[bgill]

Sure, buy that new tv before the price goes up because it isn’t like you don’t already have three perfectly good tvs. That new tv might have bought a few more weeks of electricity to heat the house and cook meals. Most of the furniture in my house is 100 years old. It’s stood up this long, it should last through the next crisis. If not, I’d rather sit on the floor than not feed the kids.

[grania]

I'm in the same place as you are. When bank interest on savings went down to near-zero I made all of those long-term purchases. But if I hadn't, I think I'd get them done now, before inflation or availability become issues.

As far as purchasing those big-ticket items goes, the thinking could be that they'll be worth more in the future than rubles will be.