Comments on: Sale http://allsaidanddone.com/2007/06/27/sale/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:29:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: bec http://allsaidanddone.com/2007/06/27/sale/comment-page-1/#comment-1802 bec Sun, 01 Jul 2007 23:50:47 +0000 http://allsaidanddone.com/2007/06/27/sale/#comment-1802 oh...and then there's the whole commito-phobe, itchy feet thing...how would we service a mortgage if we were off volunteering somewhere?! :lol: oh…and then there’s the whole commito-phobe, itchy feet thing…how would we service a mortgage if we were off volunteering somewhere?! :lol:

]]> By: bec http://allsaidanddone.com/2007/06/27/sale/comment-page-1/#comment-1801 bec Sun, 01 Jul 2007 23:49:59 +0000 http://allsaidanddone.com/2007/06/27/sale/#comment-1801 "Rent money is dead money"? Well, I reckon it depends on what you're paying in rent, and what you're earning...we decided we were better off renting cheaply (we got a bargain by Canberran standards), and saving as hard as we could to get a decent deposit together so we can whack enough off the principle to get the loan + interest down to a serviceable level. There's no point buying if you can't service the mortgage! “Rent money is dead money”? Well, I reckon it depends on what you’re paying in rent, and what you’re earning…we decided we were better off renting cheaply (we got a bargain by Canberran standards), and saving as hard as we could to get a decent deposit together so we can whack enough off the principle to get the loan + interest down to a serviceable level. There’s no point buying if you can’t service the mortgage!

]]> By: jessv http://allsaidanddone.com/2007/06/27/sale/comment-page-1/#comment-1800 jessv Fri, 29 Jun 2007 03:58:54 +0000 http://allsaidanddone.com/2007/06/27/sale/#comment-1800 bec! wow i read like 2 paragraphs of this entry, pretty impressive for me, eh?! anyway totally agree, if you haven't seen it gotta show you 'the corporation' when we get back, got it on dvd (you consumo! - like my new word?) well kinda just commented coz ...um ... moving on... i mean its not.........like........i..........miss...........you .............or anything. (i'm avoiding eye contact with you in this sentence now.) bec!
wow i read like 2 paragraphs of this entry, pretty impressive for me, eh?!
anyway totally agree, if you haven’t seen it gotta show you ‘the corporation’ when we get back, got it on dvd (you consumo! – like my new word?)
well kinda just commented coz …um … moving on…
i mean its not………like……..i……….miss………..you ………….or anything. (i’m avoiding eye contact with you in this sentence now.)

]]> By: Paul http://allsaidanddone.com/2007/06/27/sale/comment-page-1/#comment-1799 Paul Thu, 28 Jun 2007 10:56:55 +0000 http://allsaidanddone.com/2007/06/27/sale/#comment-1799 Value is market-driven. Something is "worth" whatever you can get for it. If you can convince someone to pay $200,000 for your left shoe, that's still fairly valued as long as they can on-sell it for the same amount. Value is a perception, not an absolute. Worth - that's your absolute. Something can be valued to be more or less than its worth. If you think about it like that, the dollar figures start to mean a whole lot less. As for the buying a house thing, it all depends on your end-game. The returns are probably better if you're investing in the property market compared with paying rent to someone else so that they can do it instead. If your goal is to own your own home, that's probably not a terrible idea... but if your goal is to have a roof over your head and be a sensible steward of your financial resources, then buying property versus renting is still a reasonably good choice if you can service the debt involved. Calculate the interest payments involved on a loan for an average priced house, then add up how much you'd be paying in rent in the same amount of time. "I kind of sometimes don’t see the relevance of a Sale." As for sales before 30 June, they're usually designed to get rid of as much stock-on-hand as possible so that there is less to count when the business does its end-of-financial year stocktake. Value is market-driven. Something is “worth” whatever you can get for it. If you can convince someone to pay $200,000 for your left shoe, that’s still fairly valued as long as they can on-sell it for the same amount. Value is a perception, not an absolute. Worth – that’s your absolute. Something can be valued to be more or less than its worth. If you think about it like that, the dollar figures start to mean a whole lot less.

As for the buying a house thing, it all depends on your end-game. The returns are probably better if you’re investing in the property market compared with paying rent to someone else so that they can do it instead. If your goal is to own your own home, that’s probably not a terrible idea… but if your goal is to have a roof over your head and be a sensible steward of your financial resources, then buying property versus renting is still a reasonably good choice if you can service the debt involved. Calculate the interest payments involved on a loan for an average priced house, then add up how much you’d be paying in rent in the same amount of time.

“I kind of sometimes don’t see the relevance of a Sale.”

As for sales before 30 June, they’re usually designed to get rid of as much stock-on-hand as possible so that there is less to count when the business does its end-of-financial year stocktake.

]]> By: Auran http://allsaidanddone.com/2007/06/27/sale/comment-page-1/#comment-1797 Auran Wed, 27 Jun 2007 13:28:33 +0000 http://allsaidanddone.com/2007/06/27/sale/#comment-1797 Well, the Sale i know has it's own set of problems today. Flashflooding and power outages are our problems at the moment. For example, at this very moment, there is a 40cm deep moat around two edges of our property. Not to mention the entire intersection we face is under water. :D Good times! Well, the Sale i know has it’s own set of problems today.

Flashflooding and power outages are our problems at the moment.

For example, at this very moment, there is a 40cm deep moat around two edges of our property. Not to mention the entire intersection we face is under water.

:D Good times!

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