
1. コスチュームは頻繁に使うものではないので、コスチュームの金額を削って時計にお金をかけることにした。
2. コスチュームは、以前から持っている死神のお面と杖をリサイクルし、$3.99(税込み$4.25)のマントだけこのあたりのお店で購入する。
3. 残りのお金と、今自分が持っているお金と、これから働いて稼ぐお金とをあわせて、この(写真の)時計を買いたい。
4. この時計は、このあたりのお店で買うのよりインターネットのほうが安いのでネット購入する。
5. 調べた結果、Amazon.comで定価$110が$62になっていて、$25以上の購入は送料無料で、そのうえ消費税もかからない。
ということで、ランドリー(洗濯、乾燥、たたんでしまうを)を数回して足りないお金を稼ぎ、Amazon.comで注文したのが1週間半ほど前。一昨日、待ちに待った時計が届き、ご満悦。彼なりになかなかいい選択をしたと思います。
He lost a watch during the PE class. It got hot, and he took off his jacket and his watch, left them on the ground, and the watch was gone when he came back. Since he bikes to school, he needs a watch to keep track of time, he sais. So we decided to get him a new watch contingent on his ensuring this does not happen again. The usual negotiation started right away. "What is the max you let me use on it?" "When can you take me to stores?" "I like to have one of those a bit better ones." It coincided with the shopping time for the Halloween costume. He wanted to get the max amount on this one too. I happened to be reading this book, that said; "Until you child leaves home after he finishes high school, you should prepare him so that he has a minimum skill to budget, trade off and wisely spend money." I decided to put it in practice. A decent consume will cost around $19. A watch would cost $15 at low end, and $29 if it is okay decent. The sales tax around here is 9.75%. My husband and I agreed on giving him a total of $50 for a costume and watch including the tax and letting him decide how to use the money. After he visited a couple local stores and did some research on the Internet, he came to a decision;
1. He will use the watch daily, while he will not use the costume nearly as often. He thus will use more money on the watch, while cutting the cost of the costume to minimum.
2. For the costume, he will recycle the death mask and the wand he already has, and that leaves him a mantle as the only thing he needs to buy for $3.99 ($4.25 with tax).
3. He picked this watch in the picture. He will use the rest of $50 and what he has now in his wallet and will earn the remaining doing household work.
4. The watch is being sold for much less on the Internet than in local stores.
5. Amazon.com has the best deal; $62 for the watch (MSRP $110), free shipping for above $25 order and no tax.
He earned the difference doing a couple laundries, ordered it on Amazon.com a week and half ago, and has been patiently waiting for it to arrive. It's finally here! He just loves the watch. He learned a trade-off, spending wisely, an importance of earning money and delayed gratification. We did not have to deal with a series of nasty negotiations as usual. It worked wonderfully.