# How do you combat impulse spending?

**URL:** <https://community.emma-app.com/t/how-do-you-combat-impulse-spending/6190>\
**Category:** General Chat\
**Created:** [April 18, 2023, 11:24am UTC](https://community.emma-app.com/t/how-do-you-combat-impulse-spending/6190 "2023-04-18T11:24:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![ainsley.bilton](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.emma-app.com/ainsley.bilton/32/2172_2.png) [@ainsley.bilton](https://community.emma-app.com/u/ainsley.bilton)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2023, 11:24am UTC](https://community.emma-app.com/t/how-do-you-combat-impulse-spending/6190/1 "2023-04-18T11:24:32Z")

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This user realized they were spending an average of £400 a month on Amazon impulse purchases after downloading Emma. They used an interesting trick of scheduling wants for a couple of months later in their calendar and discovered that most of the time when that date arrived they had no desire to buy the item anymore.

Do you have any interesting tricks like this that you use to combat impulse spending?

[A Strange Trick I’ve used to Save Money](https://www.reddit.com/r/UKPersonalFinance/comments/12p5c7c/a_strange_trick_i_used_to_save_some_money/)

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**Author:** ![Vladanm999](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.emma-app.com/vladanm999/32/2089_2.png) [@Vladanm999](https://community.emma-app.com/u/Vladanm999)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2023, 1:00pm UTC](https://community.emma-app.com/t/how-do-you-combat-impulse-spending/6190/2 "2023-04-18T13:00:27Z")

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Almosy the same thing i write it down, and wait 2 weeks if i still want it then i consider it. Most of the time I’ve forgotten

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**Author:** ![ainsley.bilton](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.emma-app.com/ainsley.bilton/32/2172_2.png) [@ainsley.bilton](https://community.emma-app.com/u/ainsley.bilton)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2023, 11:46am UTC](https://community.emma-app.com/t/how-do-you-combat-impulse-spending/6190/3 "2023-04-19T11:46:56Z")

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Yeah I like to do the same. I typically think about it for a week and then reassess!