When
the bills start coming, it’s only when we start realizing how reckless we’ve
been. It’s a bad habit Filipinos can’t seem to grow out of but because we know
how to work our way around certain situations, we manage. But that doesn’t have
to always be the case especially when there’s an option to get rid of all the
aftermath anxieties. Paying for what we like can be brutal to the wallet but
it’s what is sacrificed everytime we decide to get something for ourselves. But
that’s what money is generally for. But what if I tell you that you can do
exactly that but for less?
I
probably have your attention now.
Filipinos
are workaholics and to compensate for the hard days, we shower ourselves with
things that we mostly value. And for a music enthusiast like myself, I bag on
the originals. It means that I don’t support piracy despite how much I know I
can save if I do. Those kinds of people taint hard work and art. I just don’t
like being part of that. So instead, I do what good music lovers do, I support
by purchasing records. But it doesn’t mean I don’t buy pirated that I don’t
like things cheap. People don’t know it but sometimes, the cheapest finds are
in places you least expect like online. The best thing about buying online is
getting to choose from various flexible payment methods. Because no matter how
much overtime I do on a daily basis, funding my collection would still put a
huge weight on my monthly expenses.
I
normally buy online because with very little number of people buying from
record stores, editions like international, deluxe, limited etc become very
rare finds. Online stores however for some reason always have the best
selections. When I buy from an online store like Lazada
Philippines, I look for the rare finds to make up for my lack of interest
to go to the nearest shopping mall. My favorite payment method so far is paying
in installments. Like I mentioned earlier, I’m not well off that I can splurge
on my hobby. So as much as I can, I try to stretch the duration of payment
completion to make room for more purchases. Banco De Oro has an ongoing promo
in Lazada Philippines that allows payments for up to 24 monthly installments.
Just imagine how many CD’s I can buy for myself without having to worry so much
on its overall cost. Since to be able to avail the said promo, I would have to
purchase a minimum amount of P3, 000, I buy in bulks. This way, I can also
upgrade my collection faster than others in very little time. As of today, I
have more than 336 CD’s of my favorite artists in different genres both local
and international. A collection I brag about everytime I have a friend over.
And it’s not a guilty pleasure I feel bad about. Because I know that at the end
of the day, my purchases are manageable.
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