# Stores where you ALWAYS spend more than you intended to, you can't help it...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stores-where-you-always-spend-more-than-you-intended-to-you-cant-help-it/50333>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [January 16, 2001, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stores-where-you-always-spend-more-than-you-intended-to-you-cant-help-it/50333 "2001-01-16T15:51:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jeffro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7993a0/32.png) [@Jeffro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeffro)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2001, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stores-where-you-always-spend-more-than-you-intended-to-you-cant-help-it/50333/61 "2001-01-18T04:34:10Z")

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Duck Duck Goose

## Me, it’s bookstores, and specifically Barnes & Noble.

I thought I was the only one who did that!!

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**Author:** ![Eo\_Echo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ebca7d/32.png) [@Eo\_Echo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eo_Echo)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2001, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stores-where-you-always-spend-more-than-you-intended-to-you-cant-help-it/50333/62 "2001-01-18T05:09:07Z")

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I can never seem to walk out of Best Buy without spending at least thirty more dollars then I intended to.

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**Author:** ![oldscratch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ed655f/32.png) [@oldscratch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oldscratch)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2001, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stores-where-you-always-spend-more-than-you-intended-to-you-cant-help-it/50333/63 "2001-01-18T06:59:03Z")

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Every store I go into when I’m in a manic state of mind. Yes, I have a problem.

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**Author:** ![Pammipoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/87869e/32.png) [@Pammipoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pammipoo)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2001, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stores-where-you-always-spend-more-than-you-intended-to-you-cant-help-it/50333/64 "2001-01-19T00:48:28Z")

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When I was younger, we used to spend a lot of time with the family that lived below us in our apartment building. Their little girl was about 2 at the time. (She’s almost 9 now…geez, I feel old!) We’d pull into the Target (where we spent a LOT of time)parking lot, she’d go for her carseat latch, and exclaim happily, “We’re home!” She knew she was being cute. We all thought it was adorable, so she kept it up, lol.

Other high spending stores:  
\*Walmart  
\*Old Navy  
\*Hot Topic  
\*any store that sells cool bras and picture frames  
\*art stores([Flaxart.com](http://Flaxart.com) is GOD!)  
\*Blockbuster. Everytime I go in there, I pay a good $30, most of which goes towards late fees. Grr.

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