Experiential Products Make Us Happiest When Things Go Bad
by BeyondThePurchase.Org on Aug 13, 2014 | Views: 233 | Score: 0
| Purchase Turned Out Well | Purchase Turned Out Poorly | |
| Material Purchase | 4.8 | 1.74 |
| Life Experience | 5.46 | 1.58 |
| Experiential Purchase | 5.5 | 2.18 |
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Sources:
, sciencedirect.com, psychologicalscience.org

From research articles to popular blogs, everyone agrees that you should spend your money on life experiences. But this experience recommendation has a few exceptions. As it turns out, there is a special class of material items, those that provide you with experiences; these item lead to more happiness than life experiences when the purchases turn out poorly.