1,031 people respond: How they spent money on Valentine’s Day

February 24, 2008 · 8 comments

[Update: Check out Slide #5. It's hilarious how the percentage of men and women who bought "intimate apparel" is...equal.]

A few days ago, I asked you how much you spent on Valentine’s Day. With 1,031 responses, here’s the analysis (RSS readers, click here to see the slides).

See my other survey results about money here.

As usual, thanks to Rob from FindABetterBank (give it a shot and see how your bank compares).

If you have any particular data you want to see in upcoming analyses, leave a comment here with an interesting idea. Dumb ideas will be mocked.

1 Vik February 25, 2008 at 6:08 am: Just FYI, your link to FindABetterBank points right back to you.
2 Ramit Sethi February 25, 2008 at 7:02 am: Fixed, thanks.
3 David Cox February 25, 2008 at 8:24 am: Ramit,

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Thanks for the V-day survey results, quite interesting!!!

Cheer,

David Cox
4 Ryan McCulloch February 25, 2008 at 10:00 am: Great survey, Ramit. Interesting results. So is there anything to take away from this? You got a take on the results?
5 Patrick February 25, 2008 at 10:56 am: Good stuff. I’m a little disappointed that so few women buy flowers for their significant others. What happened to gender equality?
6 Michael February 25, 2008 at 10:32 pm: $6 for cards? That seems excessive – what kind of card costs $6?
7 Presupuestos de Mudanzas February 26, 2008 at 2:14 am: A very exclusive cards.
8 William February 26, 2008 at 6:55 pm: I initially spent 26 bucks on a manny and a peddy. I found $1225.00 in the parking lot of the nail salon and spent another $200 on flowers and dinner.