# buyer's remorse (own-choice)

*Ordinarily means:* regret felt soon after making a purchase or decision

A self model reading a choice it made soon before as a wall it set on itself, now the choice is out of its reach.

- Computed level: L16 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: published  ·  Domain: agency

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [self-model](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-self-model.reflexive), [set](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-set.fix), [regret](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-regret.emotional), [read](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-read.information), [choice](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-choice.decision), [make](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-make.verb), [soon](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-soon.temporal), [time](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-time.dimension), [wall](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-wall.range-end), [reach](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-reach.action)

**Through:** The self is both the setter and the one whose walls are set; the report comes soon after choosing, when the other path is still vivid but no longer open.

**Novel properties:**
- a wall set by oneself and read as imposed
- regret that arrives at the moment of commitment

## Examples
- EU consumer law gives buyers a 14-day right to withdraw from most online purchases, during which a buyer who regrets a purchase can cancel it. *(law)*

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