See what your skipped purchases could be worth — if you invested them instead.
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Try it — what did you almost buy?
I skipped buying
that third latte
for
$
Assumed return
7%/yr
0%
7% — long-run US market average, after inflation
15%
If invested in VTI, in 30 years that could be worth
~$46
A weak 30 years (5%/yr) lands near $26; a strong one (9%/yr) near $80.
Real (after-inflation) returns. Rounded, because a number this far out is a rough shape, not a figure to the cent.
How it works
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STEP 1
Spot the urge
See something you want but decide not to buy? That's the moment BuyMeNot is built for.
STEP 2
Log the skip
Add the item and its price to BuyMeNot in seconds. That's your skip.
STEP 3
Watch it grow
We show what that money could have grown to in VTI, at a rate you set. Nothing is invested — you decide if and where to put it to work.
What you get
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Hypothetical projections you control — set your own return assumption
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Categorized history with smart filters
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Search across years of skips
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Private — only you see your data
Questions
No. Nothing is invested and no money moves. BuyMeNot only shows hypothetical projections of what a skipped purchase could have grown into.
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Not financial advice
Nothing here is invested and no money moves. Every figure is a rounded, hypothetical illustration of what a skipped purchase could have grown into at an assumed rate of return — a rate you choose, not a forecast. Past performance does not guarantee future results. BuyMeNot does not manage or invest your money.