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How I Saved $2,500 By Ignoring My Inner 5 Year-Old

Monday night I was mowing when the lawn tractor died. This wasn’t the first time it has failed me mid-mow, but the new-to-me symptoms of this latest casualty had me thoroughly angry. The mower is only seven years old, but has had one problem after the other.

I pushed the mower back into the garage and went inside to vent. My wife agreed that maybe it was time to look for a new mower. The next day I spent my lunch hour “test driving” a Toro zero-turn model which boasted reduced cutting time, better maneuverability, and other such marketing speak.

The summer between freshman and sophomore years of college I worked for a landscaper running a crew to mow residential and commercial lawns. He had one of these mowers and I always thought it would be “cool” to own one. Red flag number one.

While I was checking out the mower, the store associate pointed out that if I opened a store credit card account I would save an additional 10% off my purchase, and get zero-percent interest for 12 months. Naturally, I thought this might be a good idea – save essentially the cost of sales tax and pay it off for free over the next year. Red flag number two!

Nothing against five year-olds, after all I am the parent of one, but they are impulsive personalities. If my son breaks a toy, he just wants to buy a new one. If he loses something, just buy a new one. Adults are a little like five year-olds sometimes, myself included. My trip to the tractor store was in line with the behavior of a five year-old, well, assuming they could drive.

This is what makes being in debt such a slippery slope to slide back in. Just six months or so after paying off our debt, I was actually considering opening a new credit card to save $250 on a lawn tractor, or deplete my savings $2,500 for same. As I sat there, I went through all sorts of rationalizations.

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