The news of the launch of the new product of the Australian company Credit Card Finder has gone around the world, engaging international media, including the French Liberation.
iBag undertakes to do what many people are unable to do on their own: to control their consumerism, the most common form of which is the so-called "compulsive or impulsive shopping".
According to reports on the websites addictionsabout.com and invitromagazine.gr:
Shopping addiction, or compulsive buying, is one of the most widespread addictions. It is a disorder that is fostered by advertising and marketing, suggesting what will make us happy, while at the same time overconsumption has become a measure of social value.
Shopping addiction is not a new disorder, although it has grown out of control in recent decades. It was recognized as a disorder in the early 19th century and officially listed as a psychiatric disorder in the early 20th.
Almost all of us shop to some degree, but only about 6% of the U.S. population has a true shopping addiction. The phenomenon is usually recorded in people in late adolescence and early adulthood, and it often coexists with other disorders, such as substance use, eating disorders, mood disorders, and others, such as anxiety, impulse control, and personality disorders.
For all these reasons and with the aim of addressing the pathogenic behavior that affects increasingly large segments of the world's population, the Australian company has created an elegant handbag that automatically closes as soon as it detects signs of compulsive shopping on the part of its owner, reducing excessive, unnecessary expenses.
How does it work? The microchips contained inside the bag warn its owner through light signals that they have entered the "high-risk zone", automatically closing and thus preventing the "manic" shopper from taking out their credit card.
However, its function is not limited to this: in addition, it automatically sends SMS to people close to the addict (spouses, relatives, etc.), exposing him.
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