda need so I don't have money.

 

What if you buy things using PayPal? Do you chainsaw your keyboard in half?

 

Chainsaw? What is this? Use an axe! This is Canadia after all!