Number Name Example

1 Ashley Chan I went shopping online and decided to buy an accessory. However
there was a promotion that I could get an additional one if I paid a sum
of money. I thought that it was attractive that time and I bought it too on
impulse. I just regretted doing that after I paid.

2 Joanna Chan For example, I want to buy bracelets on online shop, and the shop can
buy 3 get 1 free, so I bought 3 bracelets in order to get 1 free, although
I don't really need so much bracelets.

3 Emma Chan For example, I want to get the limited souvenir from a restaurant, but I
need to eat the meal from the restaurant every day, so that I can collect
a set of the souvenir. So, I eat at the restaurant in order to collect a set
of the souvenir. This is the example of making irrational decision from
me.

4 Yulianna Chan When I buy snacks in the supermarket, there’s some snacks which if I
buy three, it will be cheaper. However I can’t really eat all of them after
I bought them home, and the snacks expired.

5 Amanda Chan Bought some good-looking but useless things. When shopping, I saw a
good-looking thing and bought it on impulse, but when I got home, I
found that it was not practical.

6 For example,I went to McDonald for lunch and when I just want to
order the standard set, and I saw just need to add a few dollars and
can get a jumbo set, so I ordered it. But the truth is I cannot finish the
jumbo set.

8 Katie Cheong for example, taobao always has an activity, 200-30, maybe I want to
buy a t-shirt that worth 150dollarsat first, but after that I will buy more
than I want in order to buy over 200dollers.

9 Emily Choi
For example, I decided to buy some cakes in bakery A for afternoon
tea. However, there is a activities that is ‘Buy two get one free’ in a
bakery B. Then I’ll give up my original choice and buy in bakery B.

10 Angel Chong For example, some people face decision paralysis at the restaurant.
They are okay with both the steak and the fish. However, they are not
okay with deciding whether to get one or the other. Perhaps, they feel
that their friends would judge them for the choice.

11 Stella Chu For example somebody are facing decision paralysis in the shopping
mall, they go to a shop and they like both the jeans and the dress and
 also the price of the jeans and the dress is similar but they could only
afford one so they are deciding to buy which one but they think of the
others will judge them or not agree with him or her wearing the dress.
Perhaps they would like the dress more but they choose they will but
the jeans finally.

12 Catarina Chu People may face decisions when buying things. For example, when
buying shoes, both brand A or brand B are satisfied but you cannot
make decisions between these two options. You may also be afraid
your friends will discriminate against your choice. Therefore you may
be irrational in making your choice.

13 Delancy Fan The standard Apple Watch starts at $3199, but the fashionable Apple
Watch Hermès starts at $9499. Some people would choose to
purchase the Apple Watch Hermès because of its luxury brand.

14 Karen Guan The Truth About Relativity

When Williams-Sonoma introduced bread machines, sales were slow.
When they added a “deluxe” version that was 50% more expensive,
they started flying off the shelves; the first bread machine now
appeared to be a bargain.
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When contemplating the purchase of a $25 pen, the majority of
subjects would drive to another store 15 minutes away to save $7.
When contemplating the purchase of a $455 suit, the majority of
subjects would not drive to another store 15 minutes away to save $7.
The amount saved and time involved are the same, but people make
very different choices. Watch out for relative thinking; it comes naturally
to all of us.

15 Caridee Ieong A Pilot Juice up pen costs $15, whereas, a Zebra Sarasa pen cost
$4.50. A rational person would buy the cheaper product that can do the
same effect as the more expensive one. But I would buy a Pilot Juice
up pen because I have been using it for years, I am loyal to the brand,
therefore, even though the price is higher, I would still get the pen
which cost me $15.

16 Kate Ieong When I went shopping one day, there was a dress which original price
was $18. There was a sign advertises it as 20%off, and I think that it is
a reasonable price, but nothing to snatch up. However, a same dress
but advertises as 80% off, I may more inclined to buy it, thinking that I
unlikely to find a better deal elsewhere.

17 Vee Kong The supermarket always has a discount on some products the will be
expired soon. One day I went to the supermarket,I saw there’s a
discount on a jelly. It original price is 10 per 1. At that time it almost
reached the expired date so there was a promotion of buy 3 only cost
29 dollars. I just bought it immediately without thinking anything
because I think it was really cheap. Later when I back home I just
found out that there’s only 1 dollars cheaper than the original price.
 Most importantly I just helped the supermarket to clear their expired
product.

18 Victoria Lai Look back to 2020, when the COVID-19 has already been serious,
people in America grab toilet paper crazily, and this cause a panic so
that people in all over the world starts garbing toilet paper crazily
without thinking why should they buy it.

19 Cherry Lam I originally wanted to buy four books, but the bookstore had a discount
for buying five books, so I bought five books to get the discount.

20 Yoyo Lee For example, during my lunch time, my original preferred option is
eating the noodles, but then when I arrived to the restaurant, I found
out that the curry pork chop rice is having a 10% off discount, but it is
more expensive than I have a noodle, but the poster of the rice seems
like more attractive, therefore at last I ordered the rice for my lunch.

21 Emily Lei I was once interested in buying one piece of clothing which costs $269.
However, the shop was holding a promotion of a 5% discount for vip.
To satisfy the requirements, customers have to purchase commodities
that costs $500 in total at once. Since it wasn’t the first time for me to
buy in that shop, I have ideas of buying once more clothes to get a
permanent discount. At last, I fulfilled my “wish” and chose to buy one
more piece of clothing to get a vip. After purchasing, I realised that 5%
is just a very little potion!

23 Myra Loi A rational person would consider buying the cheapest product,
however an irrational person would buy a more expensive product
which is unnecessary. For example Bonaqua’s selling price is $3.5,
whereas, Evian’s selling price is $11.5. But I’m loyal to Evian, therefore
even if it is much more expensive I still bought the one I like better.

24 Yancy Loi I originally planned to buy a small pack of snacks, but I saw that it is
doing a special offer which buy a large pack of snacks can get an extra
small pack of snacks, so I chose to buy a large pack of snacks at last.

25 Victoria Lou I originally planned to buy luncheon meat last week, but when I went to
the supermarket, I found that there were many kinds of goods on sale,
and there was a buy one get one free offer. As a result, I bought a lot of
canned soup.

26 Joan Mak I originally planned to buy the accounting notebook three weeks ago,
but when I saw the stationary. At last I took them and bought them with
the accounting notebook.

27 Natalie Ng I decided to buy a cheesecake yesterday, however there was a

promotion of buy two get one free at the beverage shop, hence I
bought a cup of bubble milk tea and a fruit tea in order to get one more
 bubble milk tea.

28 Wincci Wong Irrational behaviour is like when I went to the restaurant, originally I just
wanted to eat pasta which cost me $40, but when I saw there was a set
lunch that the main course was pasta and it also included a drink and a
salad, as the set cost me $50. Although it is $10 more expensive than
the original food I want, I still chose to order the set lunch, because I
thought that it was cheap since the salad and drink only cost me $10,
but actually I didn’t not need them.

29 Hailey Wong When I decided to buy some rice cake for my dinner, however I saw
that some extra large words are written in the menu.’If you buy foods
for more than $50, you can get a 90% discount!’ So I gave up buying
the rice cake to buy the fried chicken which cost $65.

30 Norman Wu When I passed by a bakery a few days ago, I suddenly decided to buy
bread for breakfast the next day. However, the bakery was having a
buy two, get one free promotion. Then, I changed my plan and got
three breads instead of just buying one.