Avoid Buyer’s Remorse
We make small and large decisions all of the time. Have you ever hired a contractor to work on your home project that turned out to be a nightmare? Perhaps you found them on Craiglist and hired them over a reputable company because they were really cheap. Our decisions don’t always lead to expected outcomes and we wish we made a different choice. This is known as Buyer’s remorse—a feeling of regret after a purchasing decision.
Here’s a little science if you like that kind of thing. Buyer’s remorse is thought to stem from cognitive dissonance, specifically post-decision dissonance, that arises when a person must make a difficult decision, such as a heavily invested purchase between two similarly appealing alternatives.
If you made any big mistakes in the past, we thought we’d make you feel better by sharing other people poor choices.
Investing in a Betamax Home Theatre
Sony launched its Betamax video cassette recorder in 1975. Rival JVC launched its own version with the VHS a year later. Both machines allowed consumers to store information compactly on a tape. In the beginning, there was no clear format winner although it seemed Sony had the upper hand due to its superior recording, playback, and sound quality.
Why did VHS win? There were a few minor reasons. VHS was lighter than the Betamax. VHS machines were cheaper. Betamax tapes played for only one hour. VHS played for 2 hours (enough time to record and watch a whole movie). This allowed the video rental industry to adopt VHS faster and with more titles. This, more than anything else, gave VHS the edge in the format war.
So, if you chose to build your home theatre with Betamax you would be left with very little movies to watch. You would have to wait again until the Blu-Ray vs. HDVD wars to choose the right format. Did you buy an HDVD player?
Actors Who Turned Down Famous Movie Roles (Seller’s Remorse more than Buyers)
- Christina Applegate – Elle Woods (Reese Witherspoon) in Legally Blonde
- Gwyneth Paltrow – Rose Dewitt Bukater (Kate Winslet) in Titanic
- John Travolta – Forrest Gump (Tom Hanks) in Forrest Gump
- David Schwimmer – Agent J (Will Smith) in Men in Black
- Tom Selleck– Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) in Raiders of the Lost Ark
Investing With Bernie Madoff
Remember former Chairman of the NASDAQ stock exchange and investment darling, Bernie Madoff? In 2008, he was charged and pleaded guilty to defrauding investors in the amount of over $50 billion. The disgraced financier was later sentenced to 150 years in prison for running the largest Ponzi or pyramid scheme in history.
Some of Madoff’s more famous investors who wish they could forget Bernie:
- Steven Spielberg
- Kevin Bacon
- Kyra Sedgwick
- John Malkovich
- Larry King
- New York Mets ownership
The real victims of the scandal were devastated retirement and pension funds, charitable organizations and thousands of individual investors.
Do You Need to Purchase a new heating system (Oil, Natural Gas, Propane, or Electric) or HVAC system in DE, PA, or MD?
Are you bargain hunting for a heating and cooling company to install a new A/C unit or heating system in New Castle County, Delaware, Cecil County, Maryland, or Southern Chester County, Pennsylvania? Be very cautious.
So how do you shop for a quality heating and cooling company and not have buyer’s remorse?
- Does the company have a track record for installing this type of system?
- Do they have the technical know-how to successfully complete the job?
- How long has the company been around?
- What do their customers say about them?
- Are they verified reviews?
- Do they have good customer service?
- Will they be able to help me post-purchase?
How You Can Avoid Buyer’s Remorse with Hillside Oil Heating & Cooling.
Our professional staff is fully trained to install, maintain, and repair oil, natural gas, propane gas, and electric heating systems. This includes hot air, hot water, boiler, heat pump, and water heaters (both traditional tank and modern tankless on-demand water heaters).
Hillside Oil Heating & Cooling has been in business for over 65 years, received an A+ Rating with the Better Business Bureau, won its prestigious Torch Awards for Ethics for demonstrating the highest ethical standards of trust and behavior toward customers, business partners, shareholders, employees, and the communities in which they do business. We’re family-owned and locally operated. We have hundreds of verified reviews on our website and on Facebook. We offer maintenance plans and repair services for all our new installations. We also help with budget billing to spread high winter costs throughout the year. Hillside is here to help—from selection and purchase to delivery, installation, and service, we’ll make sure your paws are comfy all year long.
If you need a new furnace, boiler, heat pump, electric heating system, natural gas heating system, propane heating system, or HVAC unit, you can avoid buyer’s remorse by choosing Hillside. 🙂
