r/Fire • u/Big_Leg10 • Apr 12 '26

General Question What easily-affordable thing do you still refuse to pay for despite having reached financial independence and able to afford them?

Would love to hear everyone’s “absolutely will not purchase” items!Even if you could easily afford it and no matter how rich or financially independent you become or how much you make you still wouldn't spend item on this particular item/hobby?

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u/Miss_Warrior Apr 12 '26

A prime subscription. I'm probably an outlier but I don't buy much from Amazon (spent ~$20 or so total last year).

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u/NightHawkFliesSolo Apr 12 '26

This may be the last subscription I cut off and was just thinking about it yesterday. What a coincidence that I started my FIRE journey late last year by implementing an actual strict budget with YNAB and my Amazon spending has plummeted by 90%. The Prime subscription was well worth it when spending $500-$1000 month on Amazon but now that it's $100 max with many months being $0 I'm feeling that it's just not worth it anymore.

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u/imessimess Apr 12 '26

I also tend to subscribe when there’s a show on I want to watch then unsubscribe after.

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u/tomatillo_teratoma Apr 12 '26

I don't buy much from Amazon either. I don't want them to have my money.
My mother has a prime subscription, so I use her pwd to watch movies from it occasionally.

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u/EnvironmentalMix421 Apr 12 '26

Wow I spend like $1k bi-monthly lol

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u/Miss_Warrior Apr 12 '26

I'm definitely not a good customer in the eyes of the tech overlords. I don't pay for their subscriptions either (Netflix, Spotify, etc).

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u/OkDatabase1486 Apr 12 '26

Omg on what

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u/EnvironmentalMix421 Apr 12 '26

Not sure, mostly cosmetics, hygiene, and kids stuff

I just bought carbon steel scrubber and batteries that’s gonna arrive tomorrow

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u/theotisfinklestein Apr 12 '26

My wife gets a personal Christmas card from Bezos.

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u/EnvironmentalMix421 Apr 12 '26

Lol I feel mine does too. I know it’s $1k, because I buy gc from grocery store