Comments on: Gifts for economists, 2009 http://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/2009/12/09/gifts-for-economists-2009/ Articles on game theory and personal finance Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:43:59 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Benjamin Vitale http://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/2009/12/09/gifts-for-economists-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-5968 Benjamin Vitale Thu, 10 Dec 2009 20:07:14 +0000 http://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/?p=1819#comment-5968 Gift cards might be the second best thing, or not. They may the new 'fruit cake' that we try to pass onto others. warning signs: The possibility of total loss The probability of waste Fees, fees and more fees Expiration dates Limits on use The last few dollars might get trapped on the card Keep a record of the card's information Spend it fast Keep track of your balances Use your card at a store that allows split payments Know whom to call Source: http://money.ca.msn.com/savings-debt/liz-pulliam-weston/article.aspx?cp-documentid=22814592 Gift cards might be the second best thing, or not.
They may the new ‘fruit cake’ that we try to pass onto others.

warning signs:

The possibility of total loss
The probability of waste
Fees, fees and more fees
Expiration dates
Limits on use
The last few dollars might get trapped on the card
Keep a record of the card’s information
Spend it fast
Keep track of your balances
Use your card at a store that allows split payments
Know whom to call

Source: http://money.ca.msn.com/savings-debt/liz-pulliam-weston/article.aspx?cp-documentid=22814592

]]> By: RohoMech http://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/2009/12/09/gifts-for-economists-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-5967 RohoMech Thu, 10 Dec 2009 19:12:24 +0000 http://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/?p=1819#comment-5967 Quite an amusing list you got here Presh... I would say that the Zune HD is pretty great, I got the dock and use that to output movies to my projector, it works great! One comment, you can get all the Metriod Prime games in a collection for the same price as the new one. I'd say those three top-rated games for about $50 is an amazing video game deal. Also, I could kind of caution against the restaurant "gift" cards. Even in Chicago I didn't find any true gift-cards, nearly all of them were some kind of coupon. I gave one to a co-worker once, but the terms were pretty bad (only mon-thursday, bill must be over a certain amount, excludes alcohol, etc...) Quite an amusing list you got here Presh…

I would say that the Zune HD is pretty great, I got the dock and use that to output movies to my projector, it works great!

One comment, you can get all the Metriod Prime games in a collection for the same price as the new one. I’d say those three top-rated games for about $50 is an amazing video game deal.

Also, I could kind of caution against the restaurant “gift” cards. Even in Chicago I didn’t find any true gift-cards, nearly all of them were some kind of coupon. I gave one to a co-worker once, but the terms were pretty bad (only mon-thursday, bill must be over a certain amount, excludes alcohol, etc…)

]]> By: Economists Do It With Models http://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/2009/12/09/gifts-for-economists-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-5966 Economists Do It With Models Thu, 10 Dec 2009 19:11:37 +0000 http://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/?p=1819#comment-5966 Here are some more "Economists Do It With Models" gifts, with a slightly more, ahem, intriguing graphic: http://www.economistsdoitwithmodels.com/a-quick-note-about-zazzle-merch/ Cheers! :) Here are some more “Economists Do It With Models” gifts, with a slightly more, ahem, intriguing graphic:

http://www.economistsdoitwithmodels.com/a-quick-note-about-zazzle-merch/

Cheers! :)

]]> By: Presh Talwalkar http://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/2009/12/09/gifts-for-economists-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-5956 Presh Talwalkar Wed, 09 Dec 2009 23:53:09 +0000 http://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/?p=1819#comment-5956 Haha, yes Ben. The Waldfogel paper about the deadweight loss of Xmas is classic http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/blogs/freakonomics/pdf/WaldfogelDeadweightLossXmas.pdf Presh Haha, yes Ben. The Waldfogel paper about the deadweight loss of Xmas is classic

http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/blogs/freakonomics/pdf/WaldfogelDeadweightLossXmas.pdf

Presh

]]> By: Benjamin Vitale http://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/2009/12/09/gifts-for-economists-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-5948 Benjamin Vitale Wed, 09 Dec 2009 11:07:11 +0000 http://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/?p=1819#comment-5948 Is giving gifts irrational? Was Ebenezer Scrooge right? This article seems to suggest just that: http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/12/23/1071941734365.html What do you think? Is giving gifts irrational?
Was Ebenezer Scrooge right?

This article seems to suggest just that:
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/12/23/1071941734365.html

What do you think?

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