Tag Archives: compulsive spending

I Was Not a Compulsive Shopper. I Was a Day Trader. – John

John wrote to me through the GetOutOfDebt.org site and asked the following question. If you have a credit or debt question you’d like to ask just use the online form. I’m happy to help you totally for free. Income from the GetOutOfDebt.org site advertising is used to help alleviate poverty. If you would like to [...]

Is QVC Evil?

QVC, which stands for Quality, Value and Convenience is headquartered out of little old West Chester, Pennsylvania. We all recognize the name QVC and it is probably the granddaddy of all home shopping channels. There are others, many others. I don’t want to pick on QVC in particular but they do exemplify the point I’d [...]

I Have a Shopping Addiction and Feel Like an Idiot for Being So Irresponsible. – Gloria

“Dear Steve, Age 55 / divorced 14yrs with employer (job security ’8′ on scale of 1–10) 55k in 401k (currently not contributing due to debt/no other savings) Upside-down on home mortgage (recently approved for a loan modification – 30yr fixed 4%) 10k in credit card debt (pay $250 mth in payments) 3yrs left on auto [...]

Is Your Lover an Oniomaniac and Likes to Perform Oniomania With You in Public?

I think most of us are aware of the normal sexual dysfunctions like Nymphomania, the “Sex Buddy” Syndrome, Persistent Sexual Arousal Syndrome and now we have condition that you need to watch out for, oniomania. By now I’ve got your attention but I’ll have to let you down easy, oniomania isn’t a sexual dysfunction, it’s [...]