Ten (Yea, Eleven) Things Not To Buy in 2010

In an article titled Ten Things Not to Buy in 2010, a list of ten items is given that consumers should avoid purchasing this year.
1) DVD’s sales are expected to drop dramatically. Home movie fans have found it easier to shop online for their movie choices and download it directly into their computer or TV. The process only takes a minute or so, and the cost is less than the cost of a movie ticket.
2) Home telephone lines are expected to soon become as archaic as rotary phones. Most people are now using cell phones, with a personal number for each family member.
3) External hard drives have been popular to consumers who don’t want to lose their precious family pictures or important business documents stored on their home computer (PC); but now there is an alternative: online backup services. Two of the most popular are Carbonite.com and Mozy.com, each charging about $55 per year to save your pictures and documents online on a secure Web site. If your computer bites the dust, you simply download your saved materials into your new PC from the online service.
4) Smartphones like the Blackberry Storm and the iPhone are expected to have some stiff competition this year when Google unveils its new Android. It will offer features via the Google site that the other leading phones are not equipped to offer.
5) Compact digital cameras have ruled as king among nominal photographers, with most recently switching to picture taking with their cell phones. However, a new technology is available that takes pictures more closely resembling what is seen in the viewfinder. Canon, Sony and Nikon offer these cameras for less than $600.
6) Newspaper and magazine subscriptions are fast fading away, with several longtime newspapers filing bankruptcy in recent years. Online news sites and webazines (online magazine sites) are replacing the hard copy paper versions.
7) CDs containing recorded music have also come upon hard times. Many music fans are now downloading their favorite tunes into their iPods and cell phones from sites like itunes.com.
8) New college textbooks are not selling as well as in years past. The internet has provided less expensive means to sell used textbooks from sites like CheapestTextbooks.com and Booksprice.com, not to mention other free classifieds online. Coursesmart.com sells subscriptions to digital copies of more than 7,000 textbooks; while TextbookMedia.com allows students to download textbooks for free.
9) Gas-guzzling cars are not expected to make a comeback in 2010. In fact, they are going the way of the Model-T. With gasoline prices predicted to rise this year, new car sales will likely be driven by more energy efficient hybrid vehicles.
10) High energy consuming homes and appliances may have a difficult time selling this year too. Home energy like gas and electric are also expected to increase this year and continue rising in the coming years, making people search out the most energy efficient homes, refrigerators, washers/dryers and dishwashers on the market. (Source: SmartMoney.com)
11) To the above list of ten we add one more. Many people will learn to put aside their good works in their vain attempt to earn (purchase) salvation, and place faith in the finished work of Jesus Christ, God’s only begotten Son, receiving the free gift of grace: eternal life!

Edited & written by David J. Cosma for this blog: baysidebc@yahoo.com