Soldato
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*Long waffle post alert*
I know you don't accumulate money with frivolous spending habits, but why are people with a few bob often reluctant, nay, down right stubborn when it comes to buying a quality product just because you can get a mickey mouse equivalent for about 1/4 the cost?
Example: My old man, he's been retired for about 3-4 years now, in his late 60s, earned a decent coin and paid into a final salary pension for the best part of 50 years (yes, I know).
Not only was the house paid off ages ago, nice 4 bed detached with garage, driveway, separate hard standing for his caravan etc. but he had no debt at all when retiring and chose the option to receive a large lump sum with a reduced monthly pension rather than just the full monthly amount. Suffice to say, he has cash in his pocket to spend without worrying.
And yet, even with all this as someone who can afford to replace worn out/broken stuff with a good quality replacement he ALWAYS chooses the most cheapest tat option
His PC has always been about 5 years out of date, at the minute he's using my donkies old intel atom board I built into a new ITX case for him and with all the crap he has on it it runs like a dog. I offered to build him a really nice replacement if he buys the bits, nothing mega bucks and over the top for his needs, just something fast, small and quiet with good quality parts but as soon as he saw the price of some of the bits I thought he was going to keel over!!
Needless to say he won't be having a new PC now he's seen how much...
I know you don't accumulate money with frivolous spending habits, but why are people with a few bob often reluctant, nay, down right stubborn when it comes to buying a quality product just because you can get a mickey mouse equivalent for about 1/4 the cost?
Example: My old man, he's been retired for about 3-4 years now, in his late 60s, earned a decent coin and paid into a final salary pension for the best part of 50 years (yes, I know).
Not only was the house paid off ages ago, nice 4 bed detached with garage, driveway, separate hard standing for his caravan etc. but he had no debt at all when retiring and chose the option to receive a large lump sum with a reduced monthly pension rather than just the full monthly amount. Suffice to say, he has cash in his pocket to spend without worrying.
And yet, even with all this as someone who can afford to replace worn out/broken stuff with a good quality replacement he ALWAYS chooses the most cheapest tat option
His PC has always been about 5 years out of date, at the minute he's using my donkies old intel atom board I built into a new ITX case for him and with all the crap he has on it it runs like a dog. I offered to build him a really nice replacement if he buys the bits, nothing mega bucks and over the top for his needs, just something fast, small and quiet with good quality parts but as soon as he saw the price of some of the bits I thought he was going to keel over!!
Needless to say he won't be having a new PC now he's seen how much...
