Yahoo’s Ridiculous “10 Things Not to Buy in 2010″
// January 11th, 2010 // Blog, News, mistical.com
Last week, AnnaMaria Andriotis posted an article at Yahoo Finance on “10 Things Not to Buy in 2010“. In my opinion, she is an absolute moron. Never again should such a person write anything technology related and financial. She should actually be fired from Yahoo, but then ago, probably will be soon anyways seeing how it is Yahoo.
First read the article, linked above, first. Then proceed reading my comments related to this story below.
I do not see DVDs having any problem in sells or store rentals this year. While yes, Blockbuster said they will be closing stores but that is more than likely have to due with competition (Redbox, Netflix, video on-demand, etc) and their prices being expensive. I know many people that still won’t try Netflix, don’t care for it, use Redbox instead and so forth.
Now for compact digital cameras, yea fucking right should you not buy these this year. They are not going anywhere soon. These are much easier to carrier yet alone cheaper to buy than SLR digital cameras. Do you honestly think you are going to see teens or adults wanting to carry around a big camera versus a small compact camera?
To say that external hard drives should not be bought this year and to purchase online backup services is the dumbest thing I have heard. I am not dissing online backup services. I personally do not trust them. Especially when they can disappear at any time without you ever know or announcing they are closing down then having everyone rush to backup their data. Then there is the current economy, most of these places range anywhere from $4.95 and on a month. So you are paying more than $60 a year on these services when you would should not and save more. External hard drives are so cheap today too, even internals, you can pick up 1TB for around $90 to $119. That’s cheap.
This won’t be the year that newspaper subscriptions die even more either, well, at least buy a huge margin that they start shutting down. Nor should you, if you do, stop subscribing. I personally do not subscribe but I will occasionally grab a newspaper and read it. I know people who still do too and I doubt they will be getting rid of it this year or next.
Now everything else I would suggest to not buy though this year, if you choose too. Which includes home telephone service, new college textbooks, cds and gas-guzzling cars. Buying used college textbooks should not even be new to 2010, I know many who have or at least, should have, been doing this for years already.
Well I could say much more on each matter, but I will leave it at that for now. Feel free to comment below and add to this discussion or your opinion.
Wow, what an awful article. I just am really surprised at some of the items she included and her reasoning as to why to avoid purchasing.
People buy a lot of stuff so they should buy an online backup service? How does that make any sense? Does she not realize that backup services are for just that–backing up. You can’t use it like you would with a regular external harddrive where you can play it right off of it.
Blah, I’m surprised that article was even allowed by her editor.
Wow, the whole article is making me unnecessarily angry. She does know that having a compact digital camera is to have for easy access instead of carrying around a DSLR? Point-and-shoot cameras fit easily in your purse and can be taken pretty much anywhere. Not that I condemning DSRL but point-and-shoots are a lot more convenient for some? Horrible article indeed.
A dSLR over a compact point and shoot? Yeah right! The lenses for those things cost DOUBLE the price for the main camera. There’s no way people are going to stop buying point and shoots and not only spend a ton of money on dSLR’s but learn how to use them as well! My parents cant even figure out the basics of a point and shoot!
I happen to still buy CD’s. True, I’m on iTunes more than I buy a CD, but that doesnt mean I completely stopped buying CD’s!
DVD’s are still in high demand. Glee sold out the first week it was out! Not buying DVD movies, I can understand but they are certainly still going strong as far as TV Shows!
Dont even get me started on the external hard drive part. Back up files on the internet? Really? I’d rather have a physical place where I know I backed up my files. Not to mention external hard drives dont require a subscription fee!!