Cheaper is best, or is it?
The whole what’s-better-cheaper-or-more-expensive thing absolutely does my head in, because for everything the rule is totally different, as follows:
1) Cars: cheaper can mean a great car. A car for life which you can repair yourself. It can also mean a car which is a total nightmare and costs you the earth. You just don’t always know which one it’s going to be…
2) Meat: everyone knows that cheap supermarket chicken is pumped full of all kinds of nasty stuff. But they still buy it. This would make you think that all cheap food products are to be avoided, except here’s where it gets tricky. My favourite cottage cheese is the cheapest stuff from my local supermarket. There you go, the rules change yet again.
3) Fruit: cheap fruit sounds awful, but in fact my cheapest fruit and veg comes from the market and it’s much better quality than any supermarket stuff.
See? It’s all just one big conundrum you just can’t seem to escape!
To make sure that I now get the best deals, I have developed a system, irrelevant of cheap or expensive price tags. I ask myself:
1) Does this thing – these vegetarian recipes or this bicycle helmet – do the job it’s supposed to? If it does then I need it, and cost is secondary.
2) Is the food ethically produced? If it is then I don’t mind paying a bit more.
3) Is the car I want to buy in good nick? I’d rather pay an expert to give it the once over before I buy it. This means I won’t buy a banger and end up spending loads of money.
So, you see, it is possible to win. You just have to give it some careful consideration along the way and realise that no two rules are ever the same.
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