I learned this saying from gun enthusiasts. The idea to the best of my understanding is, if you buy it right, and buy the thing you want, it’s going to be cheaper in the long run. It will (in theory) be higher quality, break less, and you won’t get the itch to replace it like you would if you bought a cheaper version. So it sucks to pony up the extra cash in the beginning, but you only cry once on the initial purchase- versus crying multiple times from headache a cheap gun causes you, losing money on the cheap gun as you sell to get better quality, etc.
I have experienced this as it relates to guns, and it has now guided me to buying exactly what I want with a two pair of boots, as well as buying a used Lexus because that’s what I really wanted (and it fit my budget... didn’t break $9k...).
I gotta say, I am liking the philosophy. I’m realizing I like owning some nice things and see that the higher quality could potentially be cheaper in the long run.
Do you agree? Why? Do you disagree? Why? If you agree, what other areas of spending are buy once, cry once catagories?
Submitted March 21, 2019 at 11:11PM by wc1048 https://ift.tt/2TkmEmx
