I’ll research products starting at $20. I do this for 2 reasons. I hate finding out I’ve bought the wrong thing and it forces me to step away from impulse buys. This has led me to avoid bulk purchases of things like pens until I’ve tried one out first. So I guess there’s no lower limit to the number.
It’s so vague it’s hard to answer the question. But in general, $200 institutes a mandatory “cooling off” period before I buy the item. Needless to say that means a lot of things never get purchased.
It depends. Today, I was looking at the new Zune. It was too expensive at $289, but that’s less expensive than a new iPod. But since the one I have works just fine, I can’t justify buying a new one.
On the other hand, I balk at spending more than $50 on anything else, and sometimes “too expensive” is a lot less than that. It just depends on if I feel like spending the money on that particular item.
This is a great thread. Topical for me because of my trip to the grocery store yesterday. I was feeling flu-ish the past four days or so. I needed some sickroom food (soup, juice, sorbet) things I do not normally purchase. I admit when I grocery shop I purchase the same items week after week and never pay attention to how much they are because groceries are a necessity. When I reached up for the cans of Healthy Choice soup the price was right in my face, $2.29. I thought OMG $2.29 for a freak’n can of SOUP!!?!? I started to put them back and then reminded myself I have not been sick in years and really deserved the soup. I know our sensitivity to prices is all about priorities. I think nothing of spending $150. for a pair of shoes; but I would not consider spending half that amount on a handbag. I have a bf who spends hundreds of dollars a month on quilt fabric but thinks I am crazy for spending money on an IPOD. Sorry for the long post but I wanted to explain my answer:
soup $2.29
shoes (pretty ones:D) $150.
handbag <$25.
electronics MINO
MINO?
If it’s something just for me, $20. If it’s something for the household, $500. If you asked my husband, his answer would be $1,000. So he and I sort of average each other out.
Money is no object
Ah, gotcha 
It really depends on what it is. I was at Best Buy last week with an hour to kill and spent $100 on three games and thought nothing of it. (I left because I could’ve doubled that way too easily) If I’m at the grocery store I might balk at $30 on something I don’t need but just want.
It partly depends on how badly I want X. Usually, I have to think hard about buying something unnecessary that costs more than $50. However, a month from now I’ll gladly pay $130 for Ally Mcbeal the complete series - I’ve been waiting several years for it to come out, after all.
I guess over 40 USD. But even more important is how much free shelf space/floor space I will have to give up in my home for the item.
It really really depends what it is. I would think nothing of spending that much on a meal out, it wouldn’t even register. But I’d have to think about it if I was buying clothes. Odd really, as I get to keep the clothes
About £9. I live alone on a mid-to-low income, though.
I won’t spend more than maybe $50 without thinking about it. If it’s clothes I’ll just carry it around with me in the store, weigh them up against each other, etc. If it’s most other things I’ll go home and come back if I want it. I’ve never actually put an item on lay-by before, but I would if I felt the need to. This isn’t some kind of money management strategy, it’s just my own neurosis.
I just bought a pan for £26 that I consider expensive, as you can get pans the same size for much less. But it’s recycled materials… and it’s got higher sides than usual, so it sort of doubles as a small wok (I only cook for myself, so I don’t need a real wok)… and it was making puppy eyes at me… and someone scratched my other pan horribly so I really did need a replacement…
Yes, I’m cheap. Anything I don’t need (or any feature I don’t need in an item I do need) is by definition a luxury. That doesn’t mean I won’t buy it, it just means I’ll have to put the stingy part of me against the corner while I pay 