subject: Getting Over Gadget Lust to Stop Losing Money [print this page] 4. Limit your exposure! When you search for the item, go back to look at it everyday, you build up a desire and an obsession for that item. The next time you find yourself in a department store you may find yourself heading towards the electronics store ready to charge your purchase to your credit card! Limiting your exposure to the products is, in away, resisting temptation in a disciplined way. Avoid looking at gadget websites, advertisements in TV. If you know that the latest gadgets are your thing, why suffer by looking at it, torturing yourself with something you can and should not buy.