Personal finance

CONFESSIONALS: I take a moment of silence after making a large purchase to make peace with the money I have let slip away

By: Yulissa Huamani, SFU student Every time I leave the house, I promise myself I will only buy something if it’s absolutely necessary. Something that still surprises me a lot is that taxes are added at the end of a purchase. The price tag on everything is a lie! This may sound dramatic, but I shake in my boots whenever I pay a bill. It feels good to make large purchases until I open my online banking app. To avoid this, I pay with cash. Then, the product is basically free since the numbers in my account didn’t go down. …

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