Quotes About Purchasing

Elizabeth liked commercials. They were anti-death. You had to be alive to buy things.

Collectors are paying for our education by purchasing our art.

We buy our way out of jail but we can't buy freedom, We buy a lot of clothes when we don't really need them, Things we buy to cover up what's inside.

Marketing psychologist Kit Yarrow notes that customers want five things from a purchasing decision: 1) to feel more in control, 2) to reduce the fear of making a mistake, 3) to simplify the decision process, 4) to offer clear and immediate emotional benefits, and 5) to be free of obstacles. Of these five, she says, customer control is the best "antidote to anxiety." Anxiety goes far to explain the extraordinary power of customer reviews.

It makes sense that shopping centers aren't easy places to be in. A shopping center is a deliberately stimulating environment, designed not to calm or comfort, but merely to get us to spend money. And as anxiety is often a trigger for consumption, feeling calm and satisfied would probably work against the shopping center's best interests. Calmness and satisfaction—in the agenda of the shopping center—are destinations we reach by purchasing. Not places already there.

As the Exxon seller said afterward, "Unless you've an un-usually good price, you've got to have a friend in the account if you want to influence a purchasing agent. And the best friend is the person who's having the most problems with your competitor.

We can't buy one minute of time with cash; if we could, rich people would live longer.

Certainly there are things in life that money can't buy, but it's very funny - Did you ever try buying then without money?