Buy Experiences, Not Things By James Hamblin

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The article, “Buy Experiences, Not Things” by James Hamblin, conveys how buying experiences are more positive than buying materialistic items shown by the anticipation for an experience, peers rather talk about it, and bad experiences can turn into good stories. The author first starts out with the anticipation of an experience. The author writes, “ ‘you think about waiting for a delicious meal at a nice restaurant or looking forward to a vacation,’ kumar told me, ‘and how different that feels from waiting for, say, your pre-ordered iPhone to arrive. Or when the two-day shipping on Amazon Prime doesn’t seem fast enough.’ “ (Pg. 3 Para. 1). When someone thinks about the difference between the two one can tell that their mood is more derogatory