Apparently we are "froogles"!

furndire

I love the idea of a Froogles family book for kids particularly. It would be a best seller, as I am sure every grandparent of a certain age would buy it for their dgc.s. Catch 'em young - the big corporations do.

postingalwaysposting

why cant we be froogles i dont see a problem here... i will shout it from the roof tops... you dont have to have the lastest clothes/gadgets/car/home... why surely then we will all turn into the same people.. wearing the same clothes.. doing the same things etc etc yes everyone likes to feel nice/happy/rich but thats not the real world... just because you can spend/spent money (on credit/hp/loans) that doesnt mean you are rich far from it... i like being a froogle... smartprice/charity shop will do me... its better than being in £1000's of pounds worth of debt... but i agree if this is the 'latest craze' i am sorry but they are sooo last year :rotfl:

*froggle hug*

Phoenix79_2

evie451 wrote:

Consumer debt in the US is over a Trillion Dollars I think (i dont even know how much that is actually). Maybe they will cut that down a bit if they try a few Froogle things!:rotfl:

Not just the US. Consumer debt in UK has topped a trillion

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3935671.stm

furndire

I love your post Postingalwaysposting
"but i agree if this is the 'latest craze' i am sorry but they are sooo last year"

Can anyone tell me how to put a quote in a box please?

chocaholic110

I love the idea of being a froogle. I did do a bit of consumerism in my twenties but the older I get the more I think...why? My friend has just bought an enormous American fridge that cost over £1500 - does it keep her food fresher than my cheap fridge? I doubt it? They have a hot tub in their back garden - desparate to buy it, never use it. My boss spent £1000 on asuit for her daughter's wedding that she will only wear once. Is it 10 times better than a £100 suit? Or 20 times better than a £50 suit? It just makes me shake my head.It's all about status, not thinking what exactly do they want.

TBH I get more of a thrill by money saved these days and while people at work brag about how much they have spent a colleague and I are more likely to be boasting on how much we saved. It's just different worlds and the non-froogles don't understand us at all!

Rachie_B

GingerSte wrote:

If you're just going to make up words I'm going to make up:

FREEGASM: The elation from having not spent any money in a day.

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

sali_mali

furndire wrote:

I love your post Postingalwaysposting
"but i agree if this is the 'latest craze' i am sorry but they are sooo last year"

Can anyone tell me how to put a quote in a box please?

You press the quote buton on the person's post that you want to quote and it will take you to the 'reply to thread' window. Just type what you want to say underneath and send. Bingo!

Eve obviously didn't do much research for that article. This is exactly a small, unpopulated site...

I'm trying to be a froogle too!

Phoenix79_2

cathybird wrote:

In't the spelling of "froogle" to do with Google's search facility for getting things at the best price (which is called "Froogle"???)

Yup....been running a while now in beta

http://froogle.google.com/

Prudent

dudleyboy wrote:

Haha! You know, this conversation has just reminded me of Martin's blog entry here:

http://blog.moneysavingexpert.com/?p=369

"For me the crucial information is educating kids how to think and act as consumers and (when they’re a bit older) how debts work."

Hmm... "The Froogles", a family of MoneySavingExperts. Martin, have you ever considered writing children's books?

This is a wonderful idea.

Prudent

chocaholic110 wrote:

I love the idea of being a froogle. I did do a bit of consumerism in my twenties but the older I get the more I think...why? My friend has just bought an enormous American fridge that cost over £1500 - does it keep her food fresher than my cheap fridge? I doubt it? They have a hot tub in their back garden - desparate to buy it, never use it. My boss spent £1000 on asuit for her daughter's wedding that she will only wear once. Is it 10 times better than a £100 suit? Or 20 times better than a £50 suit? It just makes me shake my head.It's all about status, not thinking what exactly do they want.

TBH I get more of a thrill by money saved these days and while people at work brag about how much they have spent a colleague and I are more likely to be boasting on how much we saved. It's just different worlds and the non-froogles don't understand us at all!

This is why I love this site. I at last ahve some like minded company that I don't get a work, although I am pretty lucky in that I do have a group of riends who are all 'froogles'.