Wife says husband spends $2,000 a month on unneeded online purchases
A retired woman says her husband of 50 years spends about $2,000 a month on frequent online purchases and repeat food subscriptions, sending two to three packages a day and filling their home with duplicate or unused items.
DEAR ABBY: My husband of 50 years sits in his chair for hours at a time making online purchases he thinks are a necessity or just plain intriguing. We get two or three packages a day, which usually consist of “buy two and get a third one free” — fruit corers, citrus squeezers, air fresheners, car-washing supplies, cellphone holders, etc.
What’s frustrating is that we already have the perfectly functional items he’s purchased. Most of the time they get pushed aside and not used. He also buys food items that are on a repeat subscription, filling our pantry with so much overflow that we must throw away perfectly good food to make room for the newest items.