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Originally Posted by inline_online
Not sure how to quote previous text but "It never ceases to amaze me that people still think they can get a lot, without having to pay a lot."
Dan
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It may be true what you say about the layman Dan, but in researching the product the said layman should have noted vastly different prices, that is if they have actually done the research properly, which should then make them think, at the very least...why? That is when they should be asking the questions. Sadly, that isn't the case with a lot of people. With the research options available to everyone, there is no reason that they cannot find the answers, just as you did Dan
Caveat Emptor still applies.
My quote, was a shortened comment was actually based on a famous quote by John Ruskin (1819-1900) that is over a century old, which said:
“It's unwise to pay too much, but it's worse to pay too little. When
you pay too much, you lose a little money - that's all. When you pay
too little, you sometimes lose everything, because the thing you
bought was incapable of doing the thing it was bought to do. The
common law of business balance prohibits paying a little and getting a
lot - it can't be done. If you deal with the lowest bidder, it is well
to add something for the risk you run, and if you do that you will
have enough to pay for something better.” ― John Ruskin
Ruskin went on to also say:
"There is hardly anything in the world that some man cannot make a little worse and sell a little cheaper, and the people who consider price only are this man's lawful prey."
This applies even more, in the era of the internet, as anyone can quote a lower price, but it doesn't mean you will get what you pay for, whether it is a quality item or not.
Cheers Pete